Decision Making Methods to Optimize New Dam Site Selections on the Nitra River
Igor Gacko,
Zlatica Muchová,
Ľuboš Jurík,
Karol Šinka,
Ladislav Fabian,
František Petrovič
Affiliations
Igor Gacko
Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
Zlatica Muchová
Department of Landscape Planning and Land Consolidation, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
Ľuboš Jurík
Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
Karol Šinka
Department of Landscape Planning and Land Consolidation, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
Ladislav Fabian
Vodohospodárska Výstavba š.p, 831 02 Bratislava, Slovakia
František Petrovič
Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine Philosopher University in Nitra, 949 74 Nitra, Slovakia
Grouping both existing and newly planned reservoirs based on selected measurable characteristics allows to point out issues that are relevant to area management using experience obtained from the environment of other sites. Divisive hierarchical clustering has been deployed to find similarities between dam locations. The Nitra River Basin (located in Nitra District, Nitra Region in Slovakia) with its 54 reservoirs is the model area. Profiles for 11 potential new reservoirs have been developed. Partial river basins were identified for each of the existing and new reservoirs using a digital relief model. The area size, proportion of arable land, forestland and built-up area, degree of exposure to soil erosion and the volume of surface runoff have been used as parameters for comparisons. Six clusters have been identified containing similar existing as well as new locations, one of them being a special case.
