Federal Guidelines For Dam Safety Selecting And Accommodating Inflow Design Floods For Dams

The purpose of these Guidelines issued by the Nat. Dam Safety Program, Fed. Emergency Mgt. Agency (FEMA), is to provide thorough & consistent procedures for selecting & accommodating Inflow Design Floods (IDFs). The IDF is the flood flow above which the incremental increase in water surface elevation downstream due to failure of a dam or other water retaining structure is no longer considered to present an unacceptable additional downstream threat. Chapters: definition of terms; selecting inflow design floods; accommodating inflow design floods; references by type; & inflow design flood selection procedures. Flowcharts & tables.Andress, Harold W., Jr. is the author of 'Federal Guidelines For Dam Safety Selecting And Accommodating Inflow Design Floods For Dams', published 1998 under ISBN 9780756710644 and ISBN 0756710642.