Dams and hydraulic Engineering (Dams and dykes)
- Client: Commune de la Bresse
- Operator: Municipality of Electricity of La Bresse
- Assignment: Assistance to Project Management
- Completion date: 2014-2018
- Total cost of the assignment: 40 k €
PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND CHARACTERISTICS
The La Lande dam is located in the commune of La Bresse, in the department of Vosges (88). This rockfill weir with an upstream bituminous mask creates a reservoir of 660,000 cubic meters. The La Lande dam was built in 1983 to create a large water reservoir for the production of electricity. Subsequently, the reservoir was also used to feed the station’s snow cannons and to supply drinking water to the commune of Bresse. Its main dimensions are as follows:
- Length of the dam: 80 m
- Height on foundation: 17.50 m
- Volume stored on the PHE: 0.7 Million m³
ASSIGNMENT
- Risk Study;
- Study of propagation of submersion wave and mapping of flooded areas in the event of dam failure;
- Update of hydrological and drainage studies;
- Written Instructions;
- Auscultation Reports;
- Monitoring Reports.
