Storing Water for the Environment: Technical Appendix B: An Experimental Reservoir Model for Storage and Allocation of an Ecosystem Water Budget

Authors

Sarah Null, Utah State UniversityFollow
Harrison Zeff, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Anna Sturrock, University of Essex

Document Type

Report

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Storing Water for the Environment

Publisher

Public Policy Institute of California

Publication Date

8-2022

Keywords

reservoir, ecosystem water, rim dams, freshwater ecosystem management, reservoir model

First Page

1

Last Page

38

Abstract

Dams alter flow regimes, fragment rivers, and harm freshwater ecosystems (Munsch et al. 2022; Barbarossa et al. 2020). Yet, freshwater ecosystems are increasingly dependent on surface reservoirs for environmental flows and suitable water temperatures as rivers have become irrevocably altered by water development, consumptive water uses, land use change, and climate change (Grantham et al. 2020; Yarnell et al. 2020). This creates a paradox where dams have contributed to freshwater ecosystem decline, but are now instrumental for managing environmental water and enhancing downstream ecosystems.

Comments

© 2022 Public Policy Institute of California

Recommended Citation

Null, Sarah; Zeff, Harrison; and Sturrock, Anna, "Storing Water for the Environment: Technical Appendix B: An Experimental Reservoir Model for Storage and Allocation of an Ecosystem Water Budget" (2022). Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications. Paper 1156.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wats_facpub/1156