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Articles | Volume 379
Articles | Volume 379
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-379-43-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-379-43-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 379
Pre-conference publication
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05 Jun 2018
Pre-conference publication |  | 05 Jun 2018

Centralized versus distributed reservoirs: an investigation of their implications on environmental flows and sustainable water resources management

Nishadi Eriyagama, Vladimir Smakhtin, and Lakshika Udamulla

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Short summary
Creation of surface storage often endanger the functions of natural ecosystems and ecosystem services. The issues of optimal size, placement and the number of reservoirs in a river basin, which maximizes sustainable benefits, while minimizing negative impacts on ecosystems remain subjects for debate. This study examines the above issues through the analysis of a range of reservoir configurations and environmental flow release scenarios in the Malwatu Oya river basin in Sri Lanka.
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