Open AccessWentwood tower and valve refurbishment
Author(s) -
David Neeve,
Jeremy Fletcher,
Richard Williams,
Rachel Davies,
Simon Fisher
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
dams and reservoirs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.139
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1756-8404
pISSN - 1368-1494
DOI - 10.1680/jdare.18.00034
Subject(s) - tower , drawdown (hydrology) , sinkhole , silt , engineering , civil engineering , environmental science , geotechnical engineering , geology , karst , groundwater , paleontology , aquifer
The valve and operating system had reached the end of its asset life and the tower was showing signs of structural distress. The wet tower arrangement required a full drawdown of the reservoir basin to allow surveys of the valve, pipework and tower condition. A pro-active silt management system was required to discharge into the downstream watercourse that flows into sinkholes. The paper covers the development of the scheme through to selection of the preferred solution.
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