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Evaluating Design Criteria For High Hazard Dams In A Changing Climate, Aaron Read Sutton
Evaluating Design Criteria For High Hazard Dams In A Changing Climate, Aaron Read Sutton
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With changes in climate, there is the potential for future flooding events to vary in frequency and magnitude. These changes may stress the 432 high hazard dames in West Virginia. The 100-year flowrate is an important design criterion for emergency spillways of high hazard dams. Emergency spillways are designed to be reached only by 100-year flow and above. This work quantified how changes in the 100-year flowrate may affect emergency spillway activation. Peakflow data from the Central Appalachian Ecoregion in WV, taken from 24 USGS gages, were used to analyze changes in the 100-year flowrate.
Flow frequency analysis revealed that …