In the world of dam safety, lives can literally depend on the accuracy of a model. For decades, dam breach analyses have leaned on deterministic methods –choosing one “conservative yet realistic” set ...

Abstract: Addressing the impacts of climate change is vital for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) and SDG 13 (Climate Action).

When the rain falls or snow melts, the rivers rise. For the engineers who study water, there is no panic—just a quiet team of professionals, carefully studying the flow, ensuring that the water stays ...

In 2019, the 86th Texas Legislature appropriated funding to the TWDB to support a variety of flood-related efforts, including research on topics of priority regarding flood. The TWDB subsequently ...

In recent years, as a result of increasingly intensive rainfall events, the associated water erosion and corrosion have led to the increase in breach risk of aging dams in the United States. In this ...

Description: Starting with geospatially attributed one-dimensional HEC-RAS floodplain models, these scripts are used to create a library of flood depth inundation rasters for a range of storm water ...