Świnna - Poręba dam is an earth dam with a core supplemented with sensors installed by BUDOKOP. The Dam is located at the Skava river.

Świnna – Poręba dam [RZGW Kraków]

The Świnna Poręba dam is built at the Skawa river. It is an earth dam with a core. The dam is 50 meters high and 640 meters long.

During the dam construction BUDOKOP installed sensors in the dam core.

The following sensors were installed:

  • 24 ground pressure measuring pads and 38 pore-water pressure sensors at 4 levels of the core and in 3 mesurement sections,
  • 7 piezometers,
  • 5 settlement columns.