Frequently used and requested technical documents related to the dam construction are provided below. You may download and use them at your own discretion and without any guarantees from the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE).  Most of the documents were generated by different federal, state, county or private agencies unaffiliated to the Department.  

Dam Breach Analysis and Hazard Classification

• MDE Dambreak Technical Publications and Other Resources 

Maryland Department of the Environment

• Structural Design Considerations (2002)
• MDE Dam Safety Manual (1996)
• Model Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) 

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) 

• MD's NRCS Web Page
• NRCS Hydraulic Software
• Filter Diaphragms (2007)
• NRCS TR-60 Earth Dams and Reservoirs (1990)
• NRCS TR-46 Gated Outlet Appurtenances, Earth Dams - Selected Pages (1969)
• NRCS TR-18 Computation of Pipe Joint Extensibility Requirements (1969)
• NRCS TR-30 Structural Design of Standard Covered Risers (1965)

Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO)

• Rehabilitation of failed CMP - ASDSO 1996 Regional Conference
• Recent CMP Failures - ASDSO 1993 Conference

US Army Corps of Engineers (USCOE)

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Hydraulic Engineering Center​
• Corps Levee Guidance-Directional drilling (2003)
• Corps EM 1110-2-1913 Design and Construction Levees (2000)
• Corps EM 1110-2-2902 Culverts, Conduits and Pipes (1998)
• EM 1110-2-2200 Gravity Dam Design (1995)
• Corps EM 1110-2-2104 Strength Design for Reinforced-Concrete Hydraulic Structures (1992)
• EM 1110-2-2502 Retaining and Flood Walls (1989)
• Corps ETL 1110-2-307 Flotation Stability for Concrete Structures (1987)
• Corps ER 1110-2-106 Guidelines for Safety Inspections of Dams (1979)

US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR)

• Prediction of Embankment Dam Breach Parameters: A Literature Review and Needs Assessment (1998)

United States Society on Dams (USSD)

• The Aging of Embankment Dams (May 2010)
• Materials for Embankment Dams ((January 2011)

Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA)

• Technical Manual: Conduits through Embankment Dams. FEMA 484 (Sept. 2005)
• Technical Manual: Impacts of Plants on Earthen Dams. FEMA 534 (Sept. 2005)
• Technical Manual: Animal Control on Dams. FEMA 473 (Sept. 2005)