Artificial water storage, originated by the construction of dams, is essential for the
sustainable health and welfare of civilizations since it supplies water for human …

Artisanal and small-scale mining is a widespread economic sector in the African Great
Lakes Region, where it has an adverse impact on the population's environment. The …

Sediment management is an important part of river rehabilitation and management. Global
case studies provide a growing number of examples of successful sediment augmentation …

Heavy metal pollution in sediment is one of the most serious problems in water bodies,
including rivers, which can cause secondary pollution when environmental conditions …

Over the last two centuries, rivers have been strongly regulated, inducing notable sediment
starvation and flow reduction. This regulation has altered aquatic habitats, biocenosis and …

Abstract The Saint‐Sauveur dam was built in 1992 in the middle section of the Buëch River.
Downstream of the dam, a channel incision by several meters was observed. A gravel …

River rehabilitation and ecological engineering are becoming critical issues for improving
river status when ecological habitats and connectivity have been altered by human …

Sediment transport is a key process that affects the morphology and ecological habitat
diversity of rivers. As part of a gravel augmentation program to mitigate sediment deficit …

As the efficiency of the long-running inter basin water transfer (IBWT) projects declines, the
increasing water crisis in the intake area and the deteriorating ecosystem problems in the …

River reaches downstream of dams with constant residual discharge often lack sediment
supply and periodic high flows due to dam sediment retention and flow regulation …