Recent developments on management and release techniques of fine sediments in reservoirs

Sedimentation is known as the process of filling up natural lakes and manmade reservoirs by sediment transforming finally into floodplaimns. Its main reason is the sediment yield transported by rivers as suspended or bed load into the reservoirs. Reservoir sedimentation is already today one of the most serious problem endangering sustrainable use of the worldwide reservoir volume. Climate change will further increase in many regions this problem.