A rapid assessment of the immediate environmental impacts of the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam, Ukraine
Creators
- Spears, Bryan (Project leader)1
- Harpham, Quillon (Project manager)2
- Brown, Emma (Project manager)2
- Thackeray, Stephen (Work package leader)1
- Elliott, Alex (Work package leader)1
- Hofman, Barbara (Work package leader)2
- Taylor, Phillip (Work package leader)1
- Barnett, Catherine (Project member)1
- Barwell, Louise (Project member)1
- Collel, Marta Roca (Project member)2
- Davison, Mark (Project member)2
- Garbutt, Angus (Project member)1
- Hazlewood, Caroline (Project member)2
- Lanyon, James (Project member)2
- Lofts, Stephen (Project member)1
- MacKechnie, Colin (Project member)1
- Noble, James (Project member)2
- Medinets, Sergey (Project member)1
- Ramsbottom, David (Project member)2
- Redhead, John (Project member)1
- Riera, Alberto (Project member)2
- Spurgeon, David (Project member)1
- Svendsen, Claus (Project member)1
- Turvey, Kath (Project member)1
- Wood, Michael (Project member)3
- Brown, Andrew (Editor)2
- Dearnaley, Mike (Editor)2
- Dixon, Harry (Editor)1
- Milne, Anthea (Editor)1
- Randall, Kate (Editor)1
- Rees, Gwyn (Editor)1
- Wainwright, Stuart (Editor)1
- Wilson, Doug (Editor)1
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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HR Wallingford
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University of Salford
Description
Cite as: UKCEH & HRW, 2023. A rapid assessment of the immediate environmental impacts of the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam, Ukraine. Report prepared by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and HR Wallingford for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Expert Advisory Call Down Service 2 Lot 4 Rapid Assessment of the Environmental Impacts of the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam, Ukraine. 29 June 2023. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10462809
The dam of the Kakhovka hydro power plant, known as the Kakhovka Dam or Nova Kakhovka Dam, near Nova Kakhovka town, Kherson Region, Ukraine, suffered a catastrophic breach on 6 June 2023. In response to this event, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office commissioned the UK Centre for Ecology &
Hydrology and HR Wallingford to conduct a rapid (12 – 26 June 2023) remote, desk-based environmental risk assessment of the flood event and potential impacts on the surrounding environment. The main objectives of this work are: (1) to assess the flood hydrology, hydraulics and sediment transport following the dam breach; (2) to conduct a GIS-based assessment to quantify impacts across key categories (e.g. extent of protected ecosystems, potential pollution sources flooded, proportions of land-use types impacted etc.); (3) to classify hazards informing the development and application of a plausible risk assessment approach across species, habitats and river basin scales; and (4) to identify potential issues of concern that warrant further assessment beyond the timescales of this project.
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Kakhovka Dam Report_UKCEH_HRW_2023.pdf
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- Is referenced by
- Report: 10.59117/20.500.11822/43696 (DOI)
Funding
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Dates
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2023-06-29