Water-quality study of proposed reregulation dam downstream of Wolf Creek Dam, Cumberland River, Kentucky. Final report

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5468975

Martin, J L

This report describes the application of an unsteady, one-dimensional water-quality model to the Cumberland River below Wolf Creek Dam, Kentucky. A hydropower upgrade of Wolf Creek Dam and construction of a reregulation dam, located approximately 10 miles below Wolf Creek Dam, are under consideration. Simulations were conducted under unreregulated conditions and projected conditions following impoundment to provide information concerning the effect of the reregulation dam on water quality in the Cumberland River. Under the conditions simulated, the reregulation dam was predicted to have little impact on temporally averaged water temperatures or dissolved-oxygen concentrations. Temporal variations in water temperatures were retarded under reregulation conditions.

• Research Organization: Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS (USA). Environmental Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5468975
• Report Number(s): AD-A-167132/0/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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