Reservoir sediment management

Reservoir drawdown routing or sluicing

• As soon as the reservoir is

drawn down for sluicing,
the suspended sediment
concentration in the river
at the intake increases by a
factor of 1000.

• Sedimentation basins are

used during the drawdown
period to reduce sand
concentration delivered to
turbines.

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 Reservoir sediment management
Reservoir drawdown flushing
• Requires complete shut down of the plant to flush the sediments from the bottom level outlets

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