Uitdaging
Stroomgebieden spelen een belangrijke rol in het waterbeheer. Met intensiever watergebruik, klimaatverandering en veranderingen in landgebruik wordt het bereiken van duurzaam waterbeheer op de schaal van een stroomgebied steeds moeilijker. Water moet worden verdeeld over verschillende sectoren zoals landbouw (irrigatie), industrie, drinkwatervoorziening, energieopwekking en natuur. Beleid over waterverdeling en watervraag moet worden gemaakt op stroomgebiedsniveau waarbij klimaatverandering meegenomen moet worden. Er moet rekening worden gehouden met een reeks milieu-, sociale en politieke kwesties om op het juiste moment op de juiste locatie een duurzame watervoorziening van de juiste kwantiteit en kwaliteit te bereiken. Nu de waterbehoefte in veel regio’s al groter is dan de beschikbaarheid, wordt verwacht dat veranderingen in klimaatpatronen (vaak leidend tot langdurige droogte en extremere regenval) de complexiteit van beleidsmakers verder zullen vergroten. Nationale overheden, (grensoverschrijdende) stroomgebiedbeheerautoriteiten, regionale waterschappen en ngo’s hebben in toenemende mate behoefte aan beslissingsondersteunende instrumenten en advies over het watervraag vs. wateraanbod probleem. Zo kunnen zij zorgen voor voldoende (zoet) water voor alle gebruikers in een stroomgebied, zowel nu als in de toekomst.
FutureWater-aanpak
FutureWater heeft ervaring met het leveren van oplossingen voor duurzaam waterbeheer op stroomgebiedsniveau. Onze projecten worden uitgevoerd in samenwerking met belanghebbenden zoals overheden, waterbeheerders en boeren, om ervoor te zorgen dat lokale kennis wordt opgenomen in onze beslissingsondersteunende systemen en adviesrapporten. Met toonaangevende internationale experts op het gebied van waterbeheer en hydrologie, kan FutureWater klanten op verschillende manieren ondersteunen:
Stroomgebiedsbrede waterbeschikbaarheid onder veranderende omstandigheden
FutureWater maakt gebruik van verschillende tools en simulatiemodellen die zijn ontworpen voor kwantitatieve beoordeling van de waterbeschikbaarheid op verschillende ruimtelijke schalen. Deze tools worden ingezet voor referentieberekeningen en scenarioanalyses, rekening houdend met toekomstige veranderingen (klimaat, demografie, landgebruik, ontwikkeling van watervoorraden) zodat de beleidsmaker hierop kan anticiperen. Het gebruik van big data in combinatie met uitgebreide scenarioanalyses wat tot begrijpelijke en intuïtieve outputs leidt, behoort tot de kernexpertise van FutureWater. Scenario’s worden doorgaans ontwikkeld in nauwe samenwerking met klanten en andere relevante belanghebbenden in het stroomgebied.
Optimalisatie van stroomgebiedplanning en waterallocatie
Voor het toekomstige gebruik van stroomgebieden is het essentieel om de beschikbaarheid van water te relateren aan de vraag naar water in ruimte en tijd. Er moeten optimale regels voor de toewijzing van water worden vastgesteld om een integraal beleid te realiseren dat bestand is tegen veranderende patronen in zowel vraag als aanbod. Dit heeft betrekking op zowel menselijk watergebruik als ecosysteemvereisten. Door te werken met beproefde optimalisatietools voor waterallocatie, ondersteunt FutureWater overheden en stroomgebiedorganisaties bij het formuleren van waterallocatiebeleid en het identificeren van kansen voor verdere, duurzame ontwikkeling van watervoorraden. Conceptuiele beslissingsondersteunende modellen worden doorgaans gekoppeld aan geavanceerdere fysische modellen om de beschikbaarheid van watervoorraden in een stroomgebied te kunnen bepalen (zie hierboven).
Geïntegreerde planning op basis van water-voedsel-energie-ecosystemen samenhang
In de context van complexe stroomgebieden is alleen kijken naar waterstromen niet voldoende om tot een duurzaam beheer van watervoorraden te komen. FutureWater heeft vele jaren ervaring met de ontwikkeling en toepassing van instrumenten voor de ruimtelijke beoordeling van de gewasproductie, het potentieel voor waterkracht en een reeks watergerelateerde ecosysteemdiensten. Door inzicht te geven in de voordelen van watervoorraden op stroomgebiedsniveau in verschillende scenario’s, stelt FutureWater beleidsmakers in staat rekening te houden met de volledige samenhang van water-voedsel-energie-ecosystemen in het stroomgebiedsbeheer.
