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The Call for Abstracts for the 2022 conference in San Diego is open now and closes on June 27. With what will be the first face-to-face conference in two years, we look forward to another excellent technical program under the leadership of Conference Technical Program Chair Joe Goldstein (Geosyntec) and Vice-Chair Ed Toms (AECOM).
The project funded by FEMA and led by USSD and Lead Technical Experts, Paul Ridlen (Knight Piesold), Mike Henderson (CO School of Mines) and Bob Snow (D'Appolonia Eng.) is finishing up year one with the year two option picked up by FEMA.
One of the many benefits of USSD membership is the opportunity to list your company news in the monthly e-newsletter that is distributed the third Wednesday of each month.
Deadline for inclusion in an upcoming e-blast is the second Friday of each month and should be sent to sharon@ussdams.org. Submissions received after deadline will be included in the following month.
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Kleinschmidt Associates, an engineering, regulatory, and environmental consulting firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Lesley Brotkowski, as Senior Licensing Coordinator, to the Licensing & Permitting Team.
Industry News & Updates
The decommissioned Xingu dam in the town of Mariana was the site of the dam rupture that killed 19 people in 2015 and had its risk level elevated last October. Although the dam stopped operations in 1998, there are workers employed by Vale on site to monitor its stability in advance of decommissioning procedures.
As of June 11, Vale is considering the use of remote controlled trains to mitigate the risk to workers.
ICOLD News
The 2021 ICOLD Congress originally rescheduled for November 2021 has been postponed until
May 27-June 3, 2022 in Marseille.
As a USSD member you receive a complementary membership in ICOLD. As a member, you will receive a 20% discount off of registration fees. If you haven't activated your ICOLD membership please contact Tonia at tonia@ussdams.org for the members only national committee code.
See "Upcoming Events" section of this newsletter for more information or click link below.
Industry Events
Co-hosted by ICOLD and Aqua-Media, hear experiences from utilities in Asia, Europe and Africa who have embarked on programmes of floating solar PV, and from experts who will discuss success stories and technical challenges, as well as how to optimise the safety and efficiency of these schemes.
Fees are shown on the conference registration site, and a 20% discount is available to all USSD members. Further discounts are available to students. For details please contact:
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