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Introduction
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A Committee on Safety Criteria for Dams was appointed to function under the auspices of the Water Science and Technology Board of National Research Council. The committee included experts in hydrology, hydraulics, general dam engineering, seismology, geology, meteorology, earthquake engineering, economics, law, and risk assessment.
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Such aspects as limitations in available financial and technical resources, differences in size of dams involved, and differences in the general levels and extent of potential hazards may justify use of simplified procedures and criteria, particularly for preliminary screening of large numbers of dams in the interest of public safety. The request by the Departments of Army and the Interior for the National Research Council to undertake this study is one more indication of the high level of interest in dam safety that has been evident throughout the world in the past few years.
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The committee is gratified that, through its work, a considerable range of professional viewpoints and backgrounds has been brought to bear on the problems involved in dam safety criteria relating to extreme floods and earthquakes. However, establishing such criteria necessarily involves balancing risks among various interests.
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