Water Supply Management

Reservoir Management – Sri Lanka

Engineering and Hydrosystems Inc. executed a project for the World Bank in Sri Lanka to develop strategies for sustainable management of water resources and water resource infrastructure. The project entailed analyzing the reservoirs in the Mahaweli River system to determine the technical feasibility to remove sediment from reservoirs using six optional reservoir sedimentation management techniques. An economic optimization was conducted on the feasible sustainable and non-sustainable options including a ‘do-nothing’ alternative to identify the most economical technique for management of the system of reservoirs. The technology that was used to execute the project is based on a method that was developed for the World Bank by Engineering and Hydrosystems Inc. in cooperation with resource economists from the University of Connecticut.

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