Reservoir safety research and development strategy

This project put together a plan for research into problems which could affect reservoir safety in the future based on their importance and potential funding.

• From: Environment Agency, Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 18 February 2021

• Category: Whole life asset management
• Topics: Asset maintenance, Asset monitoring, Deterioration, Flood risk assessment, Health, safety and wellbeing, Reservoirs, Resilient infrastructure
• Project status: Completed
• Project code: FD2608
• Date of completion: 31 March 2007

Documents

Reservoir safety research and development strategy - final report (914 KB) PDF

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Details

This project aimed to identify problems that might have an effect on how safe reservoirs are in the future. It also explores how future research projects into these problems might be funded.

The report outlines the way the research was carried out and the strategy for carrying out reservoir safety research. This includes a list of the most important research projects for the next 5 to 15 years. This looks at where funding for the projects might come from, and suggested schedules for research that can be done at different levels of funding.

The project was started and completed in 2007.

Published 18 February 2021