Dam Safety 2019 Registration Packet

Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando September 8-12 DamSafety.org/DS19

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WELCOME Table of Contents Welcome ..................................................................... 3 Logistical Information ............................................. 4 Schedule at a Glance ................................................ 5 Opening General Sessions ....................................... 6 Tuesday General Session ......................................... 7 Dam Safety Golf Outing .......................................... 8 Kick-Off Event ............................................................ 8 Awards Luncheon ...................................................... 9 Specialty Workshop ................................................ 10 Field Trips .................................................................. 11 Exhibitors .................................................................. 12

Make plans to join us in Orlando!

We hope you’ll join us for Dam Safety 2019 this September in Orlando. Dam Safety 2019 marks the 36th year the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) has hosted its national conference and 2019 promises to be one of the best yet! Don’t miss the chance to learn from industry leaders, network with nearly 1,000 dam and levee safety professionals and meet representatives from over 100 of the industry’s top product and service providers.

Registration is now open and we look forward to seeing you at Dam Safety 2019! To learn more about the conference including agenda updates, exhibitor and sponsor information, or to reserve your hotel room simply visit DamSafety.org/DS19 and remember to check back throughout the summer!

Sponsors .................................................................... 13 Networking Opportunities .................................... 14 Posters & Lightning Talks ...................................... 16 Technical Sessions by Topics ................................. 18 Conference Agenda ................................................ 19 Registration Form ................................................... 27

Contact ASDSO

Stay up-to date with the latest on Dam Safety 2019 at DamSafety.org/DS19 Dam Safety 2019 Program Committee

1.859.550.2788

Chair: John Ritchey, P.E. French & Parello Associates

info@damsafety.org

Eric J. Ditchey, P.E. McCormick Taylor, Inc.

www.DamSafety.org

Alon Dominitz, P.E. NY Department of Environmental Conservation

239 S. Limestone St Lexington, KY 40508

John W. France, P.E., D.WRE JWF Consulting LLC Jonathan Garton, P.E. IA Department of Natural Resources

1.859.550.2795

Stay connected with the ASDSO community before, during, and after the conference #DamSafety19.

Nathaniel Gee, P.E. Bureau of Reclamation Matthew Lindon, P.E. Loughlin Water Associates Gregory S. Paxson, P.E. Schnabel Engineering Michael K. Sharp US Army Corps of Engineers

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LOGISTICAL INFORMATION The Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando The Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando doubles as both the host hotel and location of Dam Safety 2019. The Loews Royal Pacific Resort is just a short walk or boat ride away from Universal CityWalk and entrances to Universal Studios Orlando and Universal’s Islands of Adventure theme parks.

Housing Scam Alert There are companies who try to scam conference attendees with fraudulent hotel bookings. If you are contacted by a company claiming to be the official housing service for the Dam Safety 2019 conference, please do not do business with them. These companies are not affiliated with ASDSO or the Dam Safety 2019 Conference. ASDSO does not have an official travel agent; nor does it utilize a guestroom housing service. The only way to reserve a hotel room at the ASDSO group rate is for you to initiate contact with the Loews Royal Pacific Resort by phone or on-line.

Transportation

Questions?

Check out the conference FAQ page at DamSafety.org/DS19FAQ or contact ASDSO at info@damsafety.org

Overnight Accommodations ASDSO and the Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando are offering attendees rooms for only $199 per night (plus tax). In addition, Dam Safety 2019 attendees can enjoy no-resort fees and complimentary front of line access for attendees wishing to visit a Universal theme park during their stay.

To book your hotel room in the Dam Safety 2019 room block, visit DamSafety.org/DS19 for the link to book online or call the Loews Reservation Center at 866.360.7395 and reference the Dam Safety Conference. The Loews offers valet parking for hotel guests. The fee is $29 per day.

Note to Attendees on Attrition: ASDSO is financially liable for all contracted rooms at the Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando, whether they are all sold or not. This is why we respectfully ask attendees to take advantage of the discounted rate and book rooms within the meeting block if possible. Further, rooms that are booked within the block and then canceled after the cutoff date cannot be re-booked by ASDSO attendees. In order to reduce the amount of attrition fees charged to ASDSO, please only book the room nights that you expect to occupy during the conference week. We work diligently to give you the best overall experience at the national conference and ask for your continued support.

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Getting into Orlando is a breeze. Orlando is serviced by two airports, the Orlando International Airport (MCO) and the Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB).

Once you have landed in Orlando, recommended ground transportation options include taxi cabs, Uber or Lyft.

Universal Studios Florida Park Tickets ASDSO has secured discounted park tickets for both Universal Studios Orlando and Universal’s Islands of Adventure. Tickets are offered in two convenient formats.

All Day Tickets ($123) provide admission to one park for one day during the conference week.

After 2pm Tickets ($75) provide admission to one park from 2 pm - regular closing times. These tickets must be purchased for the day you want to attend.

Please note, all park tickets are nonrefundable. Both the After 2pm Tickets and All Day Tickets are only good for regular park admission and not for the Halloween Horror Nights. Park hours vary.

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SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE Saturday, September 7 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Board of Directors Meeting

Sunday, September 8 7:00 am - 1:00 pm Golf Outing 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm Registration Open

8:30 am – 10:00 am General Session 10:30 am – 5:00 pm Concurrent Technical Sessions 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch On Your Own/Dine-Around 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Reception in the Exhibit Hall

Wednesday, September 11

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm State Representative Leadership Day

7:30 am – 5:00 pm Registration Open

5:30 pm Kick-off Event: Halloween Horror Nights - Making of the Mayhem at Universal Studios Florida (Registration Required)

7:30 am – 3:30 pm Exhibits, Resource Center and Poster Forum Open

Monday, September 9 7:00 am – 5:30 pm Registration Open 7:00 am – 2:00 pm Exhibit and Poster Forum Setup 8:30 am – 10:00 am Opening General Session 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Concurrent Technical Sessions 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Annual ASDSO Award Luncheon (Meal provided) 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Exhibit Hall Opening and Poster/Lightning Talks 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Concurrent Technical Sessions 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall

Tuesday, September 10 7:30 am – 5:30 pm Registration Open

8:30 am – 5:00 pm Concurrent Technical Sessions 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch in the Exhibit Hall (Meal provided) 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Exhibitor Move-Out

Thursday, September 12 7:30 am - 8:00 am Check-in for Field Trip Participants 8:00 am – 8:30 am Check-in for Workshop Participants 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Field Trip to C-44 Reservoir/Stormwater Treatment Area Project 8:00 am – 3:00 pm Field Trip to South Fort Meade 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Specialty Technical Workshop: Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Embankment Dams for Seepage Concerns 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Specialty Technical Workshop: Gravity Dams and Assessing Their Safety

7:30 am – 6:30 pm Exhibits, Resource Center and Poster Forum Open

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OPENING GENERAL SESSION When: Monday, September 9 : 8:30 am - 10:00 am Welcome and ASDSO Update Roger Adams, P.E., ASDSO President Adapting to Climate Change. Challenging Ourselves to Get Ahead of the Risk Should the Dam Safety Community consider how recently observed extreme weather changes are impacting our dam infrastructure? What do we know, what don’t we know and what decisions can and should be made as a national dam safety engineering community now and in the future to ensure a future where all dams are safe?

Let’s Hear From the Climatologists: A Review of the Observed Data

Let’s Apply This Knowledge to Dam Safety and Be Creative Bill will talk about the Colorado-New Mexico Regional Extreme Precipitation Study (REPS) which took a comprehensive approach to estimating rainfall for spillway design and included consideration of climate change impacts on PMP-type events. Bill will describe the use of the SQRA approach of likelihood and confidence to justify the addition of a climate change factor into Colorado’s updated (2019) Rules and Regulation for Dam Safety and Dam Construction. Bill will also describe the REPS team’s work to engage Federal agencies (including NOAA) in the advancement of these methods in the interest of state dam safety programs across the country.

Speaker: • Bill McCormick, P.E., Colorado Department of Natural Resources

Speaker(s): • Kenneth E. Kunkel, Research Professor, Dept. of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, Lead Scientist for Assessments, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies North Carolina State University Hurricanes Harvey and Florence, Are Storms Changing and How Does This Effect PMP Depths?

