The Commission Internationale des Grands Barrages (CIGB) / International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) is a non-governmental international organization which provides a forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience in dam engineering.The organization leads the profession in ensuring that dams are built safely, efficiently, economically, and without detrimental effects on the environment. Its original aim was to encourage advances in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of large dams and their associated civil works, by collecting and disseminating relevant information and by studying related technical questions.Since the late 1960s, focus was put on subjects of current concern such as dam safety, monitoring of performance, reanalysis of older dams and spillways, effects of ageing and environmental impact. More recently, new subjects include cost studies at the planning and construction stages, harnessing international rivers, information for the public at large, and financing.

• Foreword. Introduction. Inter-Basin Water Transfer Registry. Need, Potential and Limit for Inter-Basin Water Transfer. Assessment of Environmental and Social Impacts. Benefit and Cost Analysis. Guidelines for study of options to IBWT.Avant propos. Introduction. Registre du transfert d’eau interbassins. Besoin, potentiel et limites du transfert d’’eau interbassins. Evaluation des impacts sociaux et environnementaux. Analyse coûts/avantages. Lignes directrices pour l’étude des options de transfert d’eau interbassins.

The Commission Internationale des Grands Barrages (CIGB) / International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) is a non-governmental international organization which provides a forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience in dam engineering.The organization leads the profession in ensuring that dams are built safely, efficiently, economically, and without detrimental effects on the environment. Its original aim was to encourage advances in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of large dams and their associated civil works, by collecting and disseminating relevant information and by studying related technical questions.Since the late 1960s, focus was put on subjects of current concern such as dam safety, monitoring of performance, reanalysis of older dams and spillways, effects of ageing and environmental impact. More recently, new subjects include cost studies at the planning and construction stages, harnessing international rivers, information for the public at large, and financing.

• Foreword. Introduction. Inter-Basin Water Transfer Registry. Need, Potential and Limit for Inter-Basin Water Transfer. Assessment of Environmental and Social Impacts. Benefit and Cost Analysis. Guidelines for study of options to IBWT.Avant propos. Introduction. Registre du transfert d’eau interbassins. Besoin, potentiel et limites du transfert d’’eau interbassins. Evaluation des impacts sociaux et environnementaux. Analyse coûts/avantages. Lignes directrices pour l’étude des options de transfert d’eau interbassins.

The Commission Internationale des Grands Barrages (CIGB) / International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) is a non-governmental international organization which provides a forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience in dam engineering.The organization leads the profession in ensuring that dams are built safely, efficiently, economically, and without detrimental effects on the environment. Its original aim was to encourage advances in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of large dams and their associated civil works, by collecting and disseminating relevant information and by studying related technical questions.Since the late 1960s, focus was put on subjects of current concern such as dam safety, monitoring of performance, reanalysis of older dams and spillways, effects of ageing and environmental impact. More recently, new subjects include cost studies at the planning and construction stages, harnessing international rivers, information for the public at large, and financing.

• Foreword. Introduction. Inter-Basin Water Transfer Registry. Need, Potential and Limit for Inter-Basin Water Transfer. Assessment of Environmental and Social Impacts. Benefit and Cost Analysis. Guidelines for study of options to IBWT.Avant propos. Introduction. Registre du transfert d’eau interbassins. Besoin, potentiel et limites du transfert d’’eau interbassins. Evaluation des impacts sociaux et environnementaux. Analyse coûts/avantages. Lignes directrices pour l’étude des options de transfert d’eau interbassins.