Assessment of Dredging Impact on Hydrodynamics of Surma River using
Hydrodynamic Model: HEC-RAS Approach.
Abstract
Surma is a principal distributary of the Barak River, which is the main
source of fresh water in South-Eastern region like Sylhet, Sunamganj of
Bangladesh Bengal. Every year huge amount of sediment loads are coming
from upstream which are settling down on Surma river bed, hindering the
safe passage of flow which contributes to the change in hydrodynamic and
morphological characteristics of the river. Recently a dredging has been
done in Sunamganj area to increase the navigability of the river in that
area. In this study work, the hydrodynamic study of the river Surma has
been investigated to check the impact of dredging with the help of
HEC-RAS. For these flood frequency analysis has been done for ( 5, 10,
25, 50, 100) years return period and comparison of water level, velocity
and discharge has been done before and after dredging. Before dredging
the water level, flow path was very high, velocity, discharge was low
but after dredging water level, flow path. Discharge also decreases
after dredging in the 6 stations which are located in the dredged area,
the values are 1375.41 m 3/s, 1374.31 m
3/s, 1373.73 m 3/s, 1369.7 m
3/s, 1373.11 m 3/s, 1372.08 m
3/s and before dredging the values are 1669.62 m
3/s, 1665.53 m 3/s, 1664.69 m
3/s, 1658.12 m 3/s, 1624.23 m
3/s, 1383.98 m 3/s. Increment of
velocity has also been observed.