Helping Mongolia Increase Water Supply

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Helping Mongolia Increase Water Supply

School of Mines Prof Helping Mongolia Increase Water Supply

A South Dakota professor is taking what he has learned about Missouri River management to Mongolia, where he's working with the government and other organizations to increase water supplies.

Scott Kenner, an engineer and professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in Rapid City, is helping to design dams for power, irrigation and drinking water.

Mongolia, a country of 3 million people slightly smaller than Alaska located between China and Russia, is booming because of its copper, coal and gold mining industry.

"Mongolia has started to develop since the 1990s and has expanded in mining industries, natural resources. And urbanized growth has increased. And that's put a lot of pressure on their infrastructure: water, sewer, power and drainage," Kenner said.

The goal is to increase that infrastructure without disrupting the natural ecosystem, he said. That includes having minimum flows during dryer times that support fisheries and natural biology but also allows for increased flows during wet years, Kenner said.

Source: Yankton Daily

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