Sedimentation assessment of Bhatghar reservoir through satellite remote sensing
Suhas Kamble & D.M. WankhedeSediments in the reservoir are related to the reservoir's capacity because it affects live and dead storage. The present study covers the use of satellite remote sensing data in the sedimentary study of bhatghar reservoir in Bhortaluka of Pune district in Maharashtra. Satellite data furnishopportunity to study the reservoir characteristics at different scale and at different stages. The energetic aspect of the reservoir is mainly the spread of water, and the distribution and concentration of suspended matter need to be regularly mapping and monitoring. Multi-date satellite remote sensing data provide information on elevation contours in terms of water spread area. According to the existing records, (Pune Irrigation Division) the Bhatghar Dam was built in 1927 Therefore, the area capacity curve in 1927 was used as the base year for this study. Gross storage The Bhatghar Reservoir was 672.65 Mm3 in 1927. The dead and live storage for the equal ware 2.16 Mm3 at 578.48 m for MDDL and 670.49 Mm3 at 623.28 m for FRL respectively.After analyzing the satellite data in year 2015-16, the study found that there was loss of gross storage of 98.07 Mm3 in 89 years.Therefore,