Earthquake Damage to Hydraulic Structures in California (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Earthquake Damage to Hydraulic Structures in California

When completed in 1990, the State Water Project will represent an investment of some $2. 5 billion in reservoirs, dams, powerplants, aqueducts, and pumping plants. But California is earthquake-prone country and today no one would think of building a project of this size without including earthquake-resistant features in the design.

The Department of Water Resources, which is building and will operate the State Water Project, bases its earthquake-resistant designs on techniques developed from known effects of earthquakes on man-made structures and specialized design procedures to calculate the earthquake induced stresses in hydraulic structures.

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