Scouring of Replenished Sediment through Reservoir Flood Discharge Affects Suspended Sediment Concentrations at Downstream River Water Intake

Dredging is a commonly used sedimentation management strategy to remove mechanically deposited sediment from reservoirs. However, dredged sediment disposal is costly. Dredged sediment can be considered a beneficial resource and used for riverbed replenishment to prevent downstream riverbed degradati...

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Main Authors: Fong-Zuo Lee, Jihn-Sung Lai, Wen-Dar Guo, Tetsuya Sumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Water
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/11/10/1998