HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE

A structure submerged or partially

submerged in any body of water
which disrupts the natural flow of
water

in farmlands or
water systems

secondary

-it means storehouse in French

d.) Canals
Where
a
natural
watercourse's water is not
available to be diverted into
a canal, a reservoir may be
built to guarantee the water
level in the canal
e.) Recreation
Water may be released from a
reservoir to artificially create
or supplement white water
conditions for kayaking and
other white water sports
4. Flow Balancing
5. Recreation

Uses of Reservoir

FLOODWAY

Functions of Hydraulic Structure:

1. Divert the Flow
2. Completely Stops the Flow
3. Measure the Flow of Water
RESERVOIR
a natural or artificial lake, storage
pond or impoundment from a dam
which is used to store water

1. Direct Water Supply

2. Hydroelectricity
3. Controlling Watercourses
a.) Downstream Water Supply
Water may be released from
an upland reservoir so that it
can
be
abstracted
for
drinking water lower down
the system.
b.) Flood Control
Also
known
as
an
"attenuation" or balancing
reservoir,
flood control
reservoirs collect water at
times of very high rainfall,
then release it slowly over
the course of the following
weeks or months.
c.) Irrigation
Water
in
an irrigation reservoir
may
be released into networks
of canals for
use

-means the channel of a river or

other watercourse and the adjacent
land areas that must be reserved in
order to discharge the base flood
without cumulatively increasing the
water surface elevation more than a
designated height.
DAMS
-a barrier that impounds water or
underground streams.
Some Uses of Dams:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Irrigation
Human Consumption
Industrial Use
Aquaculture
Hydropower often used in
conjunction
with
dams
to
generate electricity

Types of Dams
By Structure:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Arch Dams
Gravity Dams
Arch-Gravity Dams
Barrages
Embankment Dams

By Use:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Saddle Dam
Weir
Check Dam
Dry Dam
Diversionary Dam
Underground Dam
Tailings Dam

DYKES
-natural or artificial slope or wall to
regulate water levels
-called levee in English
SPILLWAY
-is a structure used to provide the
controlled release of flows from
a dam or levee into a downstream
area, typically being the river that
was dammed.
Types of Spillways
1.
2.
3.
4.

Chute Spillways
Stepped Spillways
Bell-mouth Spillways
Siphon Spillway

Type of Sluice Gates

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Flap Sluice Gates

Vertical Rising Sluice Gate
Radial Sluice Gate
Rising Sector sluice Gate
Needle Sluice

Type of Material Used for Sluice

Gates

Cast Iron
Stainless Steel
Fibre-reinforced Plastic

WATER CHANNEL (Canal)

-is a river or man-made channel of
water used for transportation or
navigation.
WATER INTAKE
-Water-intake structures divert water
from a river or channel for the
purposes of water supply,
hydroelectric power and irrigation.
Types of Water-Intake Structures
1. Lateral intake structure with
damming
2. Lateral intake structure without
damming
3. Bottom intake structure
4. Overhead intake structure

SLUICE
-a water channel controlled at its
head by a gate
-refers to a movable gate allowing
water to flow under it.

Reservoir

Earth Fill Dams

Dry Dam

Floodway

Tailings Dam

Weir

Diversion Dam
Leeve

Concrete Face Rockfill Dams

Underground Dam
Check Dam

Chute Spillway

Sluice Gate

Siphon Spillway
Flap Sluice gate
Stepped Spillway
Spillway

Bell-Mouth Spillway

Vertical rising Sluice Gate

Radial Sluice Gate

Water Intake

Water Channel
Needle Sluice

Sacramento water intake structure