Inter-Basin Water Transfers and Drought Management in the Kielder/Derwent System |
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| Authors: | C Soulsby BSc PhD C N Gibbons BSc PhD T Robins BSc MSc |
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| Affiliation: | Senior Lecturers and Research Assistant, respectively, Department of Geography, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. |
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| Abstract: | During the dry years between 1989 and 1994, inter-basin water transfers from the Kielder system augmented flows in the River Derwent, and these flows substituted compensation releases from Derwent reservoir to retain storage for supply and recreational purposes.
The paper discusses the use of the Kielder transfers together with their impact upon (a) flow regime, (b) water quality, and (c) instream ecology of the River Derwent. Also, implications of the increasing use of water transfers in the UK are critically evaluated from the perspective of sustainability. |
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| Keywords: | Droughts inter-basin transfers Kielder river regulation |
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