United States Society on Dams
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The United States Society on Dams is a professional association that is dedicated to:
- Advancing the knowledge of damDamA dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
engineeringEngineeringEngineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, constructionConstructionIn the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking...
, planning, operation, performance, rehabilitation, decommissioning, maintenance, security and safety; - Fostering dam technology for socially, environmentallyEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...
and financially sustainable water resourcesWater resourcesWater resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful. Uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities. Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water....
systems; - Providing public awareness of the role of dams in the management of the nation's water resources;
- Enhancing practices to meet current and future challenges on dams; and
- Representing the United States as an active member of the International Commission on Large DamsInternational Commission on Large DamsThe International Commission on Large Dams, or ICOLD, The International Commission on Large Dams, or ICOLD, The International Commission on Large Dams, or ICOLD, The International Commission on Large Dams, or ICOLD, The International Commission on Large Dams, or ICOLD, The International Commission...
(ICOLD).