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Join us on May 5-8, 2025, for the USSD Annual Conference and Exhibition, in the City of Fountains, Kansas City, Mo. During this event we will welcome more than 900 dam and levee professionals for multiple days of knowledge exchange, networking and fun. The conference will still feature more than 130 technical sessions, a plenary session, a Legacy lecture and a variety of workshops.
Learn more about the conference.
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ONLY 2 BOOTHS LEFT!!! Don't miss your opportunity to showcase your company and engage with attendees at USSD's 2025 Annual Conference and Exhibition.
Secure your booth NOW!
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One of the most common failure modes for dams is overtopping due to inadequate spillway capacity. There are numerous solutions to increase spillway capacity and these solutions need to be considered in the context of potential risks from increased spillway flows, hydraulic and structural performance of all spillway elements, and construction cost, schedule and risk. The USSD Hydraulics and Hydrology Committee just published a white paper that includes good practice for spillway capacity upgrades, including several case histories.
LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!!!
USSD members don't forget to vote by March 9! For this election cycle, the following individuals are running to fill four open positions on the USSD Board of Directors.
* Amanda Adams, Stantec
* Kanyembo Katapa, Freeport-McMoran Inc.
* James Demby, USDA - NRCS
* Joels Malama, USBR
* Josh Gilman, Portland Cement Association
* Srilakashmi "Lucky" Nagarajan, Geocomp
* Conrad Ginther, GeoSyntec
* Arun Parsons, COWI
Send an email to info@ussdams.org if you have not received your voting credentials.
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All USSD members with a United States mailing address receive hard copies of the Dams & Levees bulletin. The Spring edition will hit mailboxes in April. If you did not receive the most recent Winter issue, login to the Info Hub to make sure your mailing address is up to date.
Members and non-members alike can read the digital version in our online Resource Center.
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| March 11-19, 2025 |
Fundamentals of Facilitating SQRA (virtual & in-person) |
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| May 5-8, 2025 |
USSD 2025 Annual Conference & Exhibition |
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| October 7-9, 2025 |
Levee Design and Analysis Course |
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| October 8-10, 2025 |
International Workshop on Labyrinth and Piano Key Weirs |
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USSD is a world-class organization of engineering professionals who advance the environmentally sustainable science of planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of dams, levees and associated civil engineering projects. Our members lead the nation, and work with partner organizations worldwide, to resolve the world’s most critical resource problem: access to clean water.
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The Chinese National Committee on Large Dams (CHINCOLD) will host the 28th ICOLD Congress & 93rd Annual Meeting in Chengdu, China, on May 15-23, 2025.
Click here to access the initial bulletin.
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(GLEN ALLEN, VA) – Schnabel Engineering is pleased to welcome Guy Lund, PE, as a Principal in the firm’s Dam and Levee Engineering Practice. With over four decades of specialized experience in the analysis and design of concrete dams - including gravity, RCC, arch, multiple-arch and slab-and-buttress types - Lund brings a wealth of knowledge to their team. His extensive expertise in dam safety, inspection, analysis and design will enhance Schnabel’s expanding Dam and Levee Engineering practice in Colorado and across the United States.
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International Technical Seminar and Study Tour
The SEED Seminar is designed for managers, administrators, engineers and geologists responsible for the design, construction, operation, maintenance and safety of dams. Lectures, case histories and structured discussions covering all aspects of a dam safety examination program are led by Reclamation engineers or geologists with extensive experience and knowledge in the areas of design, construction, operation, maintenance and dam safety.
Registration Deadline is April 18, 2025
Early registration is recommended.
Event and registration details: USBR International Affairs | Technical Seminars
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