@conference {2005,
	title = {Performance assessment of different dam discharges schemes influencing river water quality},
	journal = {IWA World Water Congress},
	year = {2014},
	month = {2014-09-21 00:00:00},
	pages = {1-7},
	address = {Lisbon, Portugal},
	abstract = {
Hydropower energy production policies are usually defined trying to maximize the
economical revenue, obeying to environmental restrictions and established downstream water uses
requirements. Behind minimum daily averages of river ecological discharges, the hourly nature of the
hydropower production schemes presents a pronounced effect on downstream river water quantity and
quality. However, the capacity to control the river behaviour can be used to efficiently improve river
water quality management practices if we can anticipate the performance of different management
strategies. This paper presents a methodology to assess the performance of different turbine discharges
schemes related with downstream river water quality. Three different performance indicators are
presented and their computation is derived from a hydrodynamic and water quality river model
implemented in Sobek. This methodology is applied to a Portuguese river: the river C{\'a}vado.
},
	keywords = {Mathematical modelling, operational management, Water quality},
	author = {Pinho, J. L. S. and Vieira, J. M. P. and Schwanenberg, D.}
}