Hydrologic and Hydraulic Guidelines for Dams

Credit: 4 PDH Hours
Course Fee: $48.00
Pages: 40

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Course Summary

This course presents instructions, standards and accepted procedures for the hydrologic and hydraulic analysis of existing and proposed dams in Texas. They also clarify the expectations of the TCEQ with respect to submitted analyses, and simplify review by standardizing processes and elements so they will be acceptable to the reviewer.

Learning Objectives

  • Submitting reports
  • Dam classification
  • Determining the design flood – Precipitation
  • Determining the design flood – Run off calculations
  • Determining the design flood – Routing Methodologies
  • Determining the design flood – Precipitation
  • Hydraulic design criteria
  • Dam breach analysis
  • Risk assessment and classification of hazard potential
  • Appendix

Course Author

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)

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Civil Engineering

Structural Engineering

Environmental Engineering

Geologists