Studies Regarding the Safety in Operation of Mileanca Reservoir

The dam of Mileanca reservoir, located on Podriga river, is an earth dam with a maximum height of 10,08 m, that provides a global retention to the canopy of 11,116 hm3. Mileanca reservoir is one of the hydrotechnical constructions that were build to protect against the floods downstream villages:Mileanca, Drăguşeni, Havârna, Scutari, Ştiubieni, Săveni. Between the years 2008 and 2012 investment works were implemented, under the project „Safety re-inforcement of Mileanca reservoir, located on Podriga River, in Botoșani county”. The project was set out to build the following works: rehabilitation of dam body (repairs to the concrete tiles on the downstream slope, sealing screen), rehabilitation of the hydromechanical equipments, rehabilitation of the bottom outlet, rehabilitation of the evaccuation channel of the surface outlet, installation of a water management information and warning-alarm system, rehabilitation of the behaviour monitoring system. This paper presents a brief history of the dam in its construction and exploitation phases, focussing on aspects regarding the behaviour monitoring of Podu Iloaiei reservoir during the years 1997-2017.