Bill Kappel will lead a team of presenters who will focus on what the data from Hurricanes Harvey and Florence show us about the occurrences of storms meeting or exceeding Probable Maximum Precipitation depths. Are these storms occurring more often? The presentation will compare these two storms to previous storms, against previous PMP depths from the HMRs, and against previous and current AWA PMP depths; and, will discuss whether these storms are different from previous extreme events or simply continuing to fill in the overall extreme storm database used to calculate PMP estimates.

Speakers: • Bill Kappel, Applied Weather Associates • Doug Hultstrand, Applied Weather Associates • Jake Rodel, Applied Weather Associates • Kristi Steinhilber, Applied Weather Associates

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TUESDAY GENERAL SESSION When: Tuesday, September 10 : 8:30 am - 10:00 am Today and Yesterday: Recent Dam Safety Failures/ Incidents and the 1979 Machhu Dam II Disaster 2019 was a year with no shortage of dam incidents and failures. This presentation will cover some of the prominent failures that occurred this past year, such as the Brunadinho Dam in Brazil that killed over 200 people and the Spencer Dam in Nebraska. It will also cover a few lesser known incidents and failures. The presentation will outline that we still have much to learn, and as an industry we still have considerable improvement to make, both internationally and within our own country.

We also highlight the decade anniversary of one of the deadliest dam failures in history, the 1979 Machhu Dam II failure in western India. The presentation will cover the technical aspects of the dam and the failure as well as the impact to the local community. Utpal Sandesara and Tom Wooten have offered to share their insights from their research about the 1979 failure, which likely took over 5,000 lives. Utpal and Tom are the authors of No One Had a Tongue to Speak: The Untold Story of One of History’s Deadliest Floods, which tells the stories of the dam failure, the flood, and the personal experiences of the many survivors whom the authors interviewed. Their technical, political, and personal accounts of the events should make for a highly engaging presentation.

Speakers: • Utpal Sandesara, MD, Ph.D., Internal Medicine Resident, UCLA • Tom Wooten, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Harvard • Lee Wooten, P.E., Principal, GEI Consultants, Inc.

About the Book: On the rainy night of August 11, 1979, a mudsplattered jeep slowed to a halt by the shores of a vast man-made lake in western India.

Stepping from the vehicle, an exhausted government engineer was shocked to find the lake empty after ten days of torrential monsoon showers. The two-mile-long Machhu Dam-II had washed away, sending its reservoir careening toward the industrial city of Morbi.

One of history’s deadliest flash floods had just taken place.

No One Had a Tongue to Speak tells, for the first time, the heartbreaking story of the Machhu dam disaster. The seeds of the tragedy are planted as Indian politicians, swept up in the heady optimism of their country’s newfound independence, mandate a slew of damconstruction projects. Massive earthworks rise and vast reservoirs accumulate, but the rapid clip of development outpaces the calls for caution from hydrologists and civil engineers.

When the Machhu Dam-II gives way after days of incessant rains, residents of the downstream river valley are plunged into a watery hell.

Their lives are torn to pieces in an instant. Up to 25,000 perish, though the disaster’s true human toll is not known. As survivors grapple with the flood’s aftereffects, a long and fateful quest to determine responsibility for the dam’s failure ensues.

In the three decades since muddy floodwaters surged through the Machhu River Valley, the disaster has faded from collective memory. No One Had a Tongue to Speak revives it in striking form, weaving together stories from 148 interviews and extensive archival research.

From the rooftops where survivors struggled amid the raging floodwaters to the courthouse chambers where lawyers searched for answers in the flood’s aftermath, this book presents the disaster in the words of those who lived through it.

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GOLF OUTING • KICK OFF EVENT Golf Outing at Shingle Creek Golf Club When: Sunday, September 8 : 7:00 am - 1:00 pm Grab your clubs and enjoy 18 holes of golf as you compete with old friends and network with new ones. The Dam Safety 2019 Golf Outing is the perfect start to your conference.

This year’s event will be held at the newly redesigned Shingle Creek Gold Club. Designed by the renowned Arnold Palmer Design Company, the Palmer legacy is found in a handcrafted course with design features reminiscent of the finest classics in the world. Strategy and variety are front and center with some of the course’s features to harken back to the golden age of golf course design. Elevated greens and strategically placed bunkers are surrounded by enchanting flora and wildlife. Green complexes with fairwaycut surrounds or runoff areas give golfers of all levels more forgiveness and entertaining strategic options.

Registration Information: $110 per person includes transportation to and from the course.

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Sunday Night Kickoff Event: Halloween Horror Nights - Making of the Mayhem When: Sunday, September 8 Join us on for Halloween Horror Nights - Making of the Mayhem at Universal Studios Florida! Go behind the screams and get an exclusive insider’s look at the making of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios. Get all the gory details as you learn about the event’s history and discover how it’s created and re-created every year.

Now in its 29th year, Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights 2019 is combines the best theme park rides with the country’s premier haunted experience. This year’s promises to break new ground by being the most immersive horror experience ever. It’s an experience you won’t find anywhere else and one you won’t soon forget!

Registration Information: $95 per person includes admission to the park and a behind the scenes look at the making of Halloween Horror Nights.

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AWARDS LUNCHEON Annual ASDSO Awards Presentation When: Monday, September 9 : 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm ASDSO annually honors those individuals and organizations making exemplary contributions to the improvement of dam safety in the U.S. These awards will be presented at the ASDSO Awards Luncheon on Monday, September 9. All registered conference attendees are welcome. Any or all of the following may be on this year’s awards program: National Rehabilitation Project of the Year: This award recognizes the developer of a unique remedial design that advances the state-of-the-art in the field of dam safety and exemplifies the high professional engineering standards that dam safety requires.

National Award of Merit: Chosen by the ASDSO Board of Directors, this award honors an individual or organization contributing to dam safety on a national level.

Student Awards: These include the Student Paper Competition winners and the recipient(s) of the Senior Undergraduate Scholarship.

Honorary Membership: Selected by the ASDSO Board of Directors, this award honors an individual for lifetime contributions to the organization.

Bruce A. Tschantz Public Safety at Dams Award: Awarded by ASDSO’s Public Safety Around Dams Committee, this award is given to a person who takes on the role of ‘local champion’ and works to improve safety at dams.

Young Professional of the Year Award: Awarded by ASDSO’s Young Professional Advisory Committee, the award is given to a young professional for outstanding contributions to the field of dam safety and ASDSO.

Regional Awards of Merit: Awarded to individuals, companies, municipalities, or other entities that have made outstanding contributions to dam safety on a regional level.

Joseph Ellam President’s Award: The ASDSO president gives special recognition to someone, either for contributions to the advancement of dam safety or for specific assistance to the president over his/her term of office.

Media Award: Awarded by ASDSO’s Media Outreach Committee, this award recognizes the contributions made by media outlets and journalists who made an influence on dam safety.

Terry L. Hampton Medal: Awarded by ASDSO’s Advisory Committee, the Hampton Medal is given to an individual for outstanding contributions to research and/or practice in hydrologic and hydraulic engineering for dams.

Danny McCook Medal: Awarded by ASDSO’s Advisory Committee, the McCook Medal is given to an individual for outstanding contributions to research and/or practice in geotechnical engineering for dams.

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SPECIALTY WORKSHOPS Gravity Dams and Assessing Their Safety When: Thursday, September 12 - 8:30 am - 4:30 pm In the last 5 years there have been two incidents on the Columbia River in Washington regarding the stability of different concrete gravity dams. Both incidents appear to have developed during normal loading conditions. In 2019, during heavy winter snows and the subsequent runoff, a concrete spillway structure fails in north central Nebraska.

Neither the Washington nor Nebraska projects are overly complex, and the loads that caused these situations are not considered “extreme”. So, what happened? How can such serious situations develop from simple structures, and how is it that these structures operated for decades without someone identifying the potential problem?

