Tailings Dam Safety / Sécurité Des Barrages de Stériles

Tailings Dam Safety / Sécurité Des Barrages de Stériles
Author: Icold Cigb
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-12-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781032871554

ICOLD Bulletin 194, Tailings Dam Safety, aims to assist the international community to further develop and adopt safe practices for tailings dam planning, design, construction, operation, and closure with a focus on the technical aspects that are mentioned but not fully developed in other recent National and Industry Guidelines and Standards. Governance and human aspects have also been touched on with appropriate references where other guidance documents are considered more comprehensive. The Bulletin consolidates key information from these Guidelines and Standards together with information from various previous ICOLD Bulletins that address specific aspects of the topic to provide a comprehensive overview of "what makes a tailings dam safe." Comprehensive references are provided to assist users to access more detailed information where relevant. In preparing this bulletin, ICOLD has strived to consolidate "leading international practice" for tailings dams, with a focus on technical guidance. Le sous-comité de la CIGB sur les stériles a préparé le présent bulletin pour aider la communauté internationale à améliorer les pratiques en matière de sécurité lors des phases de planification, de conception, de construction, d'exploitation et de fermeture des installations, en détaillant en particulier les aspects techniques qui ont été mentionnés, sans avoir été complètement développés, dans d'autres ouvrages directeurs et normatifs récemment publiés par des organismes gouvernementaux et industriels. Les aspects liés à la gouvernance et aux personnes ont également été abordés en offrant les références appropriées lorsque d'autres documents directeurs ont été jugés plus complets sur le sujet. Le présent bulletin rassemble les principaux renseignements issus de ces lignes directrices et de ces normes ainsi que l'information provenant des divers bulletins antérieurs de la CIGB qui traitent d'aspects spécifiques du sujet afin de parvenir à une description complète de « ce qui assure la sécurité d'un barrage de stériles ». Des articles approfondis sont par ailleurs cités en référence pour aider le lecteur à accéder, le cas échéant, à des renseignements plus détaillés. En préparant ce bulletin, la CIGB s'est efforcée de faire la synthèse des « meilleures pratiques internationales » mises en oeuvre pour les barrages de stériles, et privilégiant les recommandations techniques.

Dam Safety Management / Gestion de la Sécurité des Barrages

Dam Safety Management / Gestion de la Sécurité des Barrages
Author: Cigb Icold
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2021-06-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000382753

Dam Safety Management is a major concern during the entire lifetime cycle of a dam scheme. This is particularly true for the operational phase of the scheme that represents by far the longest period in its lifetime cycle. Bulletin 154 presented a general approach and concepts to be applied to dam operation. The current Bulletin 175 extends the developed concepts to all phases preceding the operational phase. Many risks associated with the operation of existing dams have their origins in other phases preceding the actual operation. Although there are numerous ICOLD Bulletins addressing technical aspects of planning, design, construction and commissioning of dams, there is not a single Bulletin which covers the subject in a comprehensive manner. The current document is a first attempt to capture all relevant dam safety aspects in all preoperational phases by systematically characterizing the actors involved, their roles, the activities and complex interactions present in different phases of the dam lifecycle. An Overarching Safety Management System is specifically developed that can be applied to all actors involved. La gestion de la sécurité des barrages est une préoccupation majeure pendant tout le cycle de vie d'un projet de barrage. Cela est particulièrement vrai pour la phase opérationnelle du système qui représente de loin la période la plus longue de son cycle de vie. Le Bulletin 154 présente une approche générale et des concepts à appliquer à l'exploitation des barrages. Le Bulletin 175 actuel étend les concepts développés à toutes les phases précédant la phase d'exploitation. De nombreux risques associés à l'exploitation des barrages existants ont leur origine dans d'autres phases précédant l'exploitation proprement dite. Bien qu'il existe de nombreux bulletins ICOLD traitant des aspects techniques de la planification, de la conception, de la construction et de la mise en service des barrages, il n'existe pas un seul bulletin qui couvre le sujet de manière exhaustive. Le document actuel est une première tentative de capturer tous les aspects pertinents de la sécurité des barrages dans toutes les phases pré-opérationnelles en caractérisant systématiquement les acteurs impliqués, leurs rôles, les activités et les interactions complexes présentes dans les différentes phases du cycle de vie du barrage. Un système global de gestion de la sécurité est spécifiquement développé et peut être appliqué à tous les acteurs impliqués.

