Design, operation and adaptation of reservoirs for flood storage

Provides comprehensive information on the development and use of flood storage reservoirs.

• From: Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme and Environment Agency
• Published: 24 February 2021

• Category: Whole life asset management
• Topics: Asset maintenance, Asset monitoring, Asset performance, Asset system optimisation, Design and build, Flood risk assessment, Health, safety and wellbeing, Reservoirs, Resilient infrastructure
• Project status: Completed
• Project code: SC120001
• Date of completion: 18 November 2016

Documents

Design, operation and adaptation of reservoirs for flood storage - summary (150KB) PDF

Design, operation and adaptation of reservoirs for flood storage - technical report (6.1MB) PDF

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Details

This report provides a comprehensive guide on the development and use of flood storage reservoirs, drawing on good practice in UK and international reservoir planning, design, operation and maintenance. Provision of flood storage in a reservoir constructed on or near a watercourse can help to reduce flood risk, particularly as part of a catchment-wide flood risk management strategy.

Published 18 November 2016

Published 24 February 2021