scholarly journals Water quality monitoring in urban basins as support for water resources management: A case study from southern brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-311
Author(s):  
Nícolas R. Finkler ◽  
Jardel Cocconi ◽  
Taison A. Bortolin ◽  
Ludmílson A. Mendes ◽  
Vania E. Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Resources Management

Monitoring and predicting water quality for smart urban water infrastructure

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Coraggio ◽  
Dawei Han ◽  
Theo Tryfonas ◽  
Weiru Liu
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Polluted Water ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Resources Management

<p>Water resources management is a delicate, complex and challenging task. It involves monitoring quality, quantity, timing and distribution of water in order to meet the needs of the population’s usage demand. Nowadays these decisions have to be made in a continuously evolving landscape where quantity and quality of water resources change in time with uncertainty.</p><p>Throughout history, access to clean water has always been a huge desire from urban settlements. People built towns and villages close to water sources. In most cases, streams brought clean water in and washed away polluted water. Nowadays the largest strains on water quality typically occur within urban areas, with degradation coming from point and diffuse sources of pollutants and alteration of natural flow through built-up areas.</p><p>Municipalities are acting to reduce the impact of climate change on existing cities and meet the needs of the growing urban population. In many places around the world costal flood defences were built involving construction of barriers that lock the tide and keep the water coming from in-land rivers creating reservoirs close to the shore.</p><p>These man-made barriers stop the natural cleaning action of the tide on transitional waters. This causes severe water quality problems like eutrophication and high levels of bacteria. On the positive side, these water reservoirs are used as recreational water, drinking water, agricultural water. As many more people are moving to live in urban areas, its overall demand for clean water and discharge of polluted water is constantly growing. Hence monitoring and foreseeing water quality in these urban surface waters is fundamental in order to be able to meet the water demand in future scenarios.</p><p>Many cities have already successfully implemented smart water technologies in many types of the water infrastructures. Monitoring water quality has always been a challenging and costly task. It has been so far the most difficult water characteristic to monitor remotely in real time. Lack of high frequency and accurate data has always been one of the main challenges. Today, using information and communication technologies (ICT) is possible to set up a real time water quality monitoring system that will allow to deepen the understanding of water quality dynamics leading to a better management of urban water resources.</p><p>A case study will be presented where a real time water quality monitoring system for the surface water of Bristol Floating Harbour has been deployed in the UK and water quality data have been analysed using artificial intelligence algorithms in order to understand the link between ambient weather data (i.e., precipitation, temperature, solar radiation, wind, etc.) and surface water pollution. Preliminary results of a water quality prediction model will also be presented showing the capabilities of predicting water quality as a new tool in municipality’s decision-making processes and water resources management.</p>

scholarly journals Potential of the LASH model for water resources management in data-scarce basins: a case study of the Fragata River basin, southern Brazil

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (14) ◽  
pp. 2567-2578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Beskow ◽  
Luis Carlos Timm ◽  
Vitor Emanuel Quevedo Tavares ◽  
Tamara Leitzke Caldeira ◽  
Leandro Sanzi Aquino
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Resources Management

scholarly journals AVALIAÇÕES DE RISCO EM BARRAGENS: ESTUDO DE CASO DA BARRAGEM MALCOZINHADO NO NORDESTE BRASILEIRO

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Campos Fontenelle ◽  
Alexandre de Sousa Fontenelle ◽  
Yago Machado Pereira de Matos ◽  
Fernando Feitosa Monteiro
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
The State ◽  
Management Company ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Hazard And Risk ◽  
Hazard Level ◽  
Brazilian Northeast