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Optimalisatie van de waterverdeling binnen Waterschap Hunze en Aa’s
Tijdens droge zomerperiodes wordt er in de provincies rondom het IJsselmeer water aangevoerd, onder andere voor het op peil houden van de grondwaterstanden en beregening ten behoeve van de landbouw. In de meeste zomers is de buffercapaciteit van het IJsselmeer voldoende om aan alle watervragen te voldoen, maar in extreem droge zomers kan het voorkomen...
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Impacts of climate change and sustainable land management investments on the Upper Tana
As part of the WISE-UP to Climate project FutureWater evaluated the impacts of climate change on investments in sustainable water and land management in the Thika/Chania watershed. The previously built SWAT model for this area was used to assess the impact of land management interventions under six different climate scenarios....
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Catchment Study: Water Balance and Allocation Modelling in Rwanda
In an effort to introduce integrated land and water management, the Government of Rwanda, through Water for Growth Rwanda, commenced the development of catchment plans. FutureWater supported this effort by using the WEAP framework to develop catchment models for four selected demonstration catchments. Subsequently, the WEAP framework was used to...
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Training in Water Resources Modelling for ARA-Sul
A Tailor-Made Training on Water Resources Modelling was required to equip the staff of the water agencies in Mozambique (ARAs) with additional knowledge to have a stronger advisory role towards policy and decision makers, and people living in the area. FutureWater provided this training to ARA-Sul and ARA-Norte. This training...
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Hydrological Evaluation and Ecosystem Valuation of the Lukanga Swamps
The Lukanga Swamps in Zambia are an important biodiversity area and serve as a major hydrological component of the Kafue basin. FutureWater was contracted to assess the value and contribution of the Lukanga Swamps to the Kafue Basin. FutureWater applied a combined approach of (i) remote sensing, (ii) SWAT hydrological...
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BRIGAID: BRIdging the GAp for Innovations in Disaster resilience
Researchers, innovators and incubators develop innovative products and services to reduce the increased climate change risks. Many of these innovations, however, hardly arrive at the markets. BRIGAID BRIdges the GAp for Innovations in Disaster resilience. In the frame of BRIGAID, FutureWater contributes in two ways. Firstly, leading the coordination of...
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Hydropower Development Assessment for the Tamakoshi River Basin
The overall objective of this project is to improve the understanding of the expected impacts of climate change on water availability in the context of potential hydropower development in the Tamakoshi River Basin. Specifically, the project aims to (i) Understand the current baseline hydrological regime of the Tamakoshi River Basin,...
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Improved watershed practices for hydropower in Mbé River
It is essential for Gabon to identify sustainable financing mechanisms for the long-term conservation of its protected areas. The development of economic instruments such as Payment for Environmental Services (PES) that take into account the non-market value of ecosystem services is considered one promising response to the challenges of linking...
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Development of a Water Allocation Model of the Incomati River Basin
Two water allocation models were developed in this project as a tool to support policy evaluation and improve strategic and operational decision making procedures of ARA-Sul. WEAP (Water Evaluation And Planning) was chosen as modelling framework. Different scenarios were implemented in WEAP to show the impacts of possible changes and...
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System-Risk: A large-scale systems approach to flood risk assessment and management
System-Risk is a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network which aims on developing and implementing a systems approach for large-scale flood risk assessment and management and provides a framework for training and career development of 15 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs). In collaboration with the Royal Meteorological Institute (KNMI), FutureWater is the hosting...
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Marktverkenning informatieproducten voor waterschappen op basis van remote sensing
Remote sensing wordt in de ruimste zin van het woord gebruikt voor waarnemingen vanaf afstand en in de geo-informatica tot het gebruik maken van satellieten, vliegtuigen, en drones voor aardobservatie. Ondanks dat remote sensing technieken al meer dan een eeuw oud zijn (luchtballon sinds ~1860, vliegtuigen sinds ~1915, satellieten sinds ~1960, drones sinds ~2010) is...
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Flying Sensors for Ultra-High Resolution Flood Risk Identification at Local Scales
The outputs of this project can be summarized as providing real time dike and levee information at local scales (up to 10,000 ha) that is collected, analysed and used at the same local scale. The output is divided into two components. First, the Flying Sensor information will be used for...
