Design and Construction of Mitford Flood Storage Reservoir

Penman, JG, Myatt, AD, Carr, AB orcid.org/0000-0001-8970-7149 et al. (4 more authors) (2016) Design and Construction of Mitford Flood Storage Reservoir. In: Proceedings of the 19th Biennial Conference of the British Dam Society. Dams – Benefits and Disbenefits; Assets or Liabilities?, 07-10 Sep 2016, Lancaster, UK. ICE Publishing . ISBN 978-0-7277-6133-0

Abstract

Following severe flooding from the River Wansbeck in 2008 a flood alleviation scheme for Morpeth, Northumberland, UK was designed and constructed which includes one of the largest flood storage reservoirs the Environment Agency has commissioned in England.

The dam comprises an earth embankment 14 m high with a crest length of 370 m, a spillway capacity of 760 m3/s and a storage capacity of 1.4 Mm3.

Construction of the scheme was completed in 2015. The paper will describe the design of the dam, the construction work and the implementation of the environmental mitigation measures.

Metadata

Authors/Creators:	Penman, JG Myatt, AD Carr, AB https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8970-7149 Coverdale, VS Latham, DM Edmonds, IG Pepper, A
Dates:	Accepted: 21 December 2015 Published (online): 1 August 2016 Published: 1 August 2016
Institution:	The University of Leeds
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Publications
Date Deposited:	02 Nov 2020 16:39
Last Modified:	02 Nov 2020 16:39
Status:	Published
Publisher:	ICE Publishing
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1680/dbdal.61330.413

CORE (COnnecting REpositories)

Design and Construction of Mitford Flood Storage Reservoir

Abstract

Metadata

Download not available

Export

Statistics