Dam Safety - Spillways


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1. Spillway Incident Risk Prioritization Tool
2. Public Dissemination of USACE Inundation Maps and Risk Information
3. Dam Safety Considerations for Dams Following Significant Drawdown
4. Lessons learned from a screening study of bedrock erodibility at spillway foundations
5. Oroville Dam Complex Level 2 Risk Analysis

Hans AbramsonWard

Principal Geologist

Lettis Consultants International, Inc.

James Olsen

Geotechnical Engineer, Project Manager

US Bureau of Reclamation

James Olsen is a Geotechnical Engineer with over 15 years of experience working on embankment dams and other water resources-related engineering projects. He received his Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder and his Masters of Science Degree from the University of Colorado at Denver. He joined Reclamation's Technical Service Center in 2018.

Rebecca Ragon

Author

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Daniel Osmun

Author

HDR

Mr. Osmun has 32 years experience in geotechnical and embankment dam engineering. He has served in numerous leadership roles on major dam design and rehabilitation projects and has performed dam safety evaluations on many earthfill and concrete dams including Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulated hydropower dams, Corps of Engineers dams, as well as many Reclamation dams. Dan served as one of the USSD-nominated leaders of the Oroville Complex Level 2 Risk Analysis. He current serves as HDR’s practice leader for dam safety risk informed decision making.

Adam Toothman

Civil Engineer

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

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