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Economic assessment of management alternatives in the protected areas of LAG Campoder
This project aims to advertise about the environmental assets found in the LAG Campoder at the Murcia Region (SE Spain), and to quantify using social and economic techniques the degree in which these assets are perceived by local population. FutureWater is responsible for the characterization and description of three representative...
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Preliminary Study for a Payment for Watershed Services Scheme
This project pilots a Payment for Watershed Services (PWS) scheme in the Rwenzori Mountains National Park (RMNP) in Uganda. The goal of the pilot is to study the feasibility of the PWS scheme in the watersheds of the Mubuku and Nyamwamba rivers and supporting nature conservation and a healthy watershed...
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Strategic Basin Planning Ganga River Basin
De Ganges is het dichtst bevolkte stroomgebied ter wereld en is de thuisbasis van de helft van de bevolking van India, waaronder tweederde van India’s armen. Het stroomgebied bedraagt meer dan een derde van het beschikbare oppervlaktewater in India en is de focus van meer dan de helft van het nationaal watergebruik – waarvan 90...
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Training in Water Resources and Allocation Models
A Tailor-Made Training was provided to three ARAs in Mozambique, being ARA-Centro (Beira), ARA-Centro-Norte (Nampula), and ARA-Norte (Pemba). The provided Tailor-Made Training focused on learning to work with a Water Resources and Water Allocation Model, and apply them to a catchment in Mozambique. Emphasis was put on how these tools...
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Erosion assessment for Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania
The purpose of this study is to support The Nature Conservancy in its effort in a first level scoping assessment on erosion levels in the Tuungane project area in Tanzania. Hydrological modelling is used to quantify erosion patterns and its relations with land use and management in a number of...
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Review Climate Change Hindu-Kush-Himalaya
FutureWater provided a comprehensive review study on climate change and the impacts on cryosphere, hydrological regimes and glacier lakes in the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra river basins. This review study was done in the context of future hydropower development in the region.
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Demonstration of Remote Sensing Information for Integrated Reservoir Management in the Red River Basin in Northern Vietnam
In 2011 the Vietnamese and Dutch government signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of a Government to Government (G2G) program for improved integrated planning and monitoring of water resources for transboundary water management and disaster risk management. This project was formulated as part of the G2G trajectory towards...
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Dijkmonitoring met Flying Sensors
Wetterskip Fryslân beheert ongeveer 3.300 km aan regionale waterkeringen. Om de toestand hiervan te monitoren worden deze tijdens de jaarlijkse kadeschouw gedurende de maanden januari en februari te voet gecontroleerd door de rayonbeheerders. Het uitvoeren van de jaarlijkse kadeschouw is arbeidsintensief werk en resulteert slechts in momentopnamen. Daarom is Wetterskip Fryslân op zoek naar methodes...
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Water Allocation Model Development to Support Decision Making Procedures
Two water allocation models were developed in this project as a tool to support policy evaluation and improve strategic and operational decision making procedures of ARA-Sul, which is one of the five water management organizations in Mozambique. WEAP (Water Evaluation And Planning) was chosen as modelling framework. Different scenarios were...
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ASSET: Accounting System for the SEgura river and Transfers
Semiarid coastal regions, as the Southeastern of Spain in which the Segura River Basin is located, are expected to be more affected by climate change and the resulting aggravation of water scarcity, droughts and desertification than other regions. In this project the interactions between the economy and the hydrological system...
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HI-AWARE: Himalayan Adaptation, Water and Resilience
HI-AWARE aims to contribute to enhanced adaptive capacities and climate resilience of the poor and vulnerable women, men, and children living in the mountains and flood plains of the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra river basins. Research, including modeling, scoping studies, action research, and randomized control trials, is conducted at 12...
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Impacts of Climate Change in Uganda on the Water Sector
Uganda’s 2010–2015 five-year National Development Plan (NDP) recognizes that addressing the challenges of climate change is crucial to enhancing sustainable economic and social development. One of the key aims of the present study is to make an economic and social assessment of climate change impacts on the water sector in...
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Water and Climate Services for Transboundary Water Management and Disaster Risk Management
During this pilot project the applicability of the in-house developed Drought Monitoring and Impact Assessment Toolbox (DMIAT) and HiP2P rainfall downscaling methodology were demonstrated for the Red River Basin in Vietnam. Furthermore the first steps in developing an integrated product for transboundary water management in the Red River Basin were...
