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<br />CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Section 1.01. Purpose <br /> <br />The purposes of this volume are to present basic principles of <br />reservoir operation for flood control and to describe procedures for <br />establishing operational criteria. Topics include determination of <br />reservoir release rates, regulation of the reservoir design flood, <br />considerations for determining outlet and spillway regulation. deter- <br />mination of rule curves. and procedures for analyzing multiple- <br />reservoir operation. The applicability of computer simulation for <br />establishing operational criteria is discussed. and several computer <br />programs are described in the appendixes. <br /> <br />Section 1.02. Basic Principles <br /> <br />Basic principles applied in reservoir operation for flood control <br />are summarized briefly as follows: <br />a. The reservoir storage reserved for flood control should be <br />utilized in such a manner as to maximize benefits over the life-time <br />of the reservoir. For completed projects reservoir space allocated to <br />flood control should be utilized to assure the protection for, which the <br />project was designed and upon which downstreanl interests have based <br />their developments. <br /> <br />1-01 <br />