Calculating sediment trapping efficiency for reservoirs in series
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Trapping Efficiency (TE) is defined as the proportion of inflowing sediment that is accumulated in a reservoir. Accurately predicting the trapping efficiency (TE) of sediment in reservoirs is critical to estimate their useful life and inform catchment models for sediment budget estimation. A daily formulation of the Churchill sediment trapping efficiency equation previously implemented in the eWater Source modelling framework, enables the user to account for the accumulation of sediment and hence the subsequent sediment yield exiting a reservoir. Where reservoirs are in series, the particle size of sediment passing through an upstream storage is generally finer than the 'local' sediment. Therefore, the application of the Churchill equation to each reservoir in isolation, not taking into account the different sources of sediment, may result in an under prediction of the sediment yield for a basin. Churchill (1948) proposed a method to account for sediment that had already passed through an upstream reservoir.
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