Coastal reservoir
{{Short description|Place to store freshwater near seas}}
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A Coastal reservoir is a type of reservoir to store fresh water in a dammed area of a coastal sea near a river delta. Saemanguem in South Korea, Marina Barrage in Singapore, Qingcaosha in China, Plover Cove in Hong Kong, Zuiderzee Works and Delta Works in the Netherlands, and Thanneermukkom Bund in India are a few existing coastal reservoirs.{{cite web |title=Coastal reservoirs strategy for water resource development-a review of future trend| date=January 2013 |url=http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2991&context=eispapers|accessdate=9 March 2018 | last1=Liu | first1=Jianli | last2=Yang | first2=Shuqing | last3=Jiang | first3=Changbo }}{{cite web |title=Storing freshwater in the salty sea| website=YouTube | date=21 August 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmzYVL6y1es|accessdate=5 September 2022}}
Advantages
Unlike land-based water reservoirs, there is no land submergence in the case of coastal reservoirs.{{cite web |title=India is not running out of water, water is running out of India|date=26 March 2017 |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/op-ed/260317/by-invitation-india-is-not-running-out-of-water-water-is-running-out-of-india.html|accessdate=9 July 2018}}{{cite web |title=International Association for Coastal Reservoir Research |url=http://iacrr.org/home|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804202031/http://iacrr.org/home|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 4, 2018|accessdate=9 July 2018}} They store water without disturbing land use by replacing standing salt water of the sea area by fresh water from a river. The coastal reservoir area is separated from the sea by building earth dikes, e.g. by dredging. Fresh water from these reservoirs can be used for irrigation, drinking water and industrial purposes. Sometimes the reservoirs are used for flood control and land reclamation. The social and environmental impacts of coastal reservoirs are often negligible compared to land-based water reservoirs. The construction costs are a few times less than the costs of land-based reservoirs since there is no expenditure for acquiring the vast land area, the submerged immovable properties and the rehabilitation of displaced people. The sea side of the coastal reservoir can also be used for locating a deep sea harbor.
Climate change
A coastal reservoir project can also create adequate capacity Pumped-storage hydroelectricity potential to store the electricity generated by variable renewable energy sources and ensure adequate round-the-clock electricity supply.{{cite web|title=Multipurpose Freshwater Coastal Reservoirs and Their Role in Mitigating Climate Change|url=https://www.ijee.latticescipub.com/wp-content/uploads/papers/v3i1/A1842053123.pdf|accessdate=23 May 2023}} Due to irrigation, lands which are not available for cultivation and forestry can be turned into a habitat with copious greenery with enhanced carbon storage in the topsoil which would contribute in mitigating the global warming process. With the advent of cheap renewable energy like solar and wind power, the availability of energy sources is not an ongoing issue but water availability is still a major issue that can be solved by coastal reservoirs to a major extent.{{cite web|url= http://helioscsp.com/an-entirely-renewable-energy-future-is-possible/ |title= An entirely renewable energy future is possible |accessdate=1 June 2020}}