Water tables placed against earth levees over time will adjust to steady state conditions. If the water level against the earth levee is suddenly lowered then pore-water pressures in the earth levee may not dissipate fast enough and can lead to a slope failure situation. The following example is used to illustrate the use of the total stress method (Duncan three-stage) for rapid drawdown analysis of a two-dimensional storage dam model. The purpose of this model is to document the correct solution of the rapid drawdown methodology as presented by Duncan et al. (1990).