Sedimentation survey
- Hundreds of small reservoirs are surveyed each year by various agencies and organizations to obtain information on the remaining capacity and on the sediment
- sediment yield information from the sediment volume and its volume weight,
- sediment distribution from the location of the deposits in relation to vertical and horizontal distances
- physical properties of the sediment by direct measurement and laboratory analyses of samples of the deposited sediment
- reservoir trap efficiency (percent of the sediment yield entering the reservoir that is deposited in it).
- systematic survey procedure is needed so that the survey can form the basis for obtaining additional information at a later date.
- A standardized procedure also permits comparison of information on one reservoir with that on others
- It assures obtaining all necessary data.