Concrete dams have a long history in water resources. The science behind these structures really developed in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Thus, many mass concrete gravity dams were designed and constructed many years ago. Today, roller compacted concrete has become the material of choice, and while the material and construction methods may be different, the science has remained the same. Therefore, it is as important as ever, to reinvest in our understanding of these structures, so that we can be better stewards of the infrastructure before us.

The purpose of this workshop is to provide a brief introduction into the design, analysis, and evaluation of concrete gravity dams. The course will touch on mass concrete, and roller compacted concrete design methods, basic loads and loading conditions used for static and dynamic analyses, as well of techniques that can be used to validate analysis models.

The workshop has been designed as an interactive course, where the participants will be given problems and solutions to facilitate discussions of safety assessment.

This workshop will present a historical assessment of two gravity dam incidents that have highlighted this debate.

The assessment will compare both evaluation techniques and discuss the appropriate applications for both methods.

Professional Development Hours: Up to 7 professional development hours are available for attending the full workshop.

Registration Information: $300 per person includes all course materials as well as beverage breaks.

Instructors: • Guy S. Lund, P.E., Principal Engineer, Gannett Fleming, Inc. • Bruce Brand, P.E., formerly with FERC • Eric Kennedy, FERC/Portland

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Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Embankment Dams for Seepage Concerns When: Thursday, September 12 - 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Evaluation and rehabilitation of existing embankment dams for seepage deficiencies is one of the most common challenges in dam safety today. This is because internal erosion caused by seepage through and under dams remains one of the leading causes of dam failure. In simplest terms, embankment dam seepage problems can be addressed in two ways: 1) cutoff or reduce the flow or 2) safely collect and control it.

This workshop has three major sections: • Identification and evaluation of seepage concerns, • Overview of internal erosion potential failure modes, and • Rehabilitation methods by flow reduction or seepage collection.

Case histories will be used for illustration purposes and exercises will be included to reinforce the presentations.

Additional details on the workshop agenda, instructors and handouts is available at DamSafety.org/DS19On-Site.

Professional Development Hours: Up to 7 professional development hours are available for attending the full workshop.

Registration Information: $300 per person includes all course materials as well as beverage breaks.

Instructors: • John W. France, P.E., D.GE, D.WRE, JWF Consulting LLC., Denver, CO • Jennifer L. Williams, P.E., AECOM, Denver, CO

See itineraries and learn more about the Dam Safety 2019 Specialty Workshops and Field Trips at DamSafety.org/DS19

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FIELD TRIPS C-44 Reservoir/Stormwater Treatment Area Project Field Trip When: Thursday, September 12; 8:00 am - 6:00 pm The C-44 Reservoir/Stormwater Treatment Area (STA) Project is located on approximately 12,000 acres of land located in Martin County, Florida, directly north of the C-44 Canal, halfway between Lake Okeechobee and the Atlantic Ocean. The C-44 Reservoir/STA Project is one component of the Indian River Lagoon-South (IRL-S) Project Implementation Report (PIR) under the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). The proposed reservoir and STA facilities are intended to regulate the timing of C-44 Basin storm-water runoff and reduce nutrient inputs to the St. Lucie Estuary (SLE).

The project includes an intake canal, a pumping station with 1,100 cubic feet per second capacity, an above ground reservoir with 50,000 acre-feet of storage, and an engineered storm-water treatment area. The earthen embankment for the reservoir is approximately 30 feet high and has a perimeter of about 10 miles. The lakeside slope protection will consist of flat plate soil cement, and the embankment includes toe, blanket, and chimney drains to control and collect seepage. The intake canal, pumping station, and STA are complete or nearly complete and the reservoir is approximately 50 percent complete. The total contract value for all the site work is approximately $400 million.

South Fort Meade When: Thursday, September 12; 8:00 am - 3:00 pm The South Fort Meade Mine property encompasses 28,000 acres of contiguous land in Polk and Hardee Counties. Mining operations at South Fort Meade have been ongoing in Polk County since 1995. Nearly all of the property, approximately 75%, has been used for agricultural production (citrus groves, row crops & pasture).

Clay Settling Areas (CSAs) are vital to the operation of the mine processing and water circulation systems, providing clay storage and acting as reservoirs. CSAs are constructed using engineered dam standards and rigorously inspected and maintained, as required by State and local regulations.

Upon reclamation, reclaimed CSAs will constitute 14% of the total acreage of the South Fort Meade Extension site.

CSAs are reclaimed for agricultural use, which is increasingly important due to development pressures on adjacent lands.

The South Fort Meade Mine is owned by the Mosaic Company the world’s leading integrated producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash. Which employs more than 15,000 people in six countries and participates in every aspect of crop nutrition development.

Registration Information: $95 per person includes motorcoach transportation, guided facility tours, and lunch.

Registration Information: $95 per person includes motorcoach transportation, guided facility tours, and lunch.

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EXHIBITORS as of May 17

• ACF Environmental Inc.

• FLOW-3D

• Pacific Netting Products

• AECOM

• Freese and Nichols, Inc.

• Phillips & Jordan, Inc.

• ASI Construction LLC

• Gannett Fleming, Inc.

• Portland Cement Association

• ASI Marine

• GCP Applied Technologies (DeNeef)

• Quabbin, Inc.

• Axter Coletanche, Inc.

• GEI Consultants, Inc.

• Rembco Geotechnical Contractors, Inc.

• Ayres Associates

• Geocomp

• Rite Geosystems

• Ballard Marine Construction

• Geo-Instruments

• RIZZO International, Inc.

• Barnard Construction Company, Inc.

• Geokon, Inc.

• Roctest

• Barr Engineering Co.

• GEOSLOPE International Ltd.

• Schnabel Engineering

• Bauer Foundation

• Geo-Solutions Inc.

• Sensemetrics, inc.

• Bencor - Hayward Baker, Inc.

• Geotechnics

• Slope Care, LLC

• Brayman Construction Corporation

• Golder

• Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.

• Bureau of Reclamation

• Gomez and Sullivan Engineers, DPC

• Tetra Tech

• Campbell Scientific, Inc.

• Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.

• Thalle Construction Co. Inc.

• Canary Systems, Inc.

• GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc.

• The International Journal on

• CARPI USA

• Hazen and Sawyer

• CDM Smith

• HDR

• Clarion North American Energy - Hydro • Hydrogeophysics Inc.

Hydropower & Dams • The Reinforced Earth Company • Traylor SRG LLC

• Hydronia, LLC

• TREVIICOS Corporation

• ConeTec, Inc.

• Hydroplus Inc.

• Underwater Acoustics International

• Contech Engineered Solutions LLC

• Imdex Limited

• US Army Corps of Engineers

• Crofton Industries

• J.F. Brennan Company, Inc.

• US Department of Homeland Security

• Crux Subsurface, Inc.

• JAFEC USA

• USDA - Natural Resources Conservation

• DeWind One-Pass Trenching LLC

• Kleinschmidt Associates

Service (NRCS) and Agricultural

• Diving Services Incorporated

• Michael Baker International

Research Service (ARS)

• DLZ National

• Morgan Corp.

• Vertical Access LLC

• Dyrhoff, Inc.

• Nicholson Construction Company

• Watershed Geosynthetics, LLC

• Federal Emergency Management

• Norse Technologies, Inc.

• Willowstick Technologies

Group

Agency, National Dam Safety Program • Obermeyer Hydro, Inc. • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, • OBG, Part of Ramboll

• Wood • Worthington Products Inc.

Division of Dam Safety and Inspections • Odin Construction Solutions • Flexamat

• OneRain Incorporated

Exhibit & Sponsorship Opportunities Are Still Available!

Visit DamSafety.org/DS19 or contact Ross Brown at rbrown@ damsafety.org to learn more.

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SPONSORS as of May 17

PLATINUM SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

BRONZE SPONSORS

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NETWORKING One of the most valuable experiences you can have at a conference is networking. While the conference schedule can make it hard to find time to meet new people, ASDSO has built in numerous opportunities for you to expand your professional network and meet new dam and levee safety professionals. Aside from the technical sessions, workshops, and field trips, below are a few of the many opportunities provided at Dam Safety 2019.

