The nation’s 90,000 dams and reservoirs help ensure the stability of water and energy supplies and flood risk management. However, reservoir storage capacity, essential to meeting these purposes, has been declining as reservoirs fill with clay, silt, sand, gravel, and cobble sediment, in a process known as reservoir sedimentation.

In this webinar series, sponsored by CIRES Education & Outreach and CIRES Western Water Assessment, the Subcommittee on Sedimentation’s National Reservoir Sedimentation and Sustainability Team presents sustainable solutions to reservoir sediment management. 

• Reservoir Sedimentation Management: Big deal! Why should we even care about it? by Dr. George Annandale, P.E. (recorded)
   
• Reservoir Sedimentation Management Options and Data Needs by Dr. Greg Morris, P.E. (recorded)
   
• Sedimentation Management for Multi-Purpose Reservoirs: A Federal Perspective by Dr. Tim Randle, P.E., & Dr. Paul Boyd, P.E. (recorded)
   
• Permitting for Reservoir Sedimentation Management by Dr. Rollin Hotchkiss, P.E. & David Olson (recorded)
• Sedimentation Monitoring by Dr. Greg Morris, P.E. (recorded) 
• Economics of Sustainable Reservoir Sediment Management by Dr. Rollin Hotchkiss, P.E. (recorded)

Professional Development Hour Certificate - Annandale Webinar.pptx

Professional Development Hour Certificate - Morris Webinar.pptx

Professional Development Hour Certificate - Randle & Boyd Webinar.pptx

Professional Development Hour Certificate - Hotchkiss & Olson Webinar.pptx

Professional Development Hour Certificate - Morris Webinar.pptx

Professional Development Hour Certificate - Hotchkiss Webinar.pptx

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation recently released a short introduction to Reservoir Sedimentation put together by Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (link here).

Approximately one to two weeks after each webinar, a permanent link to the recorded webinar will be posted.