CEATI International
The CEATI program provides utilities with an exclusive "closed door" and cost-effective vehicle for sharing experiences and addressing issues pertinent to their day-to-day operations and planning. In addition to serving as a strong technical resource tool, the CEATI program model is also structured to accommodate project collaboration opportunities yielding practical deliverables in which utilities can leverage their expenditures.

The CEATI Hydro program brings together the world’s leading hydroelectric utilities in three distinct areas:

The Dam Safety Interest Group
The DSIG will be meeting on March 14, 2011 in Las Vegas, the day prior to the workshop. If you are a dam owner and have interest in participation, please contact CEATI.

The Dam Safety Interest Group (DSIG) is composed of dam owners who jointly sponsor research & development projects designed to help assess and improve the safety of dams. They have found great value in their ability to test and discuss different maintenance, design and emergency response strategies through the forums CEATI provides. Today, the DSIG is represented internationally by participants around the globe.

Topics and Issues of Interest:

• Dam Monitoring and Instrumentation/Surveillance
• Reliability of Discharge Facilities
• Evaluation of Dam Safety Performance
• Dam Risk Management
• Geophysical Methods for Assessing Seepage, Internal Erosion and Piping
• Static Ice Loads on Dams
• Non-Destructive Testing of Dam Anchors
• Dam Safety Surveillance Training
• Erosion Modeling
• Extreme Flood Research
• Flood Debris Management
• Sliding Resistance of Concrete Dams
• Dam Concrete Deterioration
• People, Technology, Organization

The Hydraulic Plant Life Interest Group
The HPLIG will be meeting on March 17-18, 2011 in Las Vegas, the two days following the workshop. If you have interest in participation, please contact CEATI.

HPLIG is a collaborative technology focused program designed to assist hydroelectric utilities in their efforts to lower capital and operation costs, extend equipment life, improve efficiency, increase reliability and reduce outage times for equipment repair and maintenance, improve safety and environmental performance, improve risk based asset management decision making, performance evaluation and benchmarking techniques.

Topics and Issues of Interest:

• Hydropower Technology
• Capital and Maintenance Investment
• Maintenance Programming
• Workforce Productivity
• Environmental Performance

The Water Management Interest Group

The scope of the Water Management Interest Group (WMIG) is to focus on the development of methods & tools required to optimize hydraulic processes while maintaining safe and environmentally-friendly operations.

Topics and Issues of Interest:

• Watershed Management/Water Use Planning
• Meteorology/Hydrology
• Data Acquisition
• Operational Modeling and Optimization
• Hydroelectric Operation and Environmental Concerns
• Risk Management
• Improved Safety of Waterways