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Long-term benefits and performance of dams: Proceedings of the 13th Conference of the British Dam Society and the ICOLD European Club meeting held at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK from 22 to 26 June 2004.
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Henry Hewlett
Henry Hewlett
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Emerald Publishing Limited
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1680/lbapod.32682
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978-0-7277-3927-8
Publication date:
2004
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Condition assessment of Government-owned dams in Finland

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P. Vuola;
P. Vuola
Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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R. Kuusiniemi;
R. Kuusiniemi
Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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T. Maijala
T. Maijala
Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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P. Vuola, R. Kuusiniemi, T. Maijala
Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Published:
    2004

Some 480 dams in Finland are covered by dam safety legislation and of these, some 50 dams are government-owned. In spite of shortcomings and a few incidents there has been no complete dam failure in Finland affecting water storage dams that have a significant damage potential in case of failure. To unify the safety level of government-owned dams and to prioritise future maintenance work, the environment administration has decided to carry out condition assessments of dams that have a significant damage potential in case of failure.

  • Introduction

  • Dam Safety in Finland

  • Repair Work on State-Owned Earth Dams

  • Principles of Condition Assessment

  • References

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