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SWIMM: Soil Water evaluation system based on Integrated Measurements and Modelling
The main objective of the project was to support policy making, under current and future climate conditions, on optimal water management in nature reserve areas, based on uniform and consistent data collection. The project built upon knowledge developed under the “Klimaat voor Ruimte” framework and refined and demonstrated a method,...
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OWASIS-UK: Observatory of Water Availability – System of Integrated Services
The main objective of this study is to explore the potential to combine optical and gravity data from Earth Observation with meteorological data, together with innovative in situ sensors, hydrological modelling and crowd sourcing technologies, and the advanced visualization of the information through situation awareness platforms and decision support tools,...
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Central Asia Regional Risk Assessment for Water Related Energy Sector Impacts
The objective of this study was to support the “Central Asia Regional Energy Sector Vulnerability Study” led by Industrial Economics (IEc) and funded by the World Bank, by carrying out an expanded risk assessment for water availability and water related energy sector impacts in Central Asia. The work built on...
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The Nairobi Water Fund: hydrologic modelling and economic valuation of investment options
In 2013 The Nature Conservancy (TNC) started working to launch the first Water Fund in Africa to restore and protect the condition of the Tana River and improve Nairobi’s water security. Key questions that needed to be answered were “Where and in what activities should the fund invest its money?”...
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Gridded Meteorological Datasets and Hydrological Modelling in the Upper Indus Basin
Understanding of the hydrological regimes in the mountainous Upper Indus basin (UIB) is essential for water resources management in the region. High-resolution gridded meteorological datasets, which capture the spatial variability of precipitation, are critical for modelling the hydrology of high-mountain regions. Improvements to existing gridded datasets using high-elevation station data...
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Aanvulling van het grondwater van de Veluwe
De provincie en het waterschap willen met expert-bijeenkomsten een bijdrage leveren aan gedachtenwisseling tussen experts over dit onderwerp en waar mogelijk aan overeenstemming over feitenmateriaal. Om deze reden ligt de focus tijdens de bijeenkomsten op de kennis van hydrologische processen en de eigenheid van de Veluwe hierin en niet op modellen. Een zo breed mogelijke...
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Climate adaptation Colombia
The 2011 floods and droughts in the Magdalena river basin triggered the Colombian government and water institutions to enforce the attention given to water security and dike safety. To improve the capacities of Colombia for adaptation of water management to climate change pilot projects were started in one small and...
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Water Planning Tools to Support Water Governance
ARA-Centro is one of the five regional water management organizations in Mozambique and has to advise on the water availability and the required number of reservoirs that are needed to make the envisioned economic developments possible. For this advisory role, tools are needed like a water allocation model that can...
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Climate change indicators for Mekong River Commission
With this study, the Climate Change Adaptation Initiative (CCAI) of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) offers a review of existing monitoring systems and indicators of climate change to improve the understanding of riparian governments, relevant line agencies and others on the status and impacts of climate change. The report should...
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INTOGENER: Integration of EO data and GNSS-R signals for ENERgy applications
The need for accurate short and mid-term forecasting of the water flow generated from snowmelt in mountain basins is an important component for water management and hydropower activities. Due to the remoteness and difficult access to basins especially in cold weather conditions, where in-situ snow measurements, water level monitoring and...
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Green Water Credits demonstration project Algeria
In cooperation with Algerian partners the “La Mina” basin was selected to demonstrate the potential for Green Water Credits (GWC) in Algeria. GWC can be seen as an investment mechanism for upstream farmers to practice soil and water management activities that generate benefits for downstream water users, which are currently...
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Spatial and temporal rainfall variability in the Tungurahua province of Ecuador
Accurate information on spatial rainfall patterns is crucial for many hydrological applications and for water resources planning. For the Water Resources Management Planning Program of the Provincial Government of Tungurahua in Ecuador this information is required to design appropriate and sustainable strategies for agricultural water management in the area and...
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Water Availability Analysis for the Upper Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra River Basins
As part of the Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Program (HICAP) ICIMOD has contracted FutureWater to generate climate change and water availability scenarios for the upstream parts of the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra river basins based on a high resolution hydrological model that FutureWater has developed.