Exhibit Hall The networking hub of the conference, the exhibit hall offers a plethora of opportunities to network with fellow attendees.

Kickoff Event: Halloween Horror Nights - Making of the Mayhem at Universal Studios Florida!

Start your networking with a scream! Go behind the screams and get an exclusive insider’s look at the making of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios. Get all the gory details as you learn about the event’s history and discover how it’s created and re-created every year. Don’t forget this is a ticketed event, purchase your ticket before they sell out! Learn more at DamSafety.org/DS19Kickoff.

Young Professionals Networking Opportunities The ASDSO Young Professionals Interest Group will host a number of networking and social events as part of the Dam Safety 2019 conference. In addition, the Young Professional Interest Group will have its own tables as a part of the dine around and will hold an open meeting during the conference. Watch for more details on all events at DamSafety.org/YP or visit today and sign up for the YP email list.

Student Networking Opportunities

Receptions and Special Events Two evening receptions will be held in the exhibit hall, Monday, September 9 and Tuesday, September 10. Enjoy appetizers and network with over 100 exhibitors where you have the opportunity to learn about the latest, and greatest products and services available. In addition to the receptions, lunch is provided in the exhibit hall on Wednesday, September 11, and breakfast and breaks are held in the exhibit hall on Tuesday, September 10 and Wednesday, September 11.

Educational Outreach committee members will host informal info/Q&A sessions in the Resource Center during conference hours for class groups by appointment. All student participants and professors, whether attending individually or in a class group, are encouraged to participate. Learn about potential careers in dam safety from multiple perspectives, and from folks with first-hand knowledge. Professors: If you’d like to bring a group of students and are interested in scheduling an info session at a specific time, please contact Brittany Lewis at (859) 5502788 or blewis@damsafety.org.

Students are also encouraged to explore the conference exhibit hall and network with organizational representatives in a casual and relaxed atmosphere. Be sure to bring copies of your resume!

Resource Center & Lounge Located in the center of the exhibit hall, the Resource Center & Lounge is the perfect place to relax, recharge your batteries (as well as your phone), and meet new people - or catch up with old friends. Plus, all door prize drawings will be held in the Resource Center.

Dine Around The annual conference dine around will take place on Tuesday, September 10. Past attendees have told us that participating in the dine around is the perfect place to meet new people from across the country (and the world) and share experiences in a casual environment.

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POSTERS & LIGHTNING TALKS Fish Ladder in Nebraska? A Successful Case Study John G. Petersen, Project Manager; and Jake Miriovsky, Project Manager, JEO Consulting Group, Inc. 85 Years of Change: The Lower Guard Wall at Charleroi Locks and Dam Timothy A. Hampshire, P.E., Geotechnical Engineering Division Manager; and Michael D. Kennedy, P.E., Geotechnical Engineer, DLZ National, Inc. Remote Sensing Inventory of Dams in the Amite River Basin, Louisiana Dan Schmutz, MS, Chief Environmental Scientist/Vice President; Danny Goodding, MS, Environmental Scientist; and Stephanie K. Garvis, MS, Environmental Scientist, Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.; Ed Knight, P.E., Dam Safety Program Manager; and Doug Taylor, P.E., Director, Dams, Levees and Reservoir Development, LA Department of Transportation and Development Regional Semi-Empirical Site Response Model for Sacramento San-Joaquin Delta Levees Tristan E Buckreis, Ph.D. Student, University of California, Los Angeles Monitoring of Dams for safety purposes: why remote sensing and contact measurements must work together Tony Simmonds, Director, Geokon; and Paolo Mazzanti, CEO, NHAZCA S.r.l., spin-off “Sapienza” Università di Roma Regional Calibration of the Peak Rate Factor for the NRCS Dimensionless Unit Hydrograph Equation for the State of New Jersey Michael Horst, Associate Professor, The College of New Jersey Experimental Investigations of Flood Management by an Engineered Levee Breach Ibrahim Adil Ibrahim, Ph.D. Candidate; Melih Calamak, Research Assistant Professor; Lindsey LaRocque, Research Assistant Professor; and Jasim Imran, Professor, University Of South Carolina 2018 Breach of Five Dams in Wisconsin - What Happened?

Karl Visser, Hydraulic Engineer; Mark McCurdy, Civil Engineer; Michel O. Dreischmeier, Agricultural Engineer; Tim P. Weisbrod, State Geologist; and Matt Blohowiak, Civil Engineer, USDA - NRCS Loose Ended Levees? Levee Certification Process and Emergency Action Plan - A Case Study in Phoenix, Arizona Hasan Mushtaq, Planning Branch Manager; and Frank Brown, Levee Safety Program Manager, Flood Control District of Maricopa County

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Challenges Associated with the Development of an Emergency Action Plan in an Urban Setting Natalie S. Rogers, Water Resources Engineer; and Trevor Grout, Water Resources Engineer, FTN Associates, Ltd. Inundation Mapping and Emergency Action Plan – a California Dam Safety Initiative Rajat Saha, Senior Engineer, Water Resources; and David Panec, Supervising Engineer, Water Resources, CA Department of Water Resources; Paul Risher, Senior Water Resources Engineer; and Abbas Dorostkar, Senior Water Resources Engineer, HDR Preparing and Exercising Emergency Action Plans to Minimize Dam Safety Risk Benjamin D. Claggett, Training and Exercise Coordinator/ Emergency Management Specialist, Bureau of Reclamation A New Tool for Summarizing Complex Results of Incremental Flooding Analysis Carmen Soller, Staff Engineer, Schnabel Engineering Emergency Preparedness of Select Dams during Hurricane Florence in North Carolina Laura Shearin-Feimster, Senior Engineer; Mark Landis, Principal; Loring Crowley, Senior Engineer; and Scarlett Kitts, Schnabel Engineering Repair or Replace? Considerations for Dam Rehabilitation Joseph Kudritz, P.E., Civil Engineer; Brian Afek, P.E., Project Manager; Jared Deible, P.E., Technical Manager; and Ed Kaminski, P.E., Project Manager, Michael Baker International, Inc. A ‘How To’ Construction Administration Guide: keeping the Project Engineer on task from End of Design to Start of Construction Janelle S. Skoyen, P.E., Water Resources Engineer, Ayres Associates Risk informed assessment and prioritization of twenty-three high hazard dams to develop and implement a watershed-wide risk reduction program Sunit Deo, Senior Water Resources Engineer; Kelley Rich, Water Resources Engineer; and Cris Parker, HDR; and Alysha Girard, General Manager, Upper Brushy Creek WCID The Story of a Crawfish Boil Julie Eaton, EIT, Project Engineer; and Tulin Fuselier, P.E., Geotechnical Practice Leader, Weston & Sampson Engineers, Inc. Performing Dam Safety Inspections with Mobile Data Collection Tools Patrick W. Allen, Geotechnical Engineer; Molly O’Connor, Project Manager; and Megan Puncke, Project Manager, Black & Veatch 16

POSTERS & LIGHTNING TALKS Numerical Simulation of Big Bay Lake Dam Breach Mohammad Sadik Khan, Assistant Professor; Masoud Nobahar; and Patrick Stanley, Jackson State University; and Dusty Myers, MS Department of Environmental Quality Dam Breach Modeling for Five Dams in Glendale California, Challenges and Lessons Learned Martha Elena Cardona, Associate; Jeffery G. Powers, Senior Associate; and Adam Drozek, Principal Engineer, Hazen and Sawyer Evaluation of Penstock Tunnel Leakage with Instrumentation Tim Newton, Senior Geologist; David Tanner, Senior Civil Engineer; and Greg Dutson, Dam Safety Group Manager, Canary Systems The Influence of Ice Cover Formation and Ice Jams on Performance of Hydropower Dams and Potential Upstream Flooding Ahintha H. Kandamby, Ph.D., P.E., CFM, Water Resources Engineer; Shaun B Gannon, P.E., P.H., D.WRE, CFM, PMP, Subject Matter Expert/Technical Manager; and Jane Nicholson-Dourdas., AICP.,CFM, Urban Natural Resources Planner, O’Brien & Gere Part of Ramboll; and Ian M Knack., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Clarkson University Investigation of the Causes of Uncertainty in Dam Breach Parameters Using a Numerical Model Mustafa S. Altinakar, NCCHE, Director and Research Professor, The University of Mississippi; and Dusty Myers, Chief, Dam Safety Division, MS Department of Environmental Quality Innovative and Conventional Methods of Characterizing and Evaluating Soil Liquefaction in Silty and Gravelly Deposits Gregory Rollins; and Hannah Maas, Stantec; Michael Beaty, Beaty Engineering; and Ian Hunter, Grant Count Public Utility District Gauging Consequences of Dam Failure Across Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Andrew Peach, P. Geo., EP; and Hua Zhang, Ph.D., P.Eng., Golder Associates, Ltd., Canada; and Paula Dawe, P. Eng., Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Erosion Reduction near Spillway Foundation using BioCementation Jinung Do, Student; Brina Montoya, Professor; and Mohammed Gabr, North Carolina State University

