Managing Reservoir Discharges through Accurate Flow Measurement
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
World Environmental & Water Resources Conference 2009
Publication Date
5-1-2009
Abstract
Reservoirs store water for many important purposes in today's world, including culinary, irrigation, recreation, and flood control. In order to ensure that this valuable resource is wisely utilized, the discharge from reservoirs must be managed through accurate flow measurement. Unfortunately many reservoirs do not have measurement structures that allow flows to be monitored or accurately managed. It is not uncommon to have reservoir discharge set by historical arbitrary methods, such as opening a valve a certain number of turns on a certain day or keeping downstream river banks or channels at a certain elevation. While historical methods are better than nothing, consistent releases in these cases usually depend on constant reservoir head or stable stream beds.
Recommended Citation
May 2009: Managing Reservoir Discharges through Accurate Flow Measurement. World Environmental & Water Resources Conference 2009, Kansas City, MO (Bryan Heiner and *)
