Dan Buruiană’s scientific contributions

The dam of Râpa Albastră reservoir, located on Simila River, is an earth dam with a maximum height of 17.80 m, which provides a global retention to the canopy of 23.159 million cubic meters. Râpa Albastră reservoir is a part of the hydrotechnical works set that were built to protect against the floods Bârlad, Vaslui, Tecuci cities and other villages in Bârlad catchment area. During the years 2008÷2011 investment works were implemented, under the project "Safety reinforcement of Râpa Albastră reservoir, located on the Simila River, in Vaslui county". The project was set out to build the following works: revegetation on the downstream slope of the dam, restoring transport capacity of the bottom outlet channel, calibration of Simila River bed over a length of approximately 1240 m, repairs to the access bridge from the canopy to the operation tower, repairs to the operation tower cabin, rehabilitation of the hydro-mechanical equipments, electrical installations, water management information and warning-alarm system, driveway restoration to the dam canopy. This paper presents a brief history of the dam and aspects regarding the behaviour monitoring of Râpa Albastră reservoir during the years 1997-2012.