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Registration Open for 2022 Annual Conference and Exhibition
  
Join us in beautiful San Diego, April 11-14 for over 100 technical sessions, two plenary sessions, 6 workshops, a Legacy Lecture, committee meetings and a plethora of networking opportunities to reconnect with old friends and meet with clients. A separate field tour is being planned for Friday, April 15 to San Vicente Dam and Lake Murray. 
Board Directors Elected in Special Election
The USSD membership elected three members last month to the Board of Directors to fill three open vacancies.
Dam safety with dewatering and seepage control
Keller®
Keller understands groundwater and seepage. For a century, we have provided turn key solutions for:
  • ·         dewatering ancillary structures
  • ·         engineered seepage collection
 
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Hydro Component Systems, LLC
HDR
USSD Education and Events
  
2021 Fall Workshop Series Sponsor
 
Don't miss the final workshop schedule for the year. Click information link below for schedule or see Calendar of Events in this newsletter.
Visit Canary Systems at the USSD Conference!
Canary Systems, Inc.®
For 25 years, Canary Systems has offered complete turnkey solutions for risk management and monitoring of dams. Starting with initial system design and implementation, developing and servicing hardware systems, sensors, and peripherals, as well as developing and supporting our innovative MLSuite visualization software. Visit us at Booth 103 in the Exhibit Hall at the Annual USSD Conference to learn more!
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USSD Membership
Kleinschmidt Associates, an engineering, regulatory, and environmental consulting firm, announced that Jillian Davis has been named as Director of Project Management.
Kleinschmidt Associates, in other news, announced technical leadership organizational changes to accommodate the growth of the firm over the past year and moving into the future.
Send Us Your Company News!
We want to hear about all the great things happening within our member companies. Member news is included in our monthly e-newsletter that is distributed to more than 3,500 dam and levee professionals. Deadline for submissions is the second Wednesday of each month.
Kleinschmidt Associates
Flow Science Inc.
ICOLD News
USSD Members Participate in SPANCOLD Annual Meeting
USSD was represented by Dean Durkee (Gannett Fleming), Eric Halpin (Halpin Consultants), Nate Snorteland (USACE), Doug Boyer (FERC), and John Wolfhope (Freese and Nichols) on a roundtable as part of the SPANCOLD annual meeting which included the III International Dam Safety Symposium.
 
The symposium is part of a contingent of four ICOLD national committees: USSD (U.S.), Brazil, Spain, and China.
ICOLD 89th Annual Meeting
  
Online: Nov 15-19
12:00 (Paris time)
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Oct 2021
 
Filter and Drain Design and Construction Details Webinar
Successful design and construction of filters and drains is dependent not only on appropriate gradation design, but also on a number of practicalities – filter compaction methods and requirements; filter and drain zone dimensions and placement methods; material sources for filters and drains; filter fines content; drain pipe configurations; drain pipe materials; among others.
26
Oct 2021
 
Probablistic Flood Hazard Analysis Workshop
Oct. 26-27 Virtual
3
Nov 2021
 
Reviewing HEC RAS 2D Models Workshop
Virtual
8
Nov 2021
 
Role of Instrumentation in a Dam Safety Program Workshop
Multiple days: 11/8-11/10, 11/15 Virtual
16
Nov 2021
 
Performance Based Earthquake Engineering & Fragility of Dams Workshop
Virtual
18
Nov 2021
 
Reservoir Sedimentation and Sustainable Management
Virtual
6
Dec 2021
 
Specialty Geotechnical for Dam & Levee Investigations & Modifications
Join us for a joint USSD/AEG Specialty Geotechnical Workshop in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Dec 6-8, 2021. The Workshop will feature two days of technical sessions and an optional field trip on the third day.
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Apr 2022
 
2022 USSD Annual Conference & Exhibition
We look forward to seeing you in beautiful San Diego at the Town & Country. April 11-14. Conference registration is now open with early bird pricing until 2/26/22.
RIZZO attends USSD Conference in San Diego
Rizzo Int'l, Inc.®
RIZZO International is an award-winning engineering firm in dams and water resources. We deliver sustainable engineering solutions for even the most demanding challenges across the United States and around the globe. Our collaborative team of experts has been driving the state-of-practice for nearly 40 years. Discover the difference at Booth #619 at the USSD National Conference in beautiful San Diego. 
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Industry News & Updates
USACE Director of Civil Works Partner Update - Fall 2021
Click below to read the Fall 2021 partner update from the director of Civil Works. 
More Dam News
Read the latest issue of Hydro Leader Magazine.
Schnabel Engineering
KGS Group
Industry Events
Specialty Geotechnical for Dam and Levee Investigations and Modifications Workshop
Joint USSD/AEG specialty geotechnical workshop in Fort Lauderdale, FL
12/6-12/8/21
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