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TECHNICAL SESSION TOPICS Geotechnical & Structural Sessions:

Dam Safety Program and Regulatory Sessions:

• Cutoff Walls

• Transforming Owner Program

• Addressing Seepage Issues

• Raising the Bar for State Programs

• Focus on Stability

• Technological Advancements in Inspections

• Spillway Construction

• Lights, Camera, Action! Set the Scene for Your Career.

• Out with the Old & In with the New

• Soap Box Session

• Investigative Methods • Anchors Away • Levy Issues for GeoTechs • Perspectives on GeoTech Topics

Case Studies & Failures Sessions: • Dead Beat Dams

• Mitigating Construction

• Decade Dam Failure Series Part I

Hydrology & Hydraulics Sessions:

• Learning from Past Failures

• Learning from Successful Rehabs • Decade Dam Failure Series Part II

• Spillway Modeling 2D - 3D

• Decade Dam Failure Series Part III

• Step Right Up for Steps and Blocks • Global Perspectives on Tailings Issues

Security Sessions:

• Breaches, Levees, and Dam Breaks • Spillway Modeling • Studies in CFD

• The Latest Tools for Mitigating Security Threats and Improving Resiliency

• Dam Break Applications

• Implementing Security within State Dam Safety Programs

• O’Gee Outlets & Gates!

• Coming to Terms with Drones

• 2D Hydrology • The Future of PMP. What’s the End Game?

Timely Topics: • Smart Application of Risk Principles • Don’t Drown at Dams: Best Practices for Public Safety • Fast-N-Furious Grab-N-Go’s • The Best of the Rest

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AGENDA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Board of Directors Meeting

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 7:00 am - 1:00 pm Shingle Creek Golf Club Dam Safety 2019 Annual Golf Outing 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Registration Open 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm State Representative Leadership Day

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 7:00 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast

10:30 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Session 2: Smart Application of Risk Principles Availability Bias in Dam Safety Matthew S. Balven; and Alex Brekke, Gannett Fleming, Inc. Using Qualitative Screening-Level Risk Assessment Approach for Regulatory Management of a Large Inventory of Dams Eric J Gross, P.E., Senior Civil Engineer, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Applying Risk Analyses to Early Design Phases of Dam and Levee Projects Jennifer Williams, P.E., Dams Sector Leader, Central Region, AECOM; Greg Werncke, P.E., Senior Risk Advisor; and Julie Heitland, P.E., Geotechnical Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Session 3: Cutoff Walls

7:00 am - 5:30 pm Registration Open

The Application of the Deep Mixing Method to Dam and Levee Remediation Donald A. Bruce, President, Geosystems L.P.

8:30 am - 10:00 am Opening General Session Adapting to Climate Change. Challenging Ourselves to Get Ahead of the Risk - Learn more on pg 6

Composite Cutoff Wall Construction for the Diavik Diamond Mine in Northern Territories Canada Bob Faulhaber, Business Development Manager; and Harald Heinzlemann, Bauer Foundation Corp.

10:00 am - 10:30 am Refreshment Break

Assessment of the Feasibility of a Plastic Concrete Cutoff Wall in Dams Built on Landslides Jennifer Ostrowski, Ph.D. Candidate, Utah State University

10:30 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Session 1: Spillway Modeling 2D - 3D

10:30 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Session 4: Dead Beat Dams

Beyond Floodplain Analysis: A Modeler’s Experience Using HECRAS 2D for Spillway Assessments and Designs Yan Wang, Hydrologic and Hydraulic Engineer; Amanda J. Hess, H&H Group Manager; and Gregory L. Richards, Project Engineer, Gannett Fleming, Inc.

Natural River Alignment Reclaimed through Dam Removal Daniel Priest, P.E., General Manager, Contech Engineered Solutions LLC; and Daniel DeVaun, Senior Water Resource Engineer, AECOM

Improving the Geometry of Fixed-Crest Control Sections to Increase Spillway Discharge Capacity Benjamin Israel Devadason, Senior Hydraulic and Hydrologic Engineer; and Paul Schweiger, Vice President, Gannett Fleming, Inc.

Blood from a Stone: Lessons Learned Removing an Unsafe Dam John Roche, P.E., Senior Engineer, MD Department of the Environment, Dam Safety Division; Kirk Mantay, PWS, Director of Operations, GreenTrust Alliance, Inc.; and Geoffrey Goll, P.E., President, Princeton Hydro

Spillway Modeling: Comparing 1D, 2D and Physical Scale Model Results Nicholas Miller, P.E., Senior Project Manager; and Maryam Bral, Ph.D., P.E., Chief Engineer, GEI Consultants, Inc.

The Tallest Dam Removal in Massachusetts (Psst‌the regulators allowed us to release 10,000 CY of sediment downstream) Matthew A. Taylor, Principal; and Laurie A. Gibeau, Project Manager, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Awards Luncheon

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AGENDA 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Exhibit Hall Opening with Lightning Talks 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Concurrent Session 5: Decade Dam Failure Series Part I “The Dam is Becoming Dangerous and May Possibly Go!” The South Fork Dam Failure Clint Brown, P.E., Project Engineer; and Dylan Hoehn, Engineering Analytics The Failure of Quail Creek Dike: Lessons Learned and Relearned Everett Taylor, Dam Safety Engineer, Utah Division of Water Rights; and Nathaniel Gee, Regional Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation Averting Failure Due to Spring Runoff – North Dakota’s Historic Flood of 2009 Karen Goff, P.E., Dam Safety Program Manager; and Jonathan Kelsch, P.E., Engineer/Manager, North Dakota State Water Commission; Chad Engels, P.E., CFM, Senior Project Manager, Moore Engineering; and Gregory Richards, P.E., CFM, Hydraulic and Hydrologic Engineer, Gannett Fleming, Inc.

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Concurrent Session 8: Global Perspectives on Tailings Issues Two-dimensional runout evaluation of the Brumadinho Tailings dam failure in Brazil Reinaldo Garcia, Hydronia LLC; and Adolfo Tribst-Correa, Brazil Hydro Calculating Tailings Dam Breach Volumes for Flood Hazard Delineation Noemi Gonzalez Ramirez, Senior Hydraulic Engineer; and Jimmy O’Brien, President, FLO-2D Software INC From Bulletin 121 to Brumadinho: The Increasing Frequency & Severity of Tailings Facility Failures: Navigating the Decade 2020-2029 David M. Chambers, President, Center for Science in Public Participation; and Lindsay Newland Bowker, President, Bowker Associates Science & Research In The Public Interest 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Welcome Reception and Lightning Talks

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Concurrent Session 6: Step Right Up for Steps and Blocks Stepped Chute Design: Does Step Shape Really Matter?

Sherry L. Hunt, Supervisory Civil Engineer; and Kem C. Kadavy, Agricultural Engineer, USDA - ARS Verification of CFD Predictions of Self-aeration Onset on Stepped Chute Spillways John Wendelbo, Director, Flow Science Hydraulic Jump Stability of Articulating Concrete Block Systems James Nadeau, ACB Product Manager, ACF Environmental 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Concurrent Session 7: Addressing Seepage Issues Filters - Can You Trust Them?

