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J.O. Shearman

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Lakes Marion-Moultrie stream system investigation, South Carolina : Part II-Simulation Studies

A stream-reservoir model was developed to simulate the operation of the Lakes Marion-Moultrie, South Carolina, reservoir system. The reservoir system is operated under the assumption of a 3-day prior knowledge of inflows. This information is attainable from the ooperational reservoir-inflow forecasting model developed in the Part I report. The model, developed for this part of the study, incorporates an inflow component, a diversion-canal component, and a reservoir system component and is capable of evaluating the performance of the reservoir systemem for a variety of operating rule conditions. All model components were verified using observed reservoir input and output data for a 6-year (1967-72 water years) period. In addition, a long-term 31-year simulation under present rule of operation was performed and the results summarized statistically. The model may be used for simulating other rule curves of operation for planning studies of reservoir system performance. (See also W75-05646) (Woodard-USGS)

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Derivation of homogeneous streamflow records in the upper Kentucky River basin, southeastern Kentucky

Decisions regarding municipal water supply and additional reservoir construction in the Kentucky River basin dictate the need for increased knowledge of Kentucky Diver low-flow characteristics. Digital computer programs were developed ta route streamflow through reservoir and stream reach components of a stream system. Using these programs as submodels, with availatle observed data, and utilizing appropriate data-handlinq techniques, a digital model of the Upper Kentucky River basin was developed. This model was specifically used to simulate streamflow data which would be adequate to determine the characteristics at tock 10 on the Kentucky River near Winchester, low-flow Kentucky for thirty-one years of regulated conditions. Model inputs consisted of (1) operation criteria for an existing reservoir; reservoir and (2) observed streamflow data for twenty-one years of natural and ten years of:regulated These conditions. techniques are also suitable for studying alternative modeling streamflow requlation schemes and expanding networks of homogeneous streamflow data for regional analyses.

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