ICOLD Bulletins Series
Blockage of Reservoir Outlet Structures by Floating Debris / Blocage des Evacuateurs de Crue, Prises d'Eau et Vidanges de Fond par les Corps Flottants
1st Edition
Edited
By ICOLD CIGB
October 17, 2025
The production of this Bulletin is a joint effort by the Committees on Hydraulics for Dams and on Dams and Floods to pool resources in producing an overview of the state of the art, latest research and industry developments relating to the subject of blockage of spillways, intakes and bottom ...
Cemented material Dams: Design and Practice. Cemented Soil Dams / Barrages en Matériau Cimenté: Conception et Réalisation. Barrages en sol cimenté
1st Edition
Edited
By ICOLD CIGB
October 07, 2025
The Cemented Material Dam (CMD) is defined as a series of new dam types utilizing cementitious binder together with various natural or manufactured materials in the construction of a dam. The principles used to design the dam section are different from those used in conventional gravity, rockfill ...
ICOLD Incident database Bulletin 99 update / Base de données des incidents de la CIGB Mise à jour du Bulletin 99: Statistical analysis of dam failures / Analyse statistique des ruptures de barrages
1st Edition
By ICOLD / CIGB
September 30, 2025
In all hazardous industries, incident analysis is an important tool to improve safety. Understanding the causes of incidents makes it possible to change what was identified as a weakness, either in the design, the construction or the operation of any industrial plant. Dams obey the same rules, and ...
Technical Advancements in Spillway Design / Progrès Techniques dans la Conception des Évacuateurs de Crues: Progress and Innovations from 1985 to 2015 / Progrès et innovations de 1985 à 2015
1st Edition
Edited
By ICOLD / CIGB
September 26, 2025
The purpose of this bulletin is to provide the dam engineering community with information on the technical characteristics of the various types of spillways that have been developed and implemented over the past four decades, as well as the hydraulic characteristics associated with these structures...
Asphalt Concrete Cores for Embankment Dams / Noyaux de Béton Bitumineux Pour Les Barrages en Remblai
1st Edition
Edited
By ICOLD CIGB
August 19, 2025
This Bulletin covers the state-of-the-art of current practice after the important development in design and construction during the last 25 years. It addresses all aspects of the design, construction, performance and operation. Characteristics of asphalt concrete cores, requirements for the mix ...
Global Climate Change, Dams, Reservoirs and Related Water Resources / Changements climatiques, Barrages, Réservoirs et Ressources en eau associées: ICOLD Bulletin 169
1st Edition
By CIGB ICOLD
August 08, 2025
The purpose of ICOLD Bulletin 169 is to assess the role of dams and reservoirs in adapting to the effects of global climate change, determine the threats, and potential opportunities, posed by global climate change to existing dams and reservoirs, and then recommend measures to mitigate against or ...
Multipurpose Water Storage Essential Elements and Emerging Trends / Les Retenues d'Eau Multi-Usages Élements Essentiels et Tendances Émergentes: ICOLD Bulletin 171
1st Edition
Edited
By ICOLD CIGB
June 10, 2025
The bulletin is structured to present the global and local role of water storage in the modern world and provide the basis for multi-purpose developments in the context of the hydrological cycle, the water-energy nexus, stakeholder engagement and environmental assessments. The bulletin explores the...
The Physical Properties of Hardened Conventional Concrete in Dams / Propriétes Physiques du Béton Conventionnel Durci des Barrages: ICOLD Bulletin 145
1st Edition
By CIGB ICOLD
May 27, 2025
ICOLD Bulletin 145, The Physical Properties of Hardened Conventional Concrete in Dams, provides a comprehensive treatise on the physical properties of hardened conventional concrete for dams, refreshing the partial information. Most of the book addresses physical properties of mass concrete used ...
Tailings Dam Safety / Sécurité des Barrages de Stériles
1st Edition
Edited
By ICOLD CIGB
April 28, 2025
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 ...
INTERNAL EROSION OF EXISTING DAMS, LEVEES AND DIKES, AND THEIR FOUNDATIONS / L’ÉROSION INTERNE DANS LES BARRAGES ET DIGUES EN EXPLOITATION ET LEUR FONDATION: Case histories, Investigations, Testing, Remediation and Surveillance / Études de cas, Reconnaissances, Essais, Réparation et Surveillance
1st Edition
By CIGB ICOLD
April 15, 2025
ICOLD Bulletin 164 Volume 2 presents case histories of internal erosion failures and incidents, and advises on the investigations, sampling and testing that can be used to provide the data needed to carry out analyses of the vulnerability of dams and levees to internal erosion. It also advises on ...
FLOOD EVALUATION, HAZARD DETERMINATION AND RISK MANAGEMENT / ÉVALUATION DES CRUES, DÉTERMINATION DES DANGERS ET GESTION DES RISQUES: ICOLD Bulletin 187
1st Edition
By CIGB ICOLD
April 14, 2025
Design criteria for the construction or rehabilitation of dams and hydraulic structures generally begin with a section defining the design flood. Flood determination methods have evolved over the years, but must continue to progress given the degree of uncertainty surrounding the assessment of ...
Regulation of Dam Safety: An Overview of Current Practices Worldwide / Reglementation de la Securité des Barrages: Revue Internationale des Practiques Actuelles
1st Edition
By CIGB ICOLD
March 18, 2025
ICOLD Bulletin 167, Regulation of Dam Safety: An Overview of Current Practices Worldwide, provides a comprehensive review of legal and regulatory arrangements for the safety of dams among the countries represented at ICOLD. As such, this review is essentially a snapshot of the situation being in ...