Benjamin C. Doerge, P.E., G.E., Geotechnical Engineer, M&E Consultants LLC Use of a Geosynthetic Clay Liner to Rehabilitate the Lower Chinns Dam, Clear Creek County, Colorado Steve Kuehr, P.E., Principal, Brierley Associates; and Ryan Schoolmeesters, Dam Safety Engineer, CO Division of Water Resources Discovery and Remediation of Internal Erosion/Piping Voids between Incompatible Materials Brian Tri, Senior Civil/Structural Engineer, Vice President; Bill Kussmann, Senior Geotechnical Engineer; and Robb Roy, Geotechnical Engineer, Barr Engineering Co.; and Dean Steines, Principal Plant Engineer, Hydro Operations, Xcel Energy Dam Safety 2019 • Orlando, FL

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AGENDA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast with the Exhibitors 7:30 am - 5:30 pm Registration Open 8:30 am - 10:00 am General Session Today and Yesterday: Recent Dam Safety Failures/Incidents and the 1979 Machhu Dam II Disaster - Learn more on pg 7 10:00 am - 10:30 am Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Session 9: Learning from Successful Rehabs Prestwood Lake Dam Rehabilitation Kurt Feairheller, Senior Estimator & Project Manager, Crofton Industries Consolidation Grouting Program to Strengthen Windsor Upper Dam James Myers, Project Manager; and Andrew Plucinsky, Field Engineer, Moretrench American Corporation; and Jacob Wimett, Senior Project Engineer, GeoDesign, Inc. The Long Road to Dam Rehabilitation Christopher W. Marx, P.E., Project Manager, French & Parrello Associates; and Clint J. Oman, P.E., Principal Civil Engineer, NJ Department of Environmental Protection 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Session 10: Breaches, Levees, and Dam Breaks Levee Breach Studies for the L-30, L-35A, L-36, L-37, and L-40 Levees in the vicinity of SFWMD, Florida Sheng Yue, Civil Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers Risk Informed 2D Breach Analyses for Vermont’s Flood Control Dams Kevin J. Ruswick, Senior Associate; and Elizabeth Isenstein, Staff Engineer, Schnabel Engineering; and Benjamin Green, Chief Dam Safety Engineer, VT Department of Environmental Conservation Development of Standard Procedure for Simulating Breach Formation of a Levee Failure Chris Bahner, WEST Consultants, Inc.

10:30 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Session 11: Focus on Stability Shear Strength of Shale Below a High Hazard Dam – How Low Can You Go? Kessi Zicko, Principal Geotechnical Engineer; and Christopher Bailey, Vice President, Gannett Fleming, Inc.; and Jon Jamison, Superintendent Maintenance Operations & Resident Engineer, Mahoning Valley Sanitary District Three-Dimensional Stability Analyses – How do We Integrate it For Dam Safety?

Tiffany Adams, Ph.D., P.E., BGC Engineering, Inc.; Masood Kafash, Ph.D., P.E., Geotechnical, AECOM; and John France, P.E., Managing Member, JWF Consulting LLC Evaluating the Stability of Existing Dry-stacked Stone Masonry Faced Earthen Embankment Dams Andrea C. Judge, P.E., Senior Project Engineer, Fuss & O’Neill, Inc. 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Session 12: Spillway Construction Lake Ogletree Spillway - Rehabilitation in the “Holey” Land J. Tyler Coats, P.E., Senior Engineer; and James R. Crowder, P.E., Principal, Schnabel Engineering; and Tim Johnson, P.E., Principal Utility Engineer, City of Auburn Water Resource Management Hybrid Cofferdam and Piano Key Weir Design and Construction A Rehabilitation Case Study Mathew Moses, P.E., Project Manager, Water Resources; Hande Gerkus-Harris, Ph.D., P.E., Geotechnical Engineer; and Jesse Madden, EIT, Freese and Nichols QA/QC in Spillway Chute Joint Construction John Harrison, Principal, Schnabel Engineering 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Session 13: The Latest Tools for Mitigating Security Threats and Improving Resiliency Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Vulnerability Assessment Programs Daniel Genua, Protective Security Coordination Deputy Director (A), US Department of Homeland Security Infrastructure Visualization Platform Demo Jaysen Goodwin, Infrastructure Visualization Platform Program Manager, US Department of Homeland Security Shut the Dam Road Down! AVERT Barrier System for Hostile Vehicle Mitigation Justin M. Roberts, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center

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AGENDA 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Concurrent Session 14: Don’t Drown at Dams: Best Practices for Public Safety CFD Modeling to Evaluate and Improve Public Safety Around Dams Benjamin Israel-Devadason, P.E., CFM., Senior Hydraulic and Hydrologic Engineer; and Paul G. Schweiger, P.E., CFM, Vice President, Gannett Fleming, Inc. Public Safety and Social Media Sharon Roach, MBA, P.E., Tacoma Power Fine Tuning Your Dam Talks to Responders and other Nonengineers Manuela Johnson, Lead/Administrator, Indiana Department of Homeland Security; and Kenneth Smith, Assistant Director, IN Department of Natural Resources 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Concurrent Session 15: Out with the Old & In with the New You Wouldn’t Believe What They Put (And Didn’t Put) In This Dam: The Deconstruction and Breach of Gunter Valley Dam Christopher M. Hallahan, Senior Geotechnical Engineer; and Steve M. Davidheiser, Senior Project Engineer and Project Manager, Gannett Fleming, Inc. Eureka! There is Mica in Them Thar Hills! Understanding Complex Site Geology and the Impacts on Embankment Construction Anthony Nokovich, Practice Lead of Engineering, American Water Company; and Edward Barben, Geotechnical Engineer, Gannett Fleming Inc. Restoring Gunter Valley Steven Davidheiser, Project Manager and Senior Project Engineer; and Matt Leisses, Senior Environmental Scientist, Gannett Fleming, Inc. 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Concurrent Session 16: Spillway Modeling Upstream modeling to reduce risk and uncertainty during construction Adéle L. Braun, Project Manager / Senior Structural Engineer; Jed Greenwood, Senior Geotechnical Engineer / Vice President; and Cory Anderson, Water Resources Engineer, Barr Engineering Co. Importance of Site-Specific Design for Labyrinth Spillways – Lessons Learned from Upper Brushy Creek Dam 7 Modernization Design and Construction Tina Stanard, Water Resources Engineer, Freese and Nichols, Dam Safety 2019 • Orlando, FL

Inc.; Blake Tullis, Ph.D., Professor, Utah State University; and Bruce Savage, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair, Idaho State University Reservoir Applications of Arced Labyrinth Weirs Seth Thompson, Graduate Research Assistant, Utah State University 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Concurrent Session 17: Fast-n-Furious Grab-n-Go’s (15 minutes each) Spinney Mountain Dam Seepage Mitigation Project How Aurora Water of the City of Aurora, Colorado evaluated and dealt with a persistent seepage issue John Bruneau, Project Manager, City of Aurora; and P. Paul Perri, P.E., Dam & Civil Works Production Lead, HDR Application of DSS-Wise for Review and Approval of Inundation Maps Blake Dolve, Design Engineer; Murari Paudel; and Ariya Balakrishnan, Re-Evaluation Branch Chief, CA Department of Water Resources Developing a semi-automated Probable Maximum Precipitation hyetograph using Python programming language Trevor Grout P.E., CFM, Water Resources Engineer; and Natalie Rogers P.E., CFM, Water Resources Engineer, FTN Associates My dam is failing; who is going to remove it?

Kelly Renee Flint, Senior Engineer; and Anna Sobilo-Ryzner, Regulatory and Compliance Engineer III, MD Department of the Environment Using New Technology to Safely Perform a Condition Inspection of the Lock Wall at St. Anthony Falls during Run of the River Conditions Christopher Marr, Senior Structural Engineer; Derek Schluessler, Engineering Technician; and Brian Tri, Vice President / Senior Civil/Structural Engineer, Barr Engineering Co.; and Dean Steines, Principal Plant Engineer, Hydro Operations, Xcel Energy Innovative Geophysical Visualization Technology of Sinkholes Potential Application for Dams?

