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World Register of Dams / Registre Mondial des Barrages
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The WRD is the best available data basis on dams in the world and we are constantly striving to better it.
Conference on DAM SAFETY 2025 Resilient Infrastructure for A Sustainable Future
New Delhi
20 - 21 March, 2025
BRUSSELS HYDROPOWER DAY 2025 - Contribution of hydropower flexibility and storage in the safe energy transition in partnership with the environment under climate change
Le Bouche à Oreille; Rue Félix Hap, 11, 1040 Etterbeek and online
8 April 2025 - 9:15 AM – 4:15 PM CEST
17th ICOLD International Benchmark Workshop on Numerical Analysis of Dams
Sofia, Bulgaria
9th - 12th April 2025
Dams and Sustainability WEBINAR #2 - Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA)
Online Webinar
May 6, 2025 1pm - 3pm (CEST)
Fifth International Conference and Exhibition
Water Storage and Hydropower Development for Africa
Labadi Beach Resort, Accra, Ghana
8 to 10 July 2025
XXI technical dam control international conference
Cracow, Poland
09 - 12 September 2025
The world's best databasis on dams, established upon the national inventories sent by the member countries of ICOLD. The Register is continuously updated. It includes more than 55,000 Dams.
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