Talk:Taum Sauk Dam Failure

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I'm for merging this page into the main article, but might wait a little while – it's convenient to collect information here that can then be thoughtfully merged there in a coherent manner.

Also, I'm not entirely comfortable with the term "dam" for the upper reservoir. A dam is an obstruction that holds back flowing water, IMHO. The transitive verm "dam" means to obstruct and/or impound a flow. The upper reservoir is much more like a very large above-ground swimming pool. The structure has been described as a very large berm. I think it more accurate just to say that the reservoir was breached or failed and that there is a large gap in the berm that forms the reservoir. — Kbh3rd^talk 18:14, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Engineering forensics reports

There is a long, detailed forensics report on the failuer by an engineering firm availble on Ameren's site[1], and a report by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission[2]. These need to be digested and their findings incorporated here. I don't have time at the present. --Kbh3^rdtalk 15:14, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merging

I'd agree with it eventually being merged, but the link is fine for the time being.

I'm a Reservoir Engineer for a UK water company that have similar structures. Technically its termed a fully bunded pumped storage reservoir. Regards, Oismiffy 14:56, 3 October 2006 (UTC)