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Green Water Management and Credits Toolkit for China
Green Water Management & Credits is a concept developed by ISRIC. It allows quantification of water supply and demand, erosion reduction, yield increase, sedimentation amounts, and hydropower production that is needed to calculate the economic costs and benefits of environmental protection measures. In order run this concept in areas, an...
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Towards a Mekong Delta Portal
Studies have shown that the Mekong Delta is very vulnerable to floods and droughts, which will intensify due to climate change. Currently, these threats are not adequately monitored and information on such threats is inconsistent and only scattered available. Therefore Vietnam is in need of data sharing systems and advanced...
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Mainstream Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Into Agriculture in the Southern Caucasus
This study contributes to the agriculture sector climate change impact assessment and adaptation and mitigation strategy identification and evaluation. The study encompasses the three countries of the Southern Caucasus region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. The project also includes components for capacity building among in-country staff, and support of the World...
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SIRRIMED: Sustainable Use of Irrigation Water in the Mediterranean Region
SIRRIMED project addressed issues related to sustainable use of water in Mediterranean irrigated agricultural systems, with the overall aim of optimizing irrigation water use. In this project FutureWater was actively involved in the development of a District Information System (DIS) and a Watershed Information System (WIS) for the Campo de...
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Monitoring of Glacier, Climate and Runoff in the Hindu – Kush Himalayan Mountains
For this project a review was conducted of current state of knowledge in (i) climate change datasets and downscaling used for glacier and high mountain modelling, (ii) glacier and snow contribution to river runoff in the Hindu – Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, (iii) hydrological modelling studies used for glacier and...
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Water and Adaptation Interventions in Central and West Asia
To assess the water resources availability in the Central Asia region under climate change hydrological models were developed for the two major rivers in the region, the Amu Darya and Syr Darya. Capacity building activities were undertaken to develop the capacity in each of the participating countries to use the...
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Hydrological Impact of Green Water Credits Measures in the Sebou Basin in Morocco
Green Water Credits (GWC) can be seen as an investment mechanism for upstream farmers to practice soil and water management activities that generate benefits for downstream water users, which are currently unrecognized and unrewarded. The GWC methodology was applied to the Sebou river basin. Data was gathered, prepared and verified...
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Klimaat Adaptieve Drainage
Het project Klimaatadaptieve Drainage moet een product opleveren dat het mogelijk maakt piekafvoeren en wateraanvoerbehoefte die naar verwachting toenemen als gevolg van klimaatverandering te beperken. Het stelt de waterschappen in staat om, gebruik makend van agrariërs, te anticiperen op en zich aan te passen aan toenemende weersextremen. De eerste fase bestaat uit een haalbaarheidsonderzoek wat...
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Erosion and reservoir sedimentation in Tana basin, Kenya
In this project an assessment of the soil erosion and sediment loads in Upper Tana Catchment areas was undertaken and the impact of sediment deposition on the reservoir capacities of the principal dams was estimated. A physiographical baseline was established through an intensive monitoring campaign of flow and sediment loads...
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Bias Correction for Satellite Precipitation Estimation used by the MRC Mekong Flood Forecasting System
The Regional Flood Management and Mitigation Centre (RFMMC) has been established in Phnom Penh, Cambodia under the umbrella of the Mekong River Commission (MRC). One of the main objectives of the RFMMC is to establish an improved, robust and reliable flood forecasting system for short and especially medium-term forecast periods....
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Impacts of Global Climate Change on the Water Resources of the Bunyala plains, Kenya
In this project an Integrated Water Resource Management Planning Tool for improved planning and management of sustainable food and sustainable livelihoods for the Bunyala flood plains of western Kenya was developed together with training materials for technical support in the maintenance and implementation of the planning tool and the facilitation...
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Ontwikkeling SWAP-GIS omgeving
Het project omvat het maken van een koppeling tussen ArcGis en het SWAP model. De uiteindelijke modelleeromgeving wordt een praktische tool worden die snel inzetbaar is om gelijk waar in Vlaanderen de impact van schommelingen in grondwaterstand door winningen of regulering van het oppervlaktewaterpeil op landbouwopbrengst, de groei van bossen of de natuurwaarden te kunnen...
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Nile Basin Data Base Development
The Nile Basin Decision Support System (NBI-DSS) will provide the necessary knowledge base and analytical tools to support the planning of cooperative joint projects and the management of the shared Nile Basin water resources. FutureWater was asked to support this NBI-DSS and to undertake preliminary data collection and compilation. The...
