This book has been written specially for undergraduate and postgraduate students and professional engineers involved in the planning and design of small and large dam projects with emphasis on planning, investigation, design, construction and their maintenance.

1. Planning and investigations 2. Topographical surveys 3. Geotechnical investigations 4. Hydrological and hydraulic investigations 5. Environmental surveys 6. Reservoir planning 7. Types of dams 8. Gravity dams 9. Earth fill dams 10. Rock fill dams 11. Miscellaneous types of dams 12. Spillways 13. Outlet structures 14. Hydraulic model studies 15. River diversion and construction 16. Instrumentations and monitoring 17. Watershed management