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Plastic concrete secant pile wall construction at the Priest Rapids dam on the Columbia River. Image courtesy of Stantec


5 World News XFLEX HYDRO unveils seven


recommendations to enhance


hydropower flexibility; USACE and USBR release joint report


features 10 12 14 16 10 Spotlight


Auroop R. Ganguly explains why dam and hydropower managers need to urgently account for the swan and butterfly effects.


Classified


40 42


Contacts


22


Opinion 12


Ignoring Risks: A hydropower industry wake-up call


Kurt Miller suggests that despite recent successes, the sector is dangerously unaware of mounting risks, urging for more proactive advocacy


24


Lessons learned 14


Digital twins 18


30


Double vision The role of Digital twin technology in the hydro industry


Hydropower & water scarcity 22


Navigating the decision to discontinue


Learn from recent experiences and key lessons for managing downstream risks, environmental impacts, and legal implications in reservoir discontinuance process


16 30


Shedding new light on Brumadinho


Five years after the failure of the Brumadinho tailings dam in Brazil, researchers have uncovered the physical mechanism that may have triggered the incident


CorPower Ocean announces wave energy breakthrough


C4 Wave Energy Converter completes the first cycle of the ocean commissioning program at Agucadoura in northern Portugal


32


Facing up to water fears How changing water availability is beginning to affect worldwide hydropower production


Planning and projects 24


Project perspectives US collaboration, the role of AI, Australian farm dams, Indonesian databases and Canadian watersheds


28


Rapid response to seismic risks


To address seismic risks at Priest Rapids Dam in the US, a downstream replacement RCC dam has been constructed


Deconstruction for revitalisation


KRRC gears up for the next phase of historic dam removal, marking significant progress towards revitalizing the Klamath River ecosystem and its native salmon populations


Iconic dams 36


Iconic structures In the start of a new series of articles, IWP&DC asked members of the industry to share what they consider to be iconic dams and explain the reasoning behind their choices. Here we hear from Laura Monikowska, Henry-John Wright and Quentin Shaw, and Carrieann Stocks.


Next issue Special 75th anniversary issue featuring listing of the most influential people in hydro, and interviews with key industry figures on the past, present and future @waterpowermag


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