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This is a typical sequence of events for constructing a dam and creating a reservoir:
Diverting the river
Preparing the foundation for the dam
Building the dam
-
Concrete dam
-
Embankment dam
Filling the reservoir
Testing that
valves
and
floodgates
work
Monitoring the behaviour of the newly built dam
Roadford
embankment dam
under
construction in Devon, SW England
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