David B. Harro, Geophysicist, G3 Group 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Concurrent Session 18: Implementing Security within State Dam Safety Programs Applying Emerging Technologies to Critical Infrastructure Carey Johnson, KY Division of Water

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AGENDA How Are State Dam Safety Programs Integrating Security Policies and Practices into Dam Safety Program Management? A Panel Discussion with Q&A (60 minutes) Roger Adams, P.E., PA Department of Environmental Protection; Jonathan Garton, P.E., IA Department of Natural Resources; John Moyle, P.E., NJ Department of Environmental Protection; James Gallagher, P.E., NH Department of Environmental Services; William E. Vinson, P.E., CPESC, CPM, NC Department of Environmental & Natural Resources; Sharon Tapia, P.E., CA Department of Water Resources 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Refreshment Break with the Exhibitors 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Concurrent Session 19: Learning from Past Failures Clear Branch Dam: A Case Study in the Physical and Human Factors of a Spillway Failure Meghan Walter, P.E., State Hydraulic Engineer; John Gillilan, P.E., State Design Engineer; John Markov, R.G., State Geologist, USDA - NRCS What Failed Murdock Lake Dam? A Guessing Game of Failure Modes Andrew Cummings, Environmental Administrator/ Compliance Manager, MS Department of Environmental Quality Risk Analysis Perspectives on the Camará Dam Failure Cassandra Wagner, P.G., Engineering Geologist; Dom Galic, P.E., Geotechnical Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Concurrent Session 20: Studies in CFD Lake Wackena Dam Emergency Spillway Modifications Russell A. Bendel, P.E., Senior Associate, Terracon Consultants, Inc.; John T. Grimes, P.E., President, Grimes Engineering, PC; Steven L. Barfuss, P.E., Research Professor; and Zachary B. Sharp, P.E., Research Assistant Professor, Utah Water Research Laboratory There and Back Again: A Cedar Cliff Modeling Story Adrian Strain, Water Resource Engineer; Joel Bilodeau, Senior Hydrologist; and Chris Ey, Senior Professional Associate, HDR; and Brad Keaton, Duke Energy Best practices for simulating hydraulic structures with CFD Brian Fox, Senior Applications Engineer, Flow Science, Inc. 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Concurrent Session 21: Investigative Methods Large-scale sonic drilling to determine supporting fill material parameters Ingvar Ekström, Dam Safety Consultant; and Magnus DamSafety.org/DS19

Ljunggren, Dam Safety Consultant, Sweco Energy; and Peter Viklander, Dam Safety Coordinator, Vattenfall Geohazard Monitoring of the Ituango Dam, Colombia Using Radar Satellite Based InSAR Technology Brian Dracup, Senior Director; Molly Zebker, InSAR Analyst; and David Holden, Senior InSAR Analyst, 3vGeomatics; and Juan David Herrera Caicedo, Engineering Specialist Geotechnical, Ituango Dam, Integral Wildcat Dynamic Cone Penetrometer Low Cost Testing Applications in Geotechnical Investigations Rick Scott, Senior Managing Engineer, McMillen Jacobs Associates 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Concurrent Session 22: Transforming Owner Programs Results of a Cost-effective, Innovative, Screening Level Dam Hazard Assessment Tool for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Danielle T. Hannes, Associate Engineer; Andrea D. Fasen, Assistant Engineer; and Steve Jamieson, President, W. W. Wheeler and Associates, Inc.; Brad Iarossi, Chief of Dam, Bridge, and Seismic Safety Branch; and Constantine Pappas, Civil Engineer, US Fish & Wildlife Service Right-Sizing a Dam Safety Program for Local Governments George Kelley, P.E., F. ASCE, Senior Water Resources Engineer, Freese and Nichols, Inc. Improving Understanding of Denver Water’s Dams Erin Gleason; Darren Brinker, Dam Safety Manager; and Ashley Hase, Dam Safety Engineer, Denver Water; John Hunyadi, Dam Safety Engineer; and Ryan Schoolmeesters, Dam Safety Engineer, CO Division of Water Resources 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Concurrent Session 23: Raising the Bar for State Programs If This Presentation Is Cancelled, We’re Probably Dealing with Another Hurricane: The South Carolina Dam Safety Program’s Strategic Approach to Intense Rainfall Estimation and Response Shawn Steven Frazer, Engineer Associate II; and Jill C. Stewart, P.E., Director of Dam Safety & Stormwater Permitting, SC Department of Health & Environmental Control “Cookbook” for State Dam Safety Programs Emergency Response to Earthquakes Chadrick Hill, Civil Engineering Specialist, MT Department of Natural Resources & Conservation Communicating Risk: Dam Inventory Updates for Alabama Wardell Edwards, GIS Specialist Senior, Alabama Office of Water Resources 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Reception in the Exhibit Hall 23

AGENDA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast with the Exhibitors

Dam Breach Modeling Derivatives for Rapid PAR, IDA, and Loss of Life Estimates Larry Sample, Associate Engineer, Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions

7:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration Open

8:30 am - 10:00 am Concurrent Session 27: Anchors Away

8:30 am - 10:00 am Concurrent Session 24: Decade Dam Failure Series Part II

Investigation and Instrumentation of Embedded Passive Anchors for Large Tainter Gates Mark Schultz, Senior Structural Engineer; and Travis Adams, Structural Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers; and Kevin Gerst, Senior Hydraulic Structures Engineer, HDR

Harrison Park Detention Pond Failure (2009) Anthony Comerio; Dan Whalen; and Brian Wozniak, Hanson Professional Services Inc. The 1979 Martin Power Plant Dam Failure R. Lee Wooten, P.E., GEI Consultants, Inc.; and Paul Risher, P.E., Senior Water Resources Engineer, HDR Breach of Situ Gintung Dam, Jakarta, Indonesia (15 minutes) Paul Risher, P.E., Senior Water Resources Engineer, HDR 20th Anniversary of El Guapo Dam Failure (15 minutes) Jonathan Pittman, P.E., Associate, Schnabel Engineering; and Johnathon Atkins, MS Department of Environmental Quality 8:30 am - 10:00 am Concurrent Session 25: Technological Advancements in Inspections Drones in Dam Safety: A State Agency’s Drone Dam Inspection Program Keith J. Johnson, Nevada Division of Water Resources Beam Me up Scotty: Documenting Dam Inspections Using Your Phone or Tablet Joseph Scannell, CEO, USEngineering Solutions Corp.; Stephen Durgin, National Design Engineer; and Larry Caldwell, Earth Team Volunteer, USDA - NRCS Upstream Riprap Slope Inspection by Drone – A Case Study Travis A. Shoemaker, Staff Professional, Schnabel Engineering; and Michael P. McGuire, Assistant Professor, Lafayette College 8:30 am - 10:00 am Concurrent Session 26: Dam Break Applications Dam Breach Arrival Time Delineation Using SimRAS 2D MonteCarlo Simulation Software Chris Bahner; Gyan Basyal, Staff Engineer; Brian Wahlin, Vice President; and Brent Travis, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, Director of Applied Research, WEST Consultants, Inc. Following the Advice of Albert Einstein for a Dam Break Study Christine Suhonen, Water Resources Engineer, GZA

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High Capacity Bar Anchors - Manufacturing and Performance Differences Explained Mark Rothbauer, P.E., Regional Manager; and Thomas Richards, Chief Engineer, Nicholson Construction Company Re-Anchoring the Bagnell Dam Paul C. Rizzo, Ph.D., P.E., Chief Technical Officer, RIZZO International, Inc.; James Gagliardi, P.E., Quality Control Manager, Brayman Construction Corporation; and Jeff Greer, P.E., PMP, Manager of Dam Safety & Hydro Licensing, Ameren Missouri 10:00 am - 10:30 am Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Session 28: Lights, Camera, Action! Set the Scene for Your Career.

