Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
The Moormans River, in west-central Virginia, is impounded behind the Sugar Hollow Reservoir to provide water for the City of Charlottesville. For the first 1.5 miles downstream from the dam the Moormans River goes dry during the summer months. This project determined whether the dam was causing the Moormans River to go dry by comparing the normalized discharge of the Moormans River with that of surrounding Blue Ridge drainage basins. Discharges were measured five times during the months of June, July, August and September. Each time that there was no water being released from the reservoir, the normalized discharge of the Moormans River downstream from the dam was significantly lower than that of the other drainage basins measured that day. When water was released from the reservoir the discharges for each of the drainage basins measured were comparable with each other.
Date Awarded
2001
Department
Geology
Advisor 1
Christopher M. Bailey
Recommended Citation
Coughlin, Lisa, "The Impact of the Sugar Hollow Reservoir on the Discharge on the Moormans River" (2001). Geology Senior Theses. William & Mary. Paper 73.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/geologyseniors/73
