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Abstract The New Zealand Building Act 2004 requires dams above 4m high, holding more than 20,000 cum, be engineer designed with construction supervision, whilst complying with best practice under the NZSOLD Dam Safety Guidelines. The design challenge with these dams for small agricultural enterprises is…

This article was originally presented at ANCOLD (2017) Conference, Hobart Haldon Dam is a 15 m high zoned earth-fill embankment irrigation dam, located approximately 10 km south-west of Seddon, in the Awatere Valley, New Zealand. The crest and upstream shoulder of the embankment suffered serious…