NWO, HEC, USGS, Missouri River Recovery Program, and the RSM Program collaborated on an effort to collect data before, during, and after a schedule reservoir flush at Spencer Dam on the Niobrara River to allow validation testing of the HEC-RAS model for reservoir management modeling. This is the 1st validated reservoir flushing model developed in HEC-RAS which will demonstrate and improve the USACE capabilities to assess reservoir sediment management alternatives. The results of the effort will assist to refine HEC-RAS sediment transport tools for reservoirs.
Stanford Gibson, HEC
Paul Boyd, NWO