Interdisciplinary Reservoir Management—A Tool for Sustainable Water Resources Management

Reservoirs are a common way to store and retain water serving for multitude of purposes like storage drinking irrigation water, recreation, flood protection, navigation, hydropower production, have been built since centuries. Today, few reservoirs serve only one purpose, which requires management present demands interests. Since each reservoir project will cause negative impacts alongside desired advantages both on local, regional global scale, it is even more urgent develop framework in an attempt mitigate impacts, incorporate different make them visible within the discourse order avoid conflicts from early on. The scientific publications manifold, yet comprehensive integrative holistic tool about this infrastructure not available. Therefore, integrated conceptual was developed proposed by authors paper that can contribute sustainable existing reservoirs. presented herein based results interdisciplinary CHARM (CHAllenges Reservoir Management) as well condensed outcome relevant literature aid enhance knowledge management. incorporated field, laboratory empirical social research. focused five aspects related southern Germany (Schwarzenbachtalsperre, Franconian Lake District), namely: sedimentation reservoirs, biostabilisation fine sediments, toxic cyanobacteria(l) (blooms), greenhouse gas emissions contestation, respectively consent. These research foci contributed topics setup tool, put together consortium via delphi questioning, be found publication provide insights experts laymen. Conceptualising analysing combination with quantitative qualitative data descriptive presents novelty case studies area distribution community interested public possibly positive contribution goal resources future.