Advancing your Dam Safety Career- A panel of veteran Dam Safety Professionals (Geezers) discuss careers, what they did right, wrong and lessons learned from both. (1 hour) Nathaniel Gee, Regional Engineer, Lower Colorado Region of the Bureau of Reclamation; Roger Adams, Director of Bureau of Waterways Engineering and Wetlands, PA Department of Environmental Protection; Mark Baker, P.E., DamCrest Consulting; John France, P.E., D.GE, D.WRE, JWF Consulting; and Paul Schweiger, P.E., CFM, Vice President and Manager of Dams and Hydraulics, Gannett Fleming, Inc. Educating the Dam and Hydro Engineer of Tomorrow Mark W. Killgore, P.E., D.WRE, F.ASCE, Regional Dam Safety Engineer, VA Department of Conservation and Recreation 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Session 29: Levee Issues for Geo Techs The Impact of the Wood River Lower Cutoff Wall Phase 2 Project on the Permeability of the Levee Foundation Soils and the Levee Safety Wesley Schmutzler, Senior Project Manager; and Matteo Bertoni, Quality Control Manager, TREVIICOS; and Gene Bryant, Barr Engineering Co. 24

AGENDA Relief Well Assessment and Design – Southwestern Illinois Levees Mary Knopf, P.E., Project Engineer; Randy Cook Jr., P.E., Senior Civil Engineer, and Jo Tucker, P.E., Principal Engineer, Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.

Drones Friend or Foe Randy White, Southern California Edison

Laboratory Evaluation of Lightweight Sand Boil Filters Axel M. Montalvo-Bartolomei, Research Geotechnical Engineer; and Bryant A. Robbins, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Concurrent Session 33: Soap Box Session

10:30 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Session 30: O’Gee! Outlets & Gates Upgrading Low Level Outlets to Modern Day Standards Kenneth Avery, Water Resources Practice Leader; and Greg Johnson, Waterway Structures Practice Leader, Bergmann Gee! Is that an Ogee Crest? Discharge Rating Curves for Ogee and Near-Ogee Crest Shaped Overflow Weirs Frederick (Rick) Lux III, Senior Associate - Water, Stantec A CFD Modeling Analysis of Total Downpull Force acting on Bulkhead Gate for Unbalanced Flow Condition Cheegwan Lee, Lead Hydraulic Engineer; Ethan Thomson; and Raziul Mollah, Supervisor, Hydraulic Design, US Army Corps of Engineers 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Session 31: Perspectives on GeoTech Topics Not your Grandmother’s Spillway Concrete, Use of New Technology in Concrete David W. Harris, Ph.D., P.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE, Principal Engineer; Jon Belkowitz, Ph.D., Head, Research and Development; Whitney Le Belkowitz, President; and Mallory Westbrooke, Intelligent Concrete, LLC 85 Years of Change: The Lower Guard Wall at Charleroi Locks and Dam Timothy A. Hampshire, P.E., Geotechnical Engineering Division Manager; and Michael D. Kennedy, P.E., Geotechnical Engineer, DLZ National, Inc. Priest Rapids Spillway Performance and Stability Assessment Rebecca Simpson, Dam Safety Engineer; and Ian Hunter, P.E., Chief Dam Safety Engineer, Grant Public Utility District 10:30 pm - 12:00 pm Concurrent Session 32: Coming to Terms with Drones Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the Homeland Security Environment William “Tom” Hewitt, Chief, UAS Threat Integration Cell, US Department of Homeland Security

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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch in the Exhibit Hall and Door Prize Drawings

Us vs. Them - Tools to Increase Design Review Efficiency and Effectiveness (90 minutes) Jeremy Franz, Design Review Engineer, CO Division of Water Resources; Michele Lemieux, Montana Dam Safety Section Supervisor, MT Department of Natural Resources & Conservation; and Greg Paxson, Principal, National Practice Leader for Dams, Schnabel Engineering 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Concurrent Session 34: 2D Hydrology A Designer’s Perspective on Potential Changes to the USDA NRCS National Engineering Handbook Hydrology Chapters Amanda J. Hess, P.E., CFM, H&H Group Manager; and Arthur C. Miller, Ph.D., P.E., CFM, Science Practice Leader, Gannett Fleming, Inc. Two-Dimensional (2D) Approach to Hydrologic Modeling Joseph Vincent Bellini, Vice President; and Petr Masopust, Senior Water Resources Engineer, Aterra Solutions, LLC Using HEC-RAS 2D Rain-on-Grid for Dam H & H Ben Rufenacht, Senior Water Resource Engineer; and Larry Sample, Senior Project Manager, Wood 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Concurrent Session 35: Mitigating Construction Risks Design of Temporary Cofferdams to Facilitate Dam Rehabilitation Projects Helen Robinson, Senior Project Manager, GEI Consultants Cooper Lake Dam: Benefits of a Safe Yield Model for Understanding Water Supply Risk during Dam Rehabilitation Construction Kevin J. Ruswick, Senior Associate; David Railsback, Project Engineer; and Gregory J. Daviero, Principal, Schnabel Engineering; and Judith Hansen, Superintendent, Kingston Water Department Are You Comfortable Leaving the Safety of your Dam in the Hands of the Contractor?

Anthony Nokovich, Practice Lead of Engineering, American Water Company; Robert Saber, Chief Geotechnical Engineer; and David Snyder, Senior Geotechincal Engineer, Gannett Fleming Inc.

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AGENDA 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Concurrent Session 36: Decade Dam Failure Series Part III 60th Anniversary of Failure of Malpasset Dam Irfan Alvi, President & Chief Engineer, Alvi Associates, Inc.; and Gregory Richards, Hydraulic and Hydrologic Engineer, Gannett Fleming, Inc. The Devastation of Hurricane Camille, Schuyler Dam Incident, August 1969, Nelson County, VA Jonathan Pittman, P.E., Associate, Schnabel Engineering 60th Anniversary of the Montana Yellowstone Earthquake: Quake Lake and the Hebgen Dam Incident Lee Mauney, P.E., Hydrologic Engineer, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Dave Sykora, Ph.D., P.E., G.E., D.GE, Principal Engineer; and Kathryn Murdock, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Exponent; and Benjamin J, Cope, P.E., Principal Engineer, NorthWestern Energy 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Concurrent Session 37: The Best of the Rest

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 7:30 am - 8:00 am Field Trip Check In 8:00 am - 6:00 pm Field Trip C-44 Reservoir/Stormwater Treatment Area Project Field Trip 8:00 am - 3:00 pm Field Trip South Fort Meade Field Trip 8:00 am - 8:30 am Workshop Check In 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Conference Workshop Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Embankment Dams for Seepage Concerns 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Conference Workshop Gravity Dams and Assessing Their Safety

Halt the Headcut – A Discussion on Earthen Spillway Erosion Cutoff Walls Gregg Hudock, P.E., Golder Associates, Ltd., Canada Success and Failure of Instrumentation Programs for Dams Paul Schweiger, P.E., CFM, Vice President and Practice Leader for Dams and Hydraulics, Gannett Fleming, Inc. Continuity of Risk Informed Decision Making from Design Through Construction for the Isabella Lake Dam Safety Project David Serafini, Geotechnical Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Concurrent Session 38: The future of PMP. What’s the End Game?

Statewide Probable Maximum Precipitation Studies, Where We’ve Been and What’s Next Bill Kappel, President/Chief Meteorologist; Doug Hultstrand, Senior Hydrometeorologist; Geoff Muhlestein, Senior GIS Analyst; Jake Rodel, GIS Analyst; and Kristi Steinhilber, Staff Meteorologist, Applied Weather Associates Dust Off Your PMP Studies! Simplified Methods of Screening and Verifying Aging Site Specific PMP Studies Matthew Lehrer, P.E., CFM, Senior Civil Engineer; and Nicholas Agnoli, P.E., Branch Chief, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission TBD Dam Safety 2019 • Orlando, FL

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REGISTRATION FORM Please email the completed form to info@damsafety.org or fax to 859.550.2795. You will receive a registration confirmation via email.

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Sunday Night Kickoff Event: $95

Halloween Horror Nights - Making of the Mayhem 9/12

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Workshop: Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Embankment

Dams for Seepage Concerns $300 9/12

Workshop: Gravity Dams and Assessing Their Safety

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