Being aware that the understanding of all risk factors involved in dam and reservoir management activities constitutes the conceptual basis to implement logic systems or models aimed to inform decision making, the main objective of the very recently started project entitled “IPRESARA: Incorporation of manmade risk components into general risk management systems for dams, BIA2010-17852, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, Dec 2010-Dec 2013” consists in incorporating all factors and components of security risk to the overall safety management of dams and reservoirs, so that needed actions and investments on such critical infrastructures may be justified and prioritized using a comprehensive risk informed approach.