Barry Lewis

Small Dams (eBook, PDF)

Planning, Construction and Maintenance

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A practical guide to determining catchment yield and the amount of water required in a dam. Also advises on working with engineers and contractors, and outlines the causes of dam failures and how to remedy problems quickly. It further covers relevant legislation, as well as environmental and ecological issues from a global perspective, with explicit reference to various countries around the world. An invaluable reference resource for anyone who owns or plans to own a dam, and a useful reference for agencies, contractors and engineers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315857749
• Artikelnr.: 40392783

Autorenporträt

Barry Lewis has over thirty years of experience as an engineer and has written extensively on farm dams, soil conservation, catchment management and the environmental impact of farm dams both on- and off-stream. He is directly involved in the licensing and regulation of farm dams in Victoria, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section 1 Planning
Section 2 Investigation
Section 3 Design
Section 4 Documentation
Section 5 Construction
Section 6 Maintenance
Section 7 Water
Section 8 Ecology
Section 9 Commercial
Section 10 Legal
10.1 Legal and policy aspects in Australia
References and suggested further reading
Appendix 1 Glossary of terminology
Appendix 2 Engineering specification for an earth-fill farm dam
Appendix 3 Metric and imperial conversion tables