Extending the Life of Reservoirs : Sustainable Sediment Management for Dams and Run-of-River Hydropower

Annandale, George W. ; Morris, Gregory L. ; Karki, Pravin

Washington, DC:World Bank

关键词: SUSTAINABILITY;    RESERVOIR;    ROR;    RUN OF RIVER;    HYDROPOWER;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-1-4648-0838-8
RP-ID  :  108578

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Economic development relies critically on infrastructure development. Yet, without careful planning,the services provided by hydropower facilities and dams are at risk. Ensuring the long-term resilience ofthese critical infrastructure facilities requires early and consistent attention to the processes of reservoirsedimentation, which reduce the storage capacity of reservoirs and damages hydromechanicalequipment, posing a threat to the sustainability of hydropower, water supply, and irrigation services.Written by two of the world’s leading experts on sediment management, Extending the Life of Reservoirs:Sustainable Sediment Management for Dams and Run-of-River Hydropower provides guidance on adoptingsediment management practices for hydropower and dam projects. It stresses the importance ofincorporating sediment management into projects in order to safeguard the many important services ofthese projects, including water supply, irrigation, and renewable electricity. In particular, the book stresses theimportance of integrating sediment management into the early planning phases of projects.Importantly, this book provides a new perspective on the importance of sediment management that isnot found in earlier work. The authors stress the value of sediment management as a robust adaptationstrategy to support sustainable hydropower and supply of water for domestic use, agriculture, and industry.The techniques focus on addressing uncertainties related to future climate changes, and how uncertaintyover future hydrological patterns may be addressed.While the primary audience for the book includes policy makers, lending agencies, and general practitionersevaluating dam and hydropower proposals, the level of detail provided in the book should appeal to a widearray of stakeholder groups. The content is neither overly technical nor overly simplistic, and aims to providepractical and useful information.