Multi‐frequency reservoir survey techniques offer a technological means to verify historic
sediment delivery estimates and to quantify the effectiveness of conservation …

Bathymetric and sedimentation surveys were conducted using a dual frequency (28/200
kHz) echo sounder system in two reservoirs (Lee Creek Reservoir and Lake Shepherd …

Sediment accumulation behind a dam is a significant factor in reservoir operation and
watershed management. There are many dams located within the Laurentian Great Lakes …

Sediment accumulation can significantly impact the useful life of dams and the multiple
functions served by those dams such as flood attenuation, hydropower, and water supply …

The importance of dependable, long-term water supplies, coupled with the need to quantify
rates of capacity loss of the Nation's reservoirs due to sediment deposition, were the most …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Streams in the Yalobusha River basin of north-central Mississippi
have experienced severe erosion, bed incision, and channel widening due to …

Volume loss in water reservoirs due to sedimentation is conventionally estimated from the
change in bathymetric surveys repeated five or more years apart. Despite many recent …

Watershed sediment fluxes and reservoir sediment accumulation rates were analyzed in two
contrasting reservoir systems in central and western Virginia. Lake Pelham, located in the …

Since the 1940s, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has built over 11,000 flood-
control reservoirs (FCR) throughout the United States. Most were designed to hold 50 years' …

Reservoir sediment studies are important because of the effect that sediment accumulation
has on the quality of water and useful life of the reservoir. Sediment deposition can affect …