5 Towards Developing Guidelines
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porations and any others who may wish to promote a barrage scheme and consulting
and contracting engineers who will be responsible for the design and construction".
The aspects to be considered are listed in the contract and are reflected in the chapter
headings of the guidelines. The general methodology was to:
• Review previous HR studies and data
• Hold discussions with those responsible for the operation of existing structures and
those affected by them
• Assess monitoring data where it is available
• Collate and report findings
• Produce guidelines (currently being finalised)
The deliverables were:
• A report on the studies carried out
• Published guidelines (aiming to be published next year)
• A seminar/workshop
• Conference - the First International Conference on Barrages, 11-14 September 1996
(Burt and Watts 1996)
The other funding was provided by the Environment. The overall objective of the Environment Agency contract was "to review available experience on the design, operation
and environmental impact of estuarine barrages in order to provide best practice design
and operational engineering solutions to overcome or mitigate problems and enhance,
where possible, the aquatic and riparian environment". The specific objectives were:
• To review available experience in the UK and abroad on the design, scheme development, operation and environmental impact of estuarine barrages
• To give consideration to barrage design and operation in relation to the aspects
listed (broadly similar to the above DoE list) and, in particula, to the following environmental issues: siltation, passage of migratory fish, stratification, temperature,
modelling, barrage ecosystems
• To identify current best practice design and operational engineering solutions to
overcome or mitigate problems and to enhance, where possible, the aquatic and
riparian environment
• To identify those areas where future research is required to improve and supplement existing engineering practice and the understanding of the environmental
impact of barrages
• To produce guidelines to assist barrage developers, planning and environmental
protection agencies in the design and management of existing and future barrages.
This will help ensure an integrated approach is adopted in the planning and implementation process
Careful consideration was given to the format of the guidelines. The decision, agreed
with the Environment Agency, was that the guidelines should be issue-based rather
than trying to present the development of a barrage project in chronological order. The
main generic headings formed the chapter headings, as outlined in the next section.
39
porations and any others who may wish to promote a barrage scheme and consulting
and contracting engineers who will be responsible for the design and construction".
The aspects to be considered are listed in the contract and are reflected in the chapter
headings of the guidelines. The general methodology was to:
• Review previous HR studies and data
• Hold discussions with those responsible for the operation of existing structures and
those affected by them
• Assess monitoring data where it is available
• Collate and report findings
• Produce guidelines (currently being finalised)
The deliverables were:
• A report on the studies carried out
• Published guidelines (aiming to be published next year)
• A seminar/workshop
• Conference - the First International Conference on Barrages, 11-14 September 1996
(Burt and Watts 1996)
The other funding was provided by the Environment. The overall objective of the Environment Agency contract was "to review available experience on the design, operation
and environmental impact of estuarine barrages in order to provide best practice design
and operational engineering solutions to overcome or mitigate problems and enhance,
where possible, the aquatic and riparian environment". The specific objectives were:
• To review available experience in the UK and abroad on the design, scheme development, operation and environmental impact of estuarine barrages
• To give consideration to barrage design and operation in relation to the aspects
listed (broadly similar to the above DoE list) and, in particula, to the following environmental issues: siltation, passage of migratory fish, stratification, temperature,
modelling, barrage ecosystems
• To identify current best practice design and operational engineering solutions to
overcome or mitigate problems and to enhance, where possible, the aquatic and
riparian environment
• To identify those areas where future research is required to improve and supplement existing engineering practice and the understanding of the environmental
impact of barrages
• To produce guidelines to assist barrage developers, planning and environmental
protection agencies in the design and management of existing and future barrages.
This will help ensure an integrated approach is adopted in the planning and implementation process
Careful consideration was given to the format of the guidelines. The decision, agreed
with the Environment Agency, was that the guidelines should be issue-based rather
than trying to present the development of a barrage project in chronological order. The
main generic headings formed the chapter headings, as outlined in the next section.