scholarly journals Assessing Alternative Water Resources Management Scenarios in Islands of the Aegean Archipelago, Greece

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-275
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Management Scenarios ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Water Demands ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Alternative Water ◽  
Development Objectives

This effort discusses and evaluates alternative water management options to alleviate water stress and meet water needs in insular entities of the Aegean Archipelago, within the framework set by the principles of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and of the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC. Options are presented and assessed to determine integrated applicable strategies reflecting technical, economic, social and environmental constraints. The assessment is based on the application of the WaterStrategyMan Decision Support System (WSM DSS), developed under the Fifth Framework Programme, and is performed for six islands of the region. Results emphasize the need to understand the interconnections between social, technical, economic, and environmental problems in order to reach integrated solutions. In the dynamic context of current societies, pragmatic policy initiatives are needed to improve the means of preventing and addressing such issues, as well as new institutional structures to handle appropriately competing and conflicting water demands and development objectives.

scholarly journals Impact of Infiltration Process Modeling on Runoff Simulations: The Bonis River Basin

Proceedings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (11) ◽  
pp. 638
Author(s):  
Giovanni Ravazzani ◽  
Tommaso Caloiero ◽  
Mouna Feki ◽  
Gaetano Pellicone
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Water Cycle ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Management Scenarios ◽  
Catchment Scale ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Mountain Area ◽  
Resources Management

Integrated water resources management at the catchment scale, considering the full water cycle as manageable, is a primary approach to improve water use efficiency and promote sustainable water management solutions. To this purpose, advanced modelling tools are required to quantify the physical and economic effects of alternative land management options. This work presents an application of a spatially distributed physically based hydrological model to the Bonis experimental watershed located in the mountain area of Sila Greca (southern Italy). Different infiltration models were tested to better reproduce discharge observations at basin outlet. The model will be used for evaluating different land use/management scenarios, combined with climate change forcing, to quantify the effect of alternative management options on the land-water cycle. This work is part of the INNOMED project (Innovative Options for Integrated Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean) funded by ERA-NET COFUND WATERWORKS 2015 call.

Water reuse and integrated water resources management in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Mujeriego ◽  
J. López
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Water Reuse ◽  
Flood Control ◽  
Reclaimed Water ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Partial Substitution ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Essential Components

Water reclamation and reuse have become essential components of water resources management in Vitoria-Gasteiz, by helping to overcome historical water deficits experienced by the city with respect to water allocations set in 1973 with the Metropolitan Area of Bilbao, for the conjunctive use of the Urrunaga-Ullibarri reservoirs system. By generating a reliable flow of 35,000° m3/day of high quality reclaimed water, the options available for integrated water resources management have widely expanded as to allow in-stream river flow substitution, agricultural irrigation, seasonal storage of reclaimed water, and more favorable flood control policies for the Urrunaga-Ullibarri reservoirs system. Those management options have been made possible thanks to the implementation of an extensive and elaborated water distribution and storage system (reuse component) that allows distribution of reclaimed water to 10,000 ha of farmland, seasonal storage in a 7 hm3 reservoir, partial substitution of in-stream river water, and the potential consideration of water augmentation in reservoirs. The continuous support and promotion by agricultural users, the excellent operation and maintenance records of the project, and its favorable economic features have been instrumental in assuring a wide acceptance of this innovative water management option, under the Vitoria-Gasteiz social, economic, geographical and water resources conditions.

scholarly journals GROUNDWATER POTENTIAL OF THE ISLAND OF CRETE. PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES.

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 2048 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Περλέρος ◽  
Δ. Παπαμαστοράκης ◽  
M. Κριτσωτάκης ◽  
E. Δρακοπούλου ◽  
A. Παναγόπουλος
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Groundwater Potential ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Water Demands ◽  
Development Section ◽  
Rational Management ◽  
Water District

This paper presents, reviews and evaluates the latest views and researches carried out on groundwater resources potential of the island of Crete. Data on the overall water budget of the island are provided, whilst information is also furnished on the actual water demands and the current percentage these are met. Comments and proposals are made towards further rational management of the documented rich groundwater potential of the island along with proposals on the utilization of the considerable surface runoff waters in the form of off-course basins and dams. The distinctiveness of the Water District of Crete, in comparison with the rest Districts of Greece, lays on the fact that it is the only one for which an Integrated Water Resources Management study exists that was compiled in the period 2000-2001. Elaboration of this study was assigned by the Regional Authority of Crete, Directorate for Planning and Development, Section of Water Resources Management, to the consorting consultancy firms of PAPAGRIGORIOU S., KAIMAKI S, PARLEROS V., PAPAGEORGIOU N, LAZARIDES and Ass., ATEM, with special scientific consultation from the firms ENVECO S.A. and WL/DELFT HYDRAULICS of Netherlands, on December 1999 following an international procurement.

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