GIS-Based Watershed Analysis for Water Storage Facilities in Underdeveloped Areas

2021 ◽  
pp. 164-178
Author(s):  
Rehan Jamil
Keyword(s):  
Rainwater Harvesting ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Runoff Water ◽  
Watershed Analysis ◽  
Digital Elevation ◽  
Water Accumulation ◽  
Runoff Analysis ◽  
Underdeveloped Areas ◽  
Storage Facilities

Digital elevation models (DEMs) are created to study the topography of the area by using point krigging method of gridding. The results show a significant level difference between the start and end points of the valley sloping naturally. A longitudinal profile shows an average slope of 2.6% in a stretch of 15 km inside the area under study. Later, the detailed watershed and runoff analysis have been performed by preparing various maps using IDF curves available for the area. The area is found to experience sufficient rainfall for a 50 to 100-year storm return period. The expected location and amount of runoff water accumulation have also been determined which may help for the construction of water storage or rainwater harvesting facilities. The chapter shows the role of GIS-based techniques for the hydrological analysis of difficult terrains which can be applied for planning and management of water storage facilities in underdeveloped areas.

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.

scholarly journals Enhanced DEM-based flow path delineation methods for urban flood modelling

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 568-579
Author(s):  
J. P. Leitão ◽  
D. Prodanović ◽  
S. Boonya-aroonnet ◽  
Č. Maksimović
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Overland Flow ◽  
Flow Path ◽  
Flow Paths ◽  
Urban Flood ◽  
Bouncing Ball ◽  
Digital Elevation ◽  
Synthetic Test ◽  
Water Accumulation ◽  
Flooding Events

In order to simulate surface runoff and flooding, one-dimensional (1D) overland flow networks can be automatically delineated using digital elevation models (DEM). The resulting network comprises flow paths and terrain depressions/ponds and is essential to reliably model pluvial (surface) flooding events in urban areas by so-called 1D/1D models. Conventional automatic DEM-based flow path delineation methods have problems in producing realistic overland flow paths when detailed high-resolution DEMs of urban areas are used. The aim of this paper is to present the results of research and development of three enhanced DEM-based overland flow path delineation methods; these methods are triggered when the conventional flow path delineation process stops due to a flow obstacle. Two of the methods, the ‘bouncing ball and buildings’ and ‘bouncing ball and A*’ methods, are based on the conventional ‘bouncing ball’ concept; the third proposed method, the ‘sliding ball’ method, is based on the physical water accumulation concept. These enhanced methods were tested and their results were compared with results obtained using two conventional flow path delineation methods using a semi-synthetic test DEM. The results showed significant improvements in terms of the reliability of the delineated overland flow paths when using these enhanced methods.

scholarly journals The importance of vegetation to understand terrestrial water storage variations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina Trautmann ◽  
Sujan Koirala ◽  
Nuno Carvalhais ◽  
Andreas Güntner ◽  
Martin Jung
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Intermediate Water ◽  
Model Structure ◽  
Hydrological Models ◽  
Terrestrial Water Storage ◽  
Terrestrial Water

Abstract. So far, various studies aimed at decomposing the integrated terrestrial water storage variations observed by satellite gravimetry (GRACE, GRACE-FO) with the help of large-scale hydrological models. While the results of the storage decomposition depend on model structure, little attention has been given to the impact of the way how vegetation is represented in these models. Although vegetation structure and activity represent the crucial link between water, carbon and energy cycles, their representation in large-scale hydrological models remains a major source of uncertainty. At the same time, the increasing availability and quality of Earth observation-based vegetation data provide valuable information with good prospects for improving model simulations and gaining better insights into the role of vegetation within the global water cycle. In this study, we use observation-based vegetation information such as vegetation indices and rooting depths for spatializing the parameters of a simple global hydrological model to define infiltration, root water uptake and transpiration processes. The parameters are further constrained by considering observations of terrestrial water storage anomalies (TWS), soil moisture, evapotranspiration (ET) and gridded runoff (Q) estimates in a multi-criteria calibration approach. We assess the implications of including vegetation on the simulation results, with a particular focus on the partitioning between water storage components. To isolate the effect of vegetation, we compare a model experiment with vegetation parameters varying in space and time to a baseline experiment in which all parameters are calibrated as static, globally uniform values. Both experiments show good overall performance, but including vegetation data led to even better performance and more physically plausible parameter values. Largest improvements regarding TWS and ET were seen in supply-limited (semi-arid) regions and in the tropics, whereas Q simulations improve mainly in northern latitudes. While the total fluxes and storages are similar, accounting for vegetation substantially changes the contributions of snow and different soil water storage components to the TWS variations, with the dominance of an intermediate water pool that interacts with the fast plant accessible soil moisture and the delayed water storage. The findings indicate the important role of deeper moisture storages as well as groundwater-soil moisture-vegetation interactions as a key to understanding TWS variations. We highlight the need for further observations to identify the adequate model structure rather than only model parameters for a reasonable representation and interpretation of vegetation-water interactions.

The Study on Agricultural Non-Point Nitrogen Pollution Control

2012 ◽  
Vol 573-574 ◽  
pp. 213-217
Author(s):  
Gui Lan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Pollution Control ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Control Function ◽  
Nitrogen Pollution ◽  
Natural State ◽  
Runoff Water ◽  
Riparian Wetland ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
Runoff Events

Purification effects of riparian wetland in a natural state on pollutants are unstable and are always influenced by hydrology, climate, and extent of wetlands development. For this reason, study of the role of the purification function of riparian wetland in a natural state is ongoing. In this study, with the Kouma section of the Yellow River wetlands as the study area, using the field experiment method and the 15N enriched technique, the agricultural non-point nitrogen pollution control function of Phragmites communis Trin in riparian wetlands was studied. Artificial runoff events enabled the collection of a temporal and spatial array of samples within the wetland so that the plume of runoff water moving through the wetland could be traced and its attenuation determined.

scholarly journals Characterizing the Water Storage Capacity and Hydrological Role of Mountain Peatlands in the Arid Andes of North-Central Chile

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Remi Valois ◽  
Nicole Schaffer ◽  
