The silting of Caonillas Reservoir, Puerto Rico
By: John J. Noll
Contributors: United States. Soil Conservation Service; United States. Department of Agriculture
Series: Technical Publication / (Soil Conservation Service) -- 119; SCS-TP -- 119.
Publisher: U.S. Department  of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service
Published: 1953
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 22
Subjects: Reservoir sedimentation; Sedimentation and deposition; Sediment transport
Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the rate of storage loss in Caonillas Reservoir resulting from soil and other erosional debris washing into the lake; to determine the principal sources of this material; and to make some broad recommendations for reducing the rate of sedimentation. The study included a detailed sedimentation survey of Caonillas Reservoir and a detailed soil conservation survey of the watershed.
Notes: "October 1953."
Table of contents: title: Abstract. pp. 1.; title: Introduction. pp. 1.; title: The reservoir. pp. 2.; title: The sedimentation survey. pp. 3.; title: The Soil Conservation survey. pp,. 9.; title: The watershed. pp. 10.; title: Reccomendations for watershed treatment. pp. 17.