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Sedimentation of Dams

Author(s):

Aditya Prasad Mehendale , Sanjay Ghodawat Polytechnic, Atigre (Kolhapur); Nilesh Kumbhar, Sanjay Ghodawat Polytechnic, Atigre (Kolhapur); Nakul Joshi, Sanjay Ghodawat Polytechnic, Atigre (Kolhapur); Nailesh Jadhav, Sanjay Ghodawat Polytechnic, Atigre (Kolhapur); Saurabh Patil, Sanjay Ghodawat Polytechnic, Atigre (Kolhapur)

Keywords:

Dam Sedimentation, Erosion, Sedimentation

Abstract

Dams and reservoirs are useful tools to control water resources to allow irrigation, and to avoid high-flood disasters. Nevertheless, these useful capacities to store water also lead to unintended consequences which affect the erosion/transport processes through watersheds. Some dams no longer serve the purpose for which they were constructed. When a dam has significantly deteriorated, the costs of repair may exceed the expected benefits, and dam removal may be a less expensive alternative. Hydropower reservoirs are loses their capacity due to sedimentation processes, and are therefore seriously threatened in their performance.

Other Details

Paper ID: IJSRDV5I10731
Published in: Volume : 5, Issue : 1
Publication Date: 01/04/2017
Page(s): 1213-1215

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