What is it about?

The Black Vermillion River in NE Kansas has been straightened, flood-walled, and generally abused for the last 100+ years. We studied this river as it attempts to recover some level of stability. We then used the results of our study to suggest both consequences of and solutions to the impacts of the river's recovery.

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Why is it important?

Reservoir sedimentation is a leading cause of declines in both water quality and quantity/availability. As climate change threatens increased drought our water demands for agriculture, industry, and municipal use increase; thus we must look at ways to conserve and store water for times of shortage. Sediment from accelerated erosion of stream banks fills reservoirs and reduces the space available to store water for such predicted shortages.

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This page is a summary of: Channel Evolution Models as Predictors of Sediment Yield, JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, November 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/1752-1688.12598.
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