Reservoir Sedimentation

Author: George W. Annandale
Publisher: Elsevier Science Pub Co
Keywords: sedimentation, reservoir
Number of Pages: 222
Published: 1987-01-01
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0444427295
ISBN-13: 9780444427298

Book Description:

Research on reservoir sedimentation in recent years has been aimed mainly at water resources projects in developing countries. These countries, especially in Africa, often have to cope with long droughts, flash floods and severe erosion problems. Large reservoir capacities are required to capture water provided by flash floods so as to ensure the supply of water in periods of drought. The problem arising however is that these floods, due to their tremendous stream power, carry enormous volumes of sediment which, due to the size of reservoirs, are virtually deposited in toto in the reservoir basin, leading to fast deterioration of a costly investment. Accurate forecasting of reservoir behaviour is therefore of the utmost importance.

This book fills a gap in current literature by providing in one volume comprehensive coverage of techniques required to practically investigate the effects sediment deposition in reservoirs has on the viability


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