Many new dam projects are presently being put forward, revealing both the comeback of large hydraulic infrastructure and the resilience of the modern ontology of water. To contribute to the understanding of modern water's perpetuation, this paper takes a step back in time and looks at the cases of two dam projects which were cancelled during the 19...
Iraq has a unique irrigation system since the early history, these systems are functioning through many irrigation projects built over `Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Irrigation projects include several categories, which are dams, barrages, canals, drains, pumping stations, regulators, and reservoirs. There are six large dams inside Iraq, 5 are exist...
Grouting has long been implemented as a ground improvement technique to reduce the seepage through the rock mass. Grout curtains are usually constructed under dams as a barrier to prevent leakage from the reservoir. So far, the grout curtains under dams have mainly been designed by using an empirical design approach. However, the empirical approach...
Les séries de débits observés au fil du temps comportent à la fois la trace des variations climatiques naturelles et des altérations hydrologiques dues aux activités humaines. Or, l'accès aux débits naturels s'avère souvent nécessaire afin d'optimiser la gestion de la ressource en eau ou encore pour le contrôle réglementaire des usages. Ainsi, depu...
Published in Environmental science and pollution research international
This study explores the opportunities for irrigated agriculture in Khyber District of Former Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA). Agriculture continues to be most important economic activity in Pakistan and former FATA is no exception. However, agriculture in the semi-arid Khyber District continues to suffer a decline due to excessive relianc...
Dams and reservoirs are known to disturb river‐water composition, among other impacts, with potential implications for downstream river ecosystems and water uses. Existing studies have emphasized the variable influence of dams on water composition according to the element, its speciation (dissolved vs. particulate), reservoir properties (residence ...
Published in Ambio
Invasions of water bodies by floating vegetation, including water hyacinth ( Eichhornia crassipes ), are a huge global problem for fisheries, hydropower generation, and transportation. We analyzed floating plant coverage on 20 reservoirs across the world’s tropics and subtropics, using > 30 year time-series of LANDSAT remote-sensing imagery. Despit...
Published in Data in brief
The datasets described herein provide the foundation for a decision support prototype (DSP) toolkit aimed at assisting stakeholders in determining evidence of which aspects of river ecosystems have been impacted by hydropower. The DSP toolkit and its application are presented and described in the article "Evidence-based indicator approach to guide ...
Tangential flow-induced erosion poses a major threat to a wide variety of engineering structures, including earth-filled embankment dams and oil and gas extraction wells. Current mitigation solutions are limited to mechanical approaches (e.g. filters, gravel packs), relying on the fulfilment of a ‘paradoxical permeability-retention criterion’; and ...
Published in Journal of environmental management
Global expansion of hydropower resources has increased in recent years to meet growing energy demands and fill worldwide gaps in electricity supply. However, hydropower induces significant environmental impacts on river ecosystems - impacts that are addressed through environmental impact assessment (EIA) processes. The need for effective EIA proces...
