Dams and Reservoir Engineering Principles Course

Learn dam and reservoir engineering covering site selection, dam types, stability, seepage, spillways, outlets, monitoring and safety.

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Training Locations

This Dams and Reservoir Engineering Principles Course is available in multiple cities. Please select your preferred location from the list below

Durrës

Albania

Tirana

Albania

Andorra la Vella

Andorra

Escaldes-Engordany

Andorra

Innsbruck

Austria

Salzburg

Austria

Vienna

Austria

Gomel

Belarus

Minsk

Belarus

Antwerp

Belgium

Brussels

Belgium

Banja Luka

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Plovdiv

Bulgaria

Sofia

Bulgaria

Dubrovnik

Croatia

Split

Croatia

Zagreb

Croatia

Limassol

Cyprus

Nicosia

Cyprus

Brno

Czech Republic

Prague

Czech Republic

Aarhus

Denmark

Copenhagen

Denmark

Tallinn

Estonia

Tartu

Estonia

Helsinki

Finland

Tampere

Finland

Lyon

France

Marseille

France

Nice

France

Paris

France

Berlin

Germany

Frankfurt

Germany

Hamburg

Germany

Munich

Germany

Athens

Greece

Thessaloniki

Greece

Budapest

Hungary

Debrecen

Hungary

Akureyri

Iceland

Reykjavík

Iceland

Cork

Ireland

Dublin

Ireland

Florence

Italy

Milan

Italy

Naples

Italy

Rome

Italy

Pristina

Kosovo

Prizren

Kosovo

Liepāja

Latvia

Riga

Latvia

Schaan

Liechtenstein

Vaduz

Liechtenstein

Kaunas

Lithuania

Vilnius

Lithuania

Esch-sur-Alzette

Luxembourg

Luxembourg City

Luxembourg

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

St. Julian's

Malta

Valletta

Malta

Bălți

Moldova

Chișinău

Moldova

La Condamine

Monaco

Monte Carlo

Monaco

Budva

Montenegro

Podgorica

Montenegro

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Rotterdam

Netherlands

The Hague

Netherlands

Ohrid

North Macedonia

Skopje

North Macedonia

Bergen

Norway

Oslo

Norway

Gdańsk

Poland

Kraków

Poland

Warsaw

Poland

Faro

Portugal

Lisbon

Portugal

Porto

Portugal

Bucharest

Romania

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

City of San Marino

San Marino

Serravalle

San Marino

Belgrade

Serbia

Novi Sad

Serbia

Singapore

Bratislava

Slovakia

Košice

Slovakia

Bled

Slovenia

Ljubljana

Slovenia

Barcelona

Spain

Madrid

Spain

Valencia

Spain

Gothenburg

Sweden

Stockholm

Sweden

Bern

Switzerland

Geneva

Switzerland

Zurich

Switzerland

Istanbul

Turkey

Kyiv

Ukraine

Lviv

Ukraine

Odesa

Ukraine

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Birmingham

United Kingdom

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

London

United Kingdom

Manchester

United Kingdom

Rome (Vatican-adjacent)

Vatican City

Training Outlines

Introduction

Dams and reservoirs combine geotechnical, structural, hydraulic and operational systems whose failure consequences can be severe. Sound engineering begins with appropriate site and dam-type selection, then continues through seepage control, stability, flood handling and long-term surveillance.

This five-day course equips civil, water and dam professionals with practical design and safety principles. Participants will compare embankment and concrete dams, assess foundations, loads and seepage, and evaluate spillways, outlets and reservoir operation. Case exercises culminate in an integrated dam concept and monitoring plan.

Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Evaluate dam sites and constraints.
Select appropriate dam types.
Assess loads and stability.
Design seepage-control concepts.
Evaluate spillways and outlet works.
Plan reservoir operation and sediment control.
Develop instrumentation and surveillance plans.
Build a dam-safety framework.

Course Content

Day 1: Dam Planning and Site Selection

Dam purposes and project context
Hydrology and design floods
Topography, geology and foundations
Dam-type selection
Environmental and social constraints
Site-selection workshop

Day 2: Embankment and Concrete Dams

Earthfill and rockfill zoning
Filters, drains and transitions
Gravity and arch dam concepts
Material properties and construction
Foundation preparation and treatment
Dam-section design exercise

Day 3: Loads, Stability and Seepage

Hydrostatic and uplift loads
Slope and sliding stability
Settlement and deformation
Seepage and internal erosion
Earthquake considerations
Stability-seepage laboratory

Day 4: Spillways and Reservoir Systems

Spillway capacity and arrangement
Energy dissipation
Outlet works and control gates
Reservoir routing and operating rules
Sedimentation and watershed management
Hydraulic-system workshop

Day 5: Monitoring and Dam Safety

Instrumentation and baseline behaviour
Visual inspection and surveillance
Performance thresholds and evaluation
Operation, maintenance and change control
Emergency action planning
Capstone dam-safety framework

Training Schedule

Below is the table of cities along with the respective dates for the upcoming training sessions of Dams and Reservoir Engineering Principles Course. Please review the schedule to find the most convenient option for you. You can also use the below search bar to type the city name and filter the results.