Levees related documents

The International Levee Handbook

The International Levee Handbook
The International Levee Handbook
(Original English Version)
Guide international sur les digues
French Version

ISSMGE TC201 Documents

The Technical Committee on Levees of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering works on various topics in relation to levees and geotechnics. You can access its web page from our web site's "links" page.

A report on Failure paths (or failure scenarios) for levees
A report on Failure paths (or failure scenarios) for levees
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A report on Techniques for reinforcement or renovation of levees

FloodProBE      
FlooProBE

Deliverable documents from the FloodProBE European Research project
Deliverable documents from the FloodProBE European Research project
The FloodProBE report on transitions
The FloodProBE report on transitions (not available on the FloodProBE web site)

 

French Committee (CFBR) levees related documents

To download one of these CFBR documents, and many more, click HERE and download the selected document from the list.

Guidelines for the justification of embankment dams and levees

Guidelines for the justification of embankment dams and levees (CFBR document, in French at the beginning, in English starting page 135)

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Guidelines for the justification of the stability of gravity dams

Guidelines for the justification of the stability of gravity dams (CFBR document, applicable with some adaptation to levees of gravity type, in French at the beginning, in English starting page 121)

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Methods and techniques for reinforcing and repairing protection levees

Methods and techniques for reinforcing and repairing protection levees (CFBR document, in French only at the moment, English traslation in progress)

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INRAE documents

INRAE (formerly Irstea, formerly Cemagref) documents in English - (many more exist but only in French language)

Digues2024 livre des resumes
Book of abstracts of the French Conference "Digues 2024".
Includes English abstracts and DOI links to the full text papers (these are in French).
Spillways on river levees
Spillways on river levees 
Geophysical and geotechnical methods for diagnosing flood protection dikes
Geophysical and geotechnical methods for diagnosing flood protection dikes - Guide for implementation and interpretation
Surveillance, maintenance and diagnosis of flood protection dikes
Surveillance, maintenance and diagnosis of flood protection dikes - A practical handbook for owners and operators
Book of abstracts of the French Conference "Digues 2019"
Book of abstracts of the French Conference "Digues 2019".
Includes English abstracts and DOI links to the full text papers (these are in French).

USACE Documents

USACEDocs1

USACEDocs2
  • Levee Safety Program Guidance (2021)
  • Levee Design Manual Update (2022, Draft)
  • Levee Portfolio Report (2018)

See : https://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Levee-Safety-Program/

Others

National guidance for practitioners in the UK and Ireland
National guidance for practitioners in the UK and Ireland on the design of flood embankments to EN 1997 Eurocode 7: Geotechnical design
Fundamentals of Flood Protection
Fundamentals of Flood Protection, a Dutch document
Program and  abstracts of the  seminar ICOLD Bulletin 164
Program and  abstracts of the  seminar "ICOLD Bulletin 164: Internal Erosion Workshop" during the ICOLD 2019 Ottawa meeting