RESUMO: O presente trabalho tem a proposta de avaliar a eficácia de duas metodologias de avaliação de risco de uma barragem no Nordeste Brasileiro no intervalo de 10 anos, baseando-se na inspeção e no nível de ameaça. Utiliza-se a metodologia Nível de Perigo da Barragem (NPB) para cálculo do nível de ameaça (Fontenelle, 2007) e para o cálculo do risco as metodologias da Companhia de Gestão dos Recursos Hídricos do Ceará (COGERH) e do Conselho Nacional de Recursos Hídricos (CNRH). Observa-se que o crescente número de barragens soma-se a preocupação com a segurança destas. Face a isto, utiliza-se a avaliação de risco como forma de priorizar ações de manutenção e recuperação. O estudo de caso ocorreu na Barragem Malcozinhado, localizada no município de Cascavel, no estado do Ceará. Com base na inspeção, calcula-se o nível de ameaça e o risco, compara-se estes com os resultados de 2006. Assim, observou-se o aumento no nível de ameaça, no entanto, o risco permaneceu, em geral, baixo, semelhante aos resultados de 2006. Este resultado se deve ao fato de que o número de anomalias aumentou, porém trata-se de uma barragem jovem, de pequeno porte e inspecionada regularmente.ABSTRACT: The present study has the proposal of evaluating the effectiveness of two methodologies of risk Assessment of a Brazilian Northeast dam in a range of 10 years, based on the inspection and the level of hazard. The methodology used for calculating the hazard level is the Dam Hazard Level (NPB). In addiction, in order to evaluate the risk is used the methodology of the Water Resources Management Company of Ceará (COGERH) and the methodology of National Resources Council Water (CNRH). The number of dams is increasing with to the concern for their safety. In view of this, risk assessment is used as a tool to prioritizing maintenance and recovery actions. The case study occurred in the Malcozinhado Dam, located in the municipality of Cascavel, in the state of Ceará. Based on the inspection, the level of hazard and risk is calculated, compared to the results for 2006. Thus, the increase in the level of hazard was observed, but the risk remained generally low, similar to 2006 result. This result is due to the fact that the number of anomalies has increased, but it is a young, small and regularly inspected dam.

Formulation of integrated water resources management (IWRM) plan at district level: a case study from Bundelkhand region of India

Water Policy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. C. Goyal ◽  
Anuradha Garg ◽  
Jyoti P. Patil ◽  
T. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Demand Management ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
District Level ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
The Government

Abstract Integrated water resources management (IWRM) is being implemented all over the world, considering its wide area of applications and flexible spatial scale. Scientists have found IWRM useful in an Indian context also where a coordinated development of water and land resources is sought as part of complete economic, social and environmental welfare. The paper presents the concepts of ‘Local IWRM’ planning applied to water conservation and management in a case study of Ur river watershed in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh (India). The Plan considers effective utilization of land, water and other available natural resources, linked to the vulnerabilities and livelihood opportunities in the geographical area. The IWRM Plan, designed in three sections – (1) water management, (2) land management, and (3) livelihood management – provides specific suggestions on the activities under these three themes as useful inputs to the District Irrigation Plan (DIP) of the Government. The proposed IWRM Plan intends to promote the component of water demand management in district level planning and is envisioned to be an ‘implementable’ planning document for district level government. Acceptability of the IWRM plan is potentially enhanced as the plan was developed through a participatory process, wherein all relevant stakeholders were consulted at different stages of development.

A Community Facilitation Model for E-Government

2007 ◽  
pp. 114-126
Author(s):  
Kyle B. Murray ◽  
Cory A. Habulin
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Water Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Central Tenet ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
The Impact

This chapter introduces a community facilitation model for e-government. The central tenet of this approach is the empowerment of a segment of the population to act, by providing the tools and information necessary to tackle issues that have been difficult to address with traditional approaches to government. Under this model, government provides an initial spark and then plays a supporting role in the growth of the community. By doing so, the costs of the program are minimized while the impact of the program is maximized. We examine the viability of the model by looking at a case study in water quality monitoring. The case illustrates the power of a government facilitated community of action to address an important problem, and it suggests that such a model can be applied globally and may be relevant to government initiatives beyond water monitoring.

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