Global Insights into Check Dam Utilization: Elevating Water Management, Erosion Mitigation, and Ecological Health

Authors

Farah Loui Alhalimi, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi ArabiaFollow
Salah Elsayed, Agricultural Engineering, Evaluation of Natural Studies and Research Institute, University of Sadat City, Sadat City, 32897, Minufiya, EgyptFollow
Gebre Gelete, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Near East University, Nicosia/TRNC, 99138, Mersin-10, Turkey; College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Arsi University, 193 Asela, EthiopiaFollow
Suraj Kumar Bhagat, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet NamFollow
Nabil Al-Areeq, Department of Geology and Environment, Thamar University, Thamar, YemenFollow
Biswarup Rana, Department of Remote Sensing, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, IndiaFollow
Vahdettin Demir, Department of Civil Engineering, KTO Karatay University, Konya, 42020, TurkeyFollow
Salah Eddine Tachi, Department of Hydraulics, Laboratoire de Recherche des Sciences de L’eau, National Polytechnic School,10 Rue des Frères OUDEK, El Harrach, Algiers 16200, Algeria; Department of Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Badji Mokhtar—Annaba University, P.O. Box 12, Annaba 23000, AlgeriaFollow

Abstract

The establishment of check dams is considered an essential component of watershed management and sustainability, as these structures have many purposes. This review study provides an overview of check dams uses using field-based data from all around the world. As a result of more than two decades of research work, check dams are built to manage sediment accumulation and soil erosion, lower upstream reach slopes, stabilize torrents, and control floods in a successful and efficient way. However, some of these researches showed that some projects had unsatisfactory outcomes. The failure of these projects was for many reasons including poor building quality, unproper site selection, and finally fail to meet design requirements. Policymakers can use this survey can ensure future projects efficiency and sustainability by comparing them into the literature worldwide, through planning, continuous maintenance.

Recommended Citation

Alhalimi, Farah Loui; Elsayed, Salah; Gelete, Gebre; Bhagat, Suraj Kumar; Al-Areeq, Nabil; Rana, Biswarup; Demir, Vahdettin; and Tachi, Salah Eddine (2024) "Global Insights into Check Dam Utilization: Elevating Water Management, Erosion Mitigation, and Ecological Health," AUIQ Technical Engineering Science: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70645/3078-3437.1002