This study intended to understand movements of turbid water in selective withdrawal
reservoirs before and after summer monsoon. Mean rainfall during November- May was low,
compared to that during June-October. The reservoir water was discharged through
watergates when previous rainfall and inflow exceeded 50 mm and 80 m3 s-1,respectively.
Intake towers were generally used except for the period of the high runoff. Average
turbidity in down-reservoir showed a difference of 29.9 NTU between premonsoon and
postmonsoon. Diameter of particles of turbid water ranged between 0.435 and 482.9 μm.
Fine particles such as clay were much denser than the larger particle. In the whole
stations, clay component was relatively higher with a proportion of that in the
particle distribution. Particle composition of turbid water showed that clay consisted
of 94.4-98.9percentage and silt made of 1.1-5.6percentage. Analysis on turbid water
movements derived from particle distribution showed a linear increase from the deep layer
toward the surface layer in lower area of a reservoir. This was closely related with the
hydraulic behavior of the reservoir, and heavily affected by the discharges through
selective withdrawal towers and watergates. Turbid water originated from stream sediments
in the middle area then resuspended in the downreservoir causing a movement between the
surface and middle layers of the reservoir. Therefore, such phenomenon needs to be
understood for reservoir water quality management.