Post-incident reporting: learning from experience to promote reservoir safety

This paper explains how the new role of post-incident reporting for UK dams is working and considers the challenges for the future. The paper explains how the post-incident reporting system works; summarises the type of incident reported to the Environment Agency; highlights findings from post-incident investigations; summarises how the industry has been kept informed and expands on communications issues (freedom of information requests, etc.), expands on how similar systems are being engaged (e.g. the Standing Committee on Structural Safety and Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety); considers the need for mandatory post-incident reporting in the future; and explains how the system can inform the reservoir research and development programme.