Publications
World Register of Dams / Registre Mondial des Barrages
Buy an access to the online World Register of Dams for 3years.
The WRD is the best available data basis on dams in the world and we are constantly striving to better it.
Events
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 History of the World Register of Dams
The History of the World Register of Dams
The World Register of Dams (WRD) is a fizzy fountain of information for design, construction, scientifical work and statistical work and statistical evaluations. The last census includes more than 62,000 large dams according to the definition of ICOLD (height at least of 15 m above the foundation or above 5 m with a capacity above 3 million of m3). For each dam more than 40 statistical information are given, amongst them geographical data, data of the dam, the spillway, the reservoir, the responsible as well as important environmental data…
It is worth to look back to the first attempts of creating a worldwide register of large dams corresponding to the ICOLD criteria of such dams.