Water Security in the Mediterranean Region

Water Security in the Mediterranean Region
Author: Andrea Scozzari
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2011-09-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9400716230

The role of water in our communities, from local to regional and right up to global levels, poses a series of key questions about climate change, about the anthropogenic impact on the environment, and about all the interconnected actions and events that affect the availability and quality of the resource. All these questions share a common demand for more scientific knowledge and information. In this particular context the disciplinary boundaries are fading, and there is a growing need to create broader connections and wider collaborative interdisciplinary groups, aimed at building an integrated knowledge-base to serve not only stakeholders but also the whole of society. Only in this way can we hope to respond effectively to the challenges and changing dynamics of human-hydrologic systems. Following this concept, contributors from multiple disciplinary backgrounds, such as Law Studies, Hydrogeology, Monitoring and Information Technologies, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Environmental Sciences, Systems Engineering, Economics and Social Studies, joined forces and interacted in this workshop. The present book reports the proceedings of this three-day ARW (Advanced Research Workshop), and explores different aspects of the environmental security assessment process, focusing on the assessment, monitoring and management of water resources, and giving an overview of the related scientific knowledge.

Impacts of Large Dams: A Global Assessment

Impacts of Large Dams: A Global Assessment
Author: Cecilia Tortajada
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2012-02-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642235700

One of the most controversial issues of the water sector in recent years has been the impacts of large dams. Proponents have claimed that such structures are essential to meet the increasing water demands of the world and that their overall societal benefits far outweight the costs. In contrast, the opponents claim that social and environmental costs of large dams far exceed their benefits, and that the era of construction of large dams is over. A major reason as to why there is no consensus on the overall benefits of large dams is because objective, authoritative and comprehensive evaluations of their impacts, especially ten or more years after their construction, are conspicuous by their absence. This book debates impartially, comprehensively and objectively, the positive and negative impacts of large dams based on facts, figures and authoritative analyses. These in-depth case studies are expected to promote a healthy and balanced debate on the needs, impacts and relevance of large dams, with case studies from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Latin America.

Green Jobs

Green Jobs
Author: Michael Renner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Green jobs, employment that contributes to protecting the environment and reducing humanity's carbon footprint, will be a key economic driver of the 21st century. This report explores the role green jobs will play within the various industries, energy production, construction, transportation, energy-intensive industries, recycling and re-manufacturing, and agriculture and forestry.

Natural Water Treatment Systems for Safe and Sustainable Water Supply in the Indian Context

Natural Water Treatment Systems for Safe and Sustainable Water Supply in the Indian Context
Author: Thomas Wintgens
Publisher: IWA Publishing (International Water Assoc)
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2015-09-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781780407104

Natural Water Treatment Systems for Safe and Sustainable Water Supply in the Indian Context is based on the work from the Saph Pani project (Hindi word meaning potable water). The book aims to study and improve natural water treatment systems, such as River Bank Filtration (RBF), Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR), and wetlands in India, building local and European expertise in this field. The project aims to enhance water resources and water supply, particularly in water stressed urban and peri urban areas in different parts of the Indian sub-continent. This project is co-funded by the European Union under the Seventh Framework (FP7) scheme of small or medium scale focused research projects for specific cooperation actions (SICA) dedicated to international cooperation partner countries. Natural Water Treatment Systems for Safe and Sustainable Water Supply in the Indian Context provides: an introduction to the concepts of natural water treatment systems (MAR, RBF, wetlands) at national and international level knowledge of the basics of MAR, RBF and wetlands, methods and hydrogeological characterisation an insight into case studies in India and abroad. This book is a useful resource for teaching at Post Graduate level, for research and professional reference."

Geodiversity

Geodiversity
Author: Murray Gray
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2004-06-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0470090812

A counterpoint to biodiversity, geodiversity describes the rocks, sediments, soils, fossils, landforms, and the physical processes that underlie our environment. The first book to focus exclusively on the subject, Geodiversity describes the interrelationships between geodiversity and biodiversity, the value of geodiversity to society, as well as current threats to its existence. Illustrated with global case studies throughout, the book examines traditional approaches to protecting biodiversity and the new management agenda which is starting to be used instead.