RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION OF A REGIONAL WATER DEVELOPMENT SCHEME IN A TROPICAL RURAL SETTLEMENT OF KWARA STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorKayode Ademola, Iroye
dc.contributor.authorJimoh, H.I.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-31T12:16:27Z
dc.date.available2019-10-31T12:16:27Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the level of silts and sediments deposited in Oyun dam; a regional water supply project designed to serve seven communities in Kwara State of Nigeria. The dam was commissioned in 1967 with initial height of 7 meters was later raised to 9.8 meters in 1988 so as to meet the increasing water need of the region. Data used was generated from simple land survey technique which entails the imposition of 45 grids of 40m x 40m on the lake. In each grid, depth of the lake was measured and this data helped in estimating the current capacity of the lake. The result of sediments obtained showed that Oyun reservoir currently has a mean depth of 4.33 meters which indicates a loss of about 5.47 meters depth to sedimentation in filling. This figure represents about 55.8 percent loss in storage capacity of the lake. Likely reasons for high sediment level in the reservoir were examined while recommendations that can be used in abating the high sedimentation rate of the reservoir were also suggested .en_US
dc.identifier.issn1358-4319
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3266
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAssociation of Nigerian Geographersen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries10;1
dc.subjectDamen_US
dc.subjectLand useen_US
dc.subjectSedimentationen_US
dc.subjectSiltationen_US
dc.subjectReservoiren_US
dc.titleRESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION OF A REGIONAL WATER DEVELOPMENT SCHEME IN A TROPICAL RURAL SETTLEMENT OF KWARA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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