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Public Sa fe ty a nd Se c urity a round Sa skPowe r Da ms

Par tne r s F OR the Saskatc he wan Rive r Basin and Canadian Wate r Re sour c e s Assoc iation Saskatc he wan Br anc h 2018 Confe r e nc e – T he Damme d Rive r s! Oc tobe r 1 – 3, 2018

Prepared by: Doug Kilgour and Jeff Gienow

Intr

• duc tion
• 11 fatalitie s in Canada due to public safe ty inc ide nts ar
• und

dams fr

• m 2012 to 2014
• Only a total of 11 fatalitie s as a r

e sult of dam failur e in Canada with the most r e c e nt loss of life in 1963

• Highlights the impor

tanc e of public safe ty ar

• und dams to

Canadian dam owne r s and r e gulator s

Bac kgr

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• Sa skPowe r owns a nd ope ra te s 19

da ms a t 11 site s a c ross Sa ska tc he wa n

• Se ve n hydroe le c tric fa c ilitie s a nd

two c oa l fire d fa c ilitie s

• Ash la g oon syste ms a t c oa l

fa c ilitie s inc lude 26 km of dyke s

Sa skPowe r ’s Da m Sa fe ty Pr

• g r

a m

• Dam Safe ty Polic y e stablishe d in 2010
• Polic y illustr

ate s SaskPowe r ’s c ommitme nt to managing its dams in a safe manne r in ac c or danc e with applic able r e gulator y r e quir e me nts and/ or r e c ognize d industr y pr ac tic e s

• SaskPowe r

’s Dam Safe ty Pr

• gr

am follows the Dam Safe ty Guide line s, 2007 (Re vise d 2013) and Guide line s fo r Public Safe ty ar

• und Dams, 2011 as publishe d by the Canadian Dam

Assoc iation (CDA)

Sa skPowe r ’s Da m Sa fe ty Pr

• g r

a m

• T

he main c ompone nts of the Dam Safe ty Pr

• gr

am inc lude :

• Dam Safe ty Manage me nt
• Dam Safe ty Re vie w and Inspe c tion
• Ope r

ation, Mainte nanc e , and Sur ve illanc e

• E

me r ge nc y Manage me nt

• Analysis and Asse ssme nt
• Public Safe ty and Se c ur

ity Manage me nt

• Suppor

t to OM&A and Capital Pr

• je c ts

Public Sa fe ty a nd Se c urity Issue s

• Public ac c e ss upstr

e am and downstr e am of str uc tur e s

• Spillwa y a nd powe rhouse ope ra tion
• Upstre a m c urre nts
• Downstre a m wa te r le ve l fluc tua tions a nd turbule nc e
• Public ac c e ss ar
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e se r voir r im

• Unauthor

ize d public ac c e ss to SaskPowe r site s

Public Safe ty & Se c ur ity Ar

• und Dams
• Ide ntify pote ntia l ha za rds
• Control ha za rds
• E

liminate

• Mitigate

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Install bar r ie r s (fe nc e s, booms, guar dr ails)

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War n the public (signs, buoys, sir e ns, e tc )

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Pr

• vide for

e me r ge nc y r e sponse (life pr e se r ve r s, e tc )

• E

duc ate the public

• Public Sa fe ty Ma na g e me nt Pla n

CDA Guide line s

SaskPowe r Pr

• c e ss
• De te r

mine r e quir e me nts as pe r CDA guide line s

• Comple te Public Safe ty and Se c ur

ity Asse ssme nts (PSSA)

• Pr

e par e Public Safe ty Manage me nt Plans (PSMP)

• Imple me nt PSMP
• Wor

k c omple te d outside of the Dam Safe ty Pr

• gr

am

PSSA

• Comple te d by inde pe nde nt c onsultants
• De sktop study to ide ntify study are as and issue s
• Site visit
• Summary of e xisting c onditions
• E

xisting infrastruc ture / hazards

• E

xisting mitigation me asure s

• Known public inte rac tions
• Risk asse ssme nt
• De taile d re port with re c omme ndations

Sample PSSA Re c omme nde d Me asur e s

PSMP

• Stake holde r

e ngage me nt (ope n house s)

• Role s and r

e sponsibilitie s

• Re vie w of PSSA pr
• c e ss and outc ome s
• SaskPowe r

r e sponse to r e c omme ndations

• Submit PSMP for

imple me ntation by othe r s

• Pr
• vide suppor

t dur ing imple me ntation

• Inspe c tion and mainte nanc e
• Re c or

d manage me nt and r e por ting

Boundar y Dam

Boundar y Dam

Poplar Rive r

Poplar Rive r

Nipawin / E B Campbe ll

Nipawin / E B Campbe ll

Nipawin / E B Campbe ll

Island F alls / White sand Dam

Island F alls / White sand Dam

Athabasc a

Athabasc a

Summar y of Pr

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e ss

Facility PSSA PSMP Implementation

Boundary Dam / Ash Lagoons Dec-2014 Dec-2015 2016 Morrison Dam / Poplar River Ash Lagoons Sep-2016 Dec-2016 2017 Coteau Creek Oct-2017 Mar-2018 2018-2020 Nipawin Jun-2017 Mar-2018 2018-2021 EB Campbell May-2017 Mar-2018 2018-2021 Island Falls Dec-2015 Dec-2015 2016-2020 Athabasca Mar-2018 Dec-2018 2019-2021

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