Spencer Drawdown Reservoir Sediment Flush (Abbreviated Version)
Spencer Dam filled with sand within a couple decades of construction int he 1920s. After that, it flushed sediment twice a year to make room for hydropower operations. Dr. Paul Boyd recorded a time lapse video of the first day of the flush in 2014.
We talk about this operation on season 2 of the RSM River Mechanics Podcast, which is dedicated to Reservoir Sediment Management:
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We also measured and modeled this event and documented it in a paper:
Gibson, S. and Boyd, P. (2016) "Monitoring, Measuring, and Modeling a Reservoir Flush on the Niobrara River in the Sandhills of Nebraska," River Flow - Proceedings of the International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, RIVER FLOW 2016 pp. 1448-1455.
https://rsm.usace.army.mil/pubs/pdfs/...
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