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Dam Management
November 1, 2017, 11:30 AM
Andrew Newcomb, Colby Class of ’15 and master’s candidate in climate and earth sciences at the University of Maine Orono, will discuss dam management.
Dams constitute a severe disturbance for a river’s hydrologic regime. The Penobscot River in Maine has a long history of human alteration by dams, and recently of river restoration by dam removal. Dams control the routing of water within a river channel and thus regulate flow regime and storage.
We identified six single-objective dam management scenarios based on the interests of various stakeholder groups in the watershed: normal operation, hydropower production, water resources, flood control, fish passage, and recreation. We examine the tradeoffs associated with these scenarios by comparing the resulting hydrologic regimes.
Lunch at 11:30, talk at noon.
Location: Fairchild Dining Room, Dana Dining Hall, Colby College, Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville.
Contact: Lia Morris, escoordinator@colby.edu, 207-859-5356