ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Preliminary Results of Applying 2D Hydrodynamic
Models of Water Reservoirs to Identify their
Ecological Potential
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Institute of Water Engineering and Water Management, Kraków University of Technology, Kraków, Poland
Submission date: 2017-09-04
Acceptance date: 2017-10-16
Online publication date: 2018-05-18
Publication date: 2018-05-30
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Paweł S. Hachaj
Politechnika Krakowska, ul. Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2018;27(5):2049-2057
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ABSTRACT
In order to asses and evaluate the ecological potential of dammed storage reservoirs we need insight
into the spatial structure of their hydrodynamics. This structure is influenced by a number of internal
and external factors that may depend on each other. To understand these factors better it is necessary
to find dependencies between them, to develop methods and techniques of building scenarios that
integrate spatial and temporal features of the subsequent hydrodynamic “states” of the reservoir. These
scenarios are meant to be the physical base for any subsequent biochemical water quality assessment
within the given reservoir. This article presents the basics of the proposed techniques along with their
applications on two multi-purpose storage reservoirs located in southern Poland within the upper Vistula
River catchment: Dobczyce and Goczałkowice. Preparing the observational data for their use in numerical
models and the application of these models and a few preliminary results obtained for real-life issues
regarding the chosen reservoirs are presented and discussed. The possibilities of generalizing the proposed
techniques toward a methodology of hydrodynamic conditions assessment for improving the ecologic
potential of dammed reservoirs is also briefly outlined.