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Magajo Dam Open House 2012

May 30, 2012 (Wednesday)-The annual open-house event of the Umagajo Dam (1204-Umagajo Dam) will be held again this year on June 3 (Sunday). The dam will be open to the public on Sunday, June 3, this year. The "original purpose of the open house is to increase public understanding and interest in water supply, improve public health and...

6/3 with Dam★Night at Kyoto Station

Tuesday, May 29, 2012The Kyoto Conference of the International Conference on Large Dams (ICOLD), a summit of dam engineers from around the world, will be held at the Kyoto International Conference Hall from June 2 to June 8, 2012, and the Japan Society of Dam Engineering is organizing the "with Da...

The photo book "Dam" is now available in paperback size!

April 16, 2012 (Monday): It has been five years since Masaki Hagiwara, the manager of the dam website "dam site," published his first dam photo book "Dam. The dam photo book is now available again in a paperback size. Not only is the size of the book more portable, but it has also been revised and the photos have been replaced with new ones...

The Dam Card Compendium" to go on sale!

On Monday, March 26, 2012, Mr. Saki Miyajima of the website "Dam Mania" will publish a dam book, following on from his very popular dam book "Dam Mania" published last year. The title of the book is "Dam Card Compendium. It is a "dam card catalog," so to speak, covering dam cards. From the cover, you can tell that the book is a...

Otsuro Dam begins test discharge

March 9, 2012 (Fri.) The Otsuro Dam (operated by Fukui Prefecture), located near Hongo, Oi-cho, Oi County, Fukui Prefecture, reached its surcharge level of 99.6 m at 9:30 a.m. today and began test discharge. Although no detailed information is available, we are sure that we will be able to see a valuable scene of the overflow. Otsu...

Test discharge at Ohara Dam

March 4, 2012 (Sun.) A test discharge was held today at 2:00 p.m. at the Ohara Dam under construction in Unnan City, Shimane Prefecture. The discharge from the crest gate was truly spectacular. The actual discharge was broadcast live on Ustream.

Doboku Cafe with Dam☆Night in Kansai" will be held on December 8!

Doboku Cafe with Dam Night in Kansai!" will be held on November 25 (Friday) and December 8 (Thursday), 2011 at Kyoto University as an event by Forum Civil Cosmos (FCC), Kansai Branch of JSCE. From the dam pro...

Sagami Lake Dam Festa "The 1st Dam Mania Exhibition"!

This November will be an unforgettable month for dam enthusiasts. The Sagami Lake Dam Festa "The 1st Dam Mania Exhibition" will be held at the Kanagawa Prefectural Sagami Lake Exchange Center near the Sagami Dam from November 19 (Sat.) to 25 (Fri.). (Please note that the museum will be closed on November 21.)

[Urgent Questionnaire] What do spouses or lovers of dam maniacs actually think?

Excuse me, I would like to ask you to fill out a little survey! Please answer carefully, as it may possibly lead to the end of a family relationship or a lover relationship. Please understand that we (et al) will not be held responsible if this happens. This...

Introduction to Dams

unequal arch dam

Read: Hutoatsu Arch Dam Alias: - An unequal thickness arch dam is an arch-type concrete dam with thickened concrete sections on both banks of the embankment. When an arch dam is built in a wide V-shaped valley, the load on both banks of the arch may be too much...

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2130-Ikeda Dam

The Ikeda Dam, along with the Hayamoura Dam and other dams, is the "cornerstone" of Shikoku's flood control and water utilization. It is an all-purpose dam that provides not only irrigation, flood control, water supply, industrial water, and river maintenance, but also power generation. / Gravity concrete dam / 24m

Tokushima Prefecture Dam

sub-dam

A sub-dam is a weir generally installed downstream of a dam to buffer water falling from a flood discharge and prevent scouring. It is a type of damming. In most cases, the height of the embankment does not exceed 15 m, but if the original dam is large, the sub-dam may also be large...

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2177-Gogo Dam

Gogo Dam is a gravity concrete dam constructed on the Maeda River in the Quaoda River system for the purpose of flood control and irrigation. It is located very close to the Toyotoshi Pond Dam, and I actually visited there right after the Toyotoshi Pond Dam. / Gravity Concrete Dam / 50.5m

Dam in Kagawa Prefecture

combined dam

Composite dam → Combined dam

Introduction to Damsdam terminology"ha" column or row of the kana syllabary

combine dam

A combined dam is a dam that consists of both a concrete dam and a fill dam. The concrete dam is usually installed on the hard bank and the fill dam on the loose bank....

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3048-Honenike Dam

Toyotoshi Pond Dam is an old-fashioned masonry dam completed in 1930 in Kagawa Prefecture. It is an unusual multiple-arch dam with a series of five arches. It is a wonderful and breathtakingly beautiful embankment. / multiple arch dam / 30.4m

Dam in Kagawa Prefecture

SWL

SWL (Surcharge Water Level) → Surcharge water level

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NWL

NWL (Normal Water Level) → Always full water level

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light-water reactor

LWL (Low Water Level) → Lowest water level

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DWL

DWL (Design Water Level) → Design flood level

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