Author(s): Tatsuaki Nakato; A. Jacob Odgaard
Linked Author(s): A. Jacob Odgaard
Keywords: Water intake structure; Sediment-laden flow; In-channel water intake; Bed-load sediment; Sediment problems at water intake
Abstract: A fixed-bed physical model of DeKalb County Raw Water intake facility, located on the left bank of the Chattahoochee River immediately downstream from Holcomb Bridge Road, Georgia, was built at an undistorted geometrical scale of 1: 16 and used to evaluate existing intake structures with regard to sediment management schemes. No feasible solutions were found in controlling sediment intrusion problems with the existing plant. However, a velocity-cap type mid-stream intake scheme developed in the study was found to be a potential alternative for the site.
Year: 2005