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Supervision of Safety of California Dams
Author(s) -
Jansen Robert B.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1966.tb01665.x
Subject(s) - dam failure , jurisdiction , forensic engineering , engineering , geography , archaeology , political science , law , flood myth
This article describes several dam failures including the 1928 St. Francis Dam failure and the 1963 Baldwin Hills Reservoir failure in California and the 1963 Vaiont dam failure in Longarone, Italy, and discusses state supervision/jurisdiction of all nonfederal dams in California for safety.