IS 6518 : 2017 Guidelines for Control of Sediment in Reservoirs

ICS 17.120.20                          WRD 10

Reaffirmed 2022

1. Scope

1.1 This standard covers the various engineering measures for the control of sediment in reservoirs.

1.2 It does not cover the agronomical and forestry measures in detail for the control of watershed erosion and the situations arising out of landslides, avulsions, etc, in the reservoir.