The Dnieper River headwaters are in Russia’s Valdai Hills and the river flows south to the Black Sea. The Dnieper River provides a waterway in which to transport goods to and from various European nations. In additio...The Dnieper River headwaters are in Russia’s Valdai Hills and the river flows south to the Black Sea. The Dnieper River provides a waterway in which to transport goods to and from various European nations. In addition, the dams on the river provide hydro power. There are approximately 2260 km of Dnieper waterways in Russia, in Belarus, and within Ukraine. The Dnieper River has numerous urban centers including Smolensk in Russia, Mogilev in Belarus and Kiev and Zaporizhzhya in Ukraine. The worst nuclear accident in history unfolded, in the Dnieper River watershed, in northern Ukraine as a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded and burned. After an accident, such as Chernobyl, radionuclide contaminated bodies of water via direct deposition from the air, discharge as effluent or indirectly from catchment basin washout. When radionuclides contaminate large bodies of water, they are quickly dispersing and accumulate in water bottom sediments, benthos, aquatic plants, and bottom feeding fish. The main pathways to humans are through contamination of drinking-water, from use of water for irrigation of food crops, and consumption of contaminated fish. Kakhovka Dam on the Dnieper River was destroyed during the Russian-Ukraine conflict and the dam needs to rebuild as soon as possible. Perhaps lessons learned by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), after using TNT to blow up the Birds Point front line levee on the Mississippi River in May of 2011, can be applied to the man-induced 2023 Kakhovka Dam breach. The Birds Point man-induced levee breaches and subsequent flooding of farmland resulted in the loss of the 2011 crops and damaged the future soil productivity. The strong current and sweep of the water through the three man-induced levee breaches on the New Madrid floodway levee created deep gullies, displaced tons of soil, and damaged irrigation equipment, farms, and homes. The New Madrid floodway agricultural lands were restored, and the environmental damages were mitigated. The Kakhovka Dam destruction caused widespread flooding which affected settlements and farmland across the Dnieper watershed. The presence and breach-induced redistribution of Chernobyl-derived nuclides is an additional condition not present at the New Madrid man-induced levee breach. Four canal networks have become disconnected from the feeder reservoir. The canals were the source of drinking water for 700,000 people living in southern Ukraine. The Kakhovka canals also provided irrigation for vast areas of farmland. The water loss from the canals adversely affected food production in the region. The primary objectives of this paper are to assess lessons learned by the USACE and apply them in Ukraine to help restore and manage the Dnieper lifeline and watershed.展开更多
We report the first record of the invasive freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester in Kralk1z1 Dam Lake,Southeastern Anatolia,Turkey.The medusa was found only in August,2008 when average surface water te...We report the first record of the invasive freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester in Kralk1z1 Dam Lake,Southeastern Anatolia,Turkey.The medusa was found only in August,2008 when average surface water temperatures were 26.9℃.展开更多
新材料、新技术和新工艺是当前科技发展的重要方向,并不断推动着淤地坝工程的创新与发展。未来淤地坝工程将继续朝着智能化、数字化和环保的方向发展。重点阐述了地理信息系统(Geographic Information System或Geo-Information system,G...新材料、新技术和新工艺是当前科技发展的重要方向,并不断推动着淤地坝工程的创新与发展。未来淤地坝工程将继续朝着智能化、数字化和环保的方向发展。重点阐述了地理信息系统(Geographic Information System或Geo-Information system,GIS)、数字高程模型(Digital Elevation Model,DEM)、建筑信息模型(Building Information Modeling,BIM)等新技术,拦泥透水、免管护一体、浮力式挡水等筑坝新手段,预应力钢筒混凝土管、顶管、虹吸管+太阳能等新技术在防水建筑物中的应用,及柔性、效能和竖井等新型溢洪道和新工艺的应用。展开更多
文摘The Dnieper River headwaters are in Russia’s Valdai Hills and the river flows south to the Black Sea. The Dnieper River provides a waterway in which to transport goods to and from various European nations. In addition, the dams on the river provide hydro power. There are approximately 2260 km of Dnieper waterways in Russia, in Belarus, and within Ukraine. The Dnieper River has numerous urban centers including Smolensk in Russia, Mogilev in Belarus and Kiev and Zaporizhzhya in Ukraine. The worst nuclear accident in history unfolded, in the Dnieper River watershed, in northern Ukraine as a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded and burned. After an accident, such as Chernobyl, radionuclide contaminated bodies of water via direct deposition from the air, discharge as effluent or indirectly from catchment basin washout. When radionuclides contaminate large bodies of water, they are quickly dispersing and accumulate in water bottom sediments, benthos, aquatic plants, and bottom feeding fish. The main pathways to humans are through contamination of drinking-water, from use of water for irrigation of food crops, and consumption of contaminated fish. Kakhovka Dam on the Dnieper River was destroyed during the Russian-Ukraine conflict and the dam needs to rebuild as soon as possible. Perhaps lessons learned by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), after using TNT to blow up the Birds Point front line levee on the Mississippi River in May of 2011, can be applied to the man-induced 2023 Kakhovka Dam breach. The Birds Point man-induced levee breaches and subsequent flooding of farmland resulted in the loss of the 2011 crops and damaged the future soil productivity. The strong current and sweep of the water through the three man-induced levee breaches on the New Madrid floodway levee created deep gullies, displaced tons of soil, and damaged irrigation equipment, farms, and homes. The New Madrid floodway agricultural lands were restored, and the environmental damages were mitigated. The Kakhovka Dam destruction caused widespread flooding which affected settlements and farmland across the Dnieper watershed. The presence and breach-induced redistribution of Chernobyl-derived nuclides is an additional condition not present at the New Madrid man-induced levee breach. Four canal networks have become disconnected from the feeder reservoir. The canals were the source of drinking water for 700,000 people living in southern Ukraine. The Kakhovka canals also provided irrigation for vast areas of farmland. The water loss from the canals adversely affected food production in the region. The primary objectives of this paper are to assess lessons learned by the USACE and apply them in Ukraine to help restore and manage the Dnieper lifeline and watershed.
文摘We report the first record of the invasive freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester in Kralk1z1 Dam Lake,Southeastern Anatolia,Turkey.The medusa was found only in August,2008 when average surface water temperatures were 26.9℃.
文摘新材料、新技术和新工艺是当前科技发展的重要方向,并不断推动着淤地坝工程的创新与发展。未来淤地坝工程将继续朝着智能化、数字化和环保的方向发展。重点阐述了地理信息系统(Geographic Information System或Geo-Information system,GIS)、数字高程模型(Digital Elevation Model,DEM)、建筑信息模型(Building Information Modeling,BIM)等新技术,拦泥透水、免管护一体、浮力式挡水等筑坝新手段,预应力钢筒混凝土管、顶管、虹吸管+太阳能等新技术在防水建筑物中的应用,及柔性、效能和竖井等新型溢洪道和新工艺的应用。
