Cover image for the Texas Water Journal, Volume 16, Number 1: Guadalupe River Nature Trail at Canyon Lake Dam. ©2023 Erich Ross Schlegel.
The Texas Water Journal has published a new article in Volume 16, titled “Projected Reservoir Rating Curves and Their Utility for Water Planning in Texas,” by John Zhu, D. Nelun Fernando, Holly Holmquist, Nathan Leber, and Carla G. Guthrie.
Reservoir sedimentation is a natural and unavoidable process that reduces reservoir storage capacity and affects water availability in Texas.
In 1991, the Texas Water Development Board developed a self-supporting reservoir volumetric survey program, the Hydrographic Survey Program. In this study, the authors examine how anticipated sedimentation rates can be used to predict future reservoir capacity and elevation-area-capacity rating curves to support Texas water planning.
Read the full article to learn more.
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