scholarly journals Sustainable Surface Water Storage Development Pathways and Acceptable Limits for River Basins

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 645
Author(s):  
Nishadi Eriyagama ◽  
Vladimir Smakhtin ◽  
Lakshika Udamulla
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Environmental Flow ◽  
Annual Runoff ◽  
Upper Limits ◽  
Storage Distribution ◽  
Surface Water Storage

This paper addresses the questions of acceptable upper limits for storage development and how best to deploy storage capacity in the long-term planning of built surface water storage in river basins. Storage-yield curves are used to establish sustainable storage development pathways and limits for a basin under a range of environmental flow release scenarios. Optimal storage distribution at a sub-basin level, which complies with an identified storage development pathway, can also be estimated. Two new indices are introduced—Water Supply Sustainability and Environmental Flow Sustainability—to help decide which pathways and management strategies are the most appropriate for a basin. Average pathways and conservative and maximum storage limits are illustrated for two example basins. Conservative and maximum withdrawal limits from storage are in the range of 45–50% and 60–65% of the mean annual runoff. The approach can compare the current level of basin storage with an identified pathway and indicate which parts of a basin are over- or under-exploited. A global storage–yield–reliability relationship may also be developed using statistics of annual basin precipitation to facilitate water resource planning in ungauged basins.

The Waters of Kentucky

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel I. Carey
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Hydrologic Cycle ◽  
Septic Systems ◽  
Floodplain Management ◽  
Groundwater Infiltration ◽  
Vital Resource ◽  
Surface Water Storage ◽  
Management Issues

This chapter follows water through the hydrologic cycle in Kentucky and shows how water shapes the land and supports the life. It describes and quantifies precipitation, stream flow runoff, groundwater infiltration, and surface water storage in ponds, lakes, and wetlands. Water use and wastewater production and treatment are discussed. Suitability of soils and geology for septic systems are analyzed. Flooding and floodplain management issues are presented. The chapter illustrates our responsibility to maintain this vital resource for all life in the Commonwealth.

Surface water storage characteristics of main herbaceous species in semiarid Loess Plateau of China

Ecohydrology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peifeng Xiong ◽  
Zhifei Chen ◽  
Quan Yang ◽  
Junjie Zhou ◽  
He Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Loess Plateau ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Herbaceous Species ◽  
Storage Characteristics ◽  
Surface Water Storage

scholarly journals Dynamics of surface water storage in the Amazon inferred from measurements of inter-satellite distance change

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shin-Chan Han ◽  
Hyungjun Kim ◽  
In-Young Yeo ◽  
Pat Yeh ◽  
Taikan Oki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Surface Water Storage ◽  
Distance Change

Optimal extraction of small-scale surface water storage in Asia

1992 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 1207-1219 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Mahendrarajah ◽  
P. G. Warr ◽  
A. J. Jakeman
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Scale Surface ◽  
Surface Water Storage

scholarly journals High-resolution modelling of the seasonal evolution of surface water storage on the Greenland Ice Sheet

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 6143-6170 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. S. Arnold ◽  
A. F. Banwell ◽  
I. C. Willis
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Ice Sheet ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Greenland Ice Sheet ◽  
Water Volume ◽  
Seasonal Evolution ◽  
Surface Water Storage ◽  
Subglacial Drainage

Abstract. Seasonal meltwater lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet form when surface runoff is temporarily trapped in surface topographic depressions. The development of such lakes affects both the surface energy balance and dynamics of the ice sheet. Although areal extents, depths, and lifespans of lakes can be inferred from satellite imagery, such observational studies have a limited temporal resolution. Here, we adopt a modelling-based strategy to estimate the seasonal evolution of surface water storage for the ~ 3600 km2 Paakitsoq region of W. Greenland. We use a high-resolution time dependent surface mass balance model to calculate surface melt, a supraglacial water routing model to calculate lake filling and a prescribed water-volume based threshold to predict lake drainage events. The model shows good agreement between modelled lake locations and volumes and those observed in 9 Landsat 7 ETM+ images from 2001, 2002 and 2005. We use the model to investigate the lake water volume required to trigger drainage, and the impact that this threshold volume has on the proportion of meltwater that runs off the ice supraglacially, is stored in surface lakes, or enters the subglacial drainage system. Model performance is maximised with prescribed lake volume thresholds between 4000 and 7500 times the local ice thickness. For these thresholds, lakes transiently store < 40% of meltwater at the beginning of the melt season, decreasing to ~ 5 to 10% by the middle of the melt season. 40 to 50% of meltwater runs off the ice surface directly, and the remainder enters the subglacial drainage system through moulins at the bottom of drained lakes.

scholarly journals Satellite-derived surface and sub-surface water storage in the Ganges–Brahmaputra River Basin

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 15-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrice Papa ◽  
Frédéric Frappart ◽  
Yoann Malbeteau ◽  
Mohammad Shamsudduha ◽  
Venugopal Vuruputur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Brahmaputra River ◽  
The Ganges ◽  
Surface Water Storage

scholarly journals Surface drainage in leveled land: Implication of slope

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoniony S. Winkler ◽  
Jaqueline T. da Silva ◽  
José M. B. Parfitt ◽  
Claudia F. A. Teixeira-Gandra ◽  
Germani Conceço ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Surface Drainage ◽  
Digital Elevation ◽  
Land Leveling ◽  
Water Accumulation ◽  
Surface Water Storage ◽  
Heavy Rainfalls

ABSTRACT In the lowlands of Rio Grande do Sul, land leveling is mostly carried out with no slope for the purpose of rice production. In this environment, soils with a low hydraulic conductivity are predominant owing to the presence of a practically impermeable B-horizon near the surface. Land leveling leads to soil accommodation resulting in the formation of depressions where water accumulates after heavy rainfalls, subsequently leading to problems with crops implanted in succession to rice, such as soybeans. The objective of this research was to quantify the areas and volumes of water accumulation in soil as a function of the slope of land leveling. Five typical leveled lowland areas were studied as a part of this research. The original areas presented slopes of 0, 0.20, 0.25, 0.28 and 0.40%, which were used to generate new digital elevation models with slopes between 0 and 0.5%. These newly generated digital models were used to map the depressions with surface water storage. In conclusion, land leveling with slopes higher than 0.1% is recommended to minimize problems with superficial water storage in rice fields.

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