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Reservoir sedimentation diminishes water storage and coastal delta resiliency

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By Melissa Foster, AARON HURST, Irina Overeem, Abigail C. Eckland, Mussie T. Beyene
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Abstract Surface water storage in dammed reservoirs diminishes over time due to sediment accumulation. Here, we applied the RATTES model to predict storage loss and sedimentation at 57,117 reservoirs across the continental United States (1700–2050), resulting in cumulative reservoir sediment volumes of 63.8 km3 by 2025 and 83.0 km3 by 2050. Although cumulative storage loss is 7.7%, over two-fifths of reservoirs have lost more than 25% of designed storage capacity.
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