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Verbetering bepaling actuele verdamping
Verdamping is, na neerslag, voor de meeste gebieden in Nederland de grootste component van de waterbalans. Het is voor waterbeheerders daarom van belang om de actuele verdamping zo goed mogelijk vast te stellen, voor zowel beleidsmatige als operationele beslissingen. STOWA heeft daarom een project gestart met als doelstelling: Verbetering van de schatting van de actuele...
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Verkennende klimaatstudie Waterschap Vallei en Eem
Het Waterschap Vallei en Eem is een klimaatstrategie aan het ontwikkelen om zich voor te bereiden op het veranderende klimaat op de langere termijn (2050-2100). Ter ondersteuning bij het tot stand komen van deze strategie is een verkennende klimaatstudie uitgevoerd. De resultaten van deze studie zijn verkregen door gebruik te maken van de huidige kennis...
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Irrigation Potential Lake Victoria, Tanzania
A study was undertaken to evaluate and rank five potential irrigation schemes in the Tanzania part of the Lake Victoria Basin. The study focused on the following five thematic areas: (i) land suitability, (ii) water resources assessment, (iii) water requirements, (iv) environmental considerations, and (v) institutional aspects.
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Hydrological seasonal forecasts in mountaineous basins
This project focused on the hydrology and cryosphere of the Himalayas and dealt with the influence of snow cover of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau on Asian monsoon dynamics, and the possibility to forecast the strength of the monsoon and the hydrological effects in downstream areas.
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Gebruik regenradar gegevens in het waterbeheer
Waterschap Rivierenland beschikt voor de periode vanaf 2000 tot heden over regenradargegevens voor haar totale beheersgebied. De historische data is eenmalig aangekocht bij Meteo Consult in Wageningen en sinds kort wordt online de meest recente data opgehaald. Binnen het beheersgebied van het waterschap wordt door verschillende neerslagstations de gevallen hoeveelheid neerslag bijgehouden. Deels zijn dit...
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Groundwater Management and Exploration Package, Northern China
In northern China, groundwater depletion reached catastrophic levels. Therefore, the Chinese government was looking for improved groundwater assessment and management tools. The GMEP (Groundwater Management and Exploration Package) project demonstrated that better observation and planning tools can assist decision makers. Focus of the project was on the Yellow River Basin...
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Mekong River Basin Modeling Framework Development
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) Information and Knowledge Management Programme (IKMP) is developing and expanding its modeling framework. FutureWater was asked to support the process by developing a complete strategy and to prepare a set of tender documents for implementation of the strategy. The project resulted in six specific Program...
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Mogelijkheden regelbare stuw in de Olstertocht
Uit de analyse van het model FutureView blijkt dat de mogelijkheden tot het vasthouden van water in het gebied laag zijn. Als er vanuit wordt gegaan dat er geen kwel optreedt dan is de hoeveelheid water die extra vastgehouden kan worden 7 tot 15 mm. Uitgaande van de criteria van het waterschap ligt dit net...
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Berekening openwaterverdamping
Na de evaluatie van vijf methoden om de openwaterverdamping te berekenen is De Bruin-Keijmanmethode volgens de literatuur het meest geschikt voor het beheersgebied van Wetterskip Fryslân.
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Green Water Credits Mechanism to support sustainable water use in Africa
Green Water Credits can be seen as an investment mechanism for upstream farmers to practice soil and water management activities that generate benefits for downstream water users, which are currently unrecognized and unrewarded. FutureWater coordinated and carried out the biophysical assessment that quantified the impact of Green Water Credits practices...
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Klimaat voor Ruimte
Om de kwel en wegzijging onder verschillende klimaatscenario´s te kunnen voorspellen is er een model ontwikkeld dat op basis van meteorologische gegevens en rivierstanden kwel- en wegzijgingsfluxen kan bepalen. Het model is op een aantal punten verbeterd en getest voor de polder Quarles van Ufford in het beheersgebied van Waterschap Rivierenland. Met het verbeterde model...
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Remote Sensing and Hydrological Modelling of the Rio Bravo, Aguascalientes and Central Northern Valleys
The project has shown how modern analytical tools such Remote Sensing, GIS and simulation models can help to swiftly obtain data to support the water management decision making process. A diagnosis of the Rio Bravo and Northern Central Aquifers has been made to demonstrate management options as well as how...
