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New system a big boost for dam safety Newsroom 20/12/2020 © Provided by Newsroom A two-and-a-half-year upgrade completes a 30-year journey for a big tech company, David Williams writes in this content partnership article What’s striking about dams, like people, is how different they are, Dam Safety Intelligence’s general manager Dan Forster says.  “Dams have all got their own unique personalities and characteristic traits. And the big thing is that on the surface a dam can seem to be in good condition and performing well but what really matters is how it’s performing underneath the surface.” If it were human, a well-monitored dam might look like a patient in hospital, with a pin-cushion of sensors and instruments poking into and out of them. In the case of a big dam, experts are checking for things like the reservoir level, seepage flow, and “piezometric” pressures on various parts of the engineered structure, such as where the dam meets other surfaces, call

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