...J. Andrew Charles Failures and serious incidents at dams often lead to demands for improved public safety measures to reduce the hazards posed by the storage of large volumes of water. However, relatively little attention has been given to the issue of liability for the damage resulting from...

... and serious incidents, and the other author, Paul Tedd, has made an extensive study of these events. dams embankments hazards legislation public policy reservoirs safety The origins of British reservoir safety legislation, which can be traced back to the middle of the nineteenth century, were...

... the cause of the failure of the dam. At the inquest on Thursday 24 March, Rawlinson drew attention to the hazardous nature of the outlet pipes: ‘No waterworks embankment ought to have a line of pipes laid through the embankment in such a manner as to preclude any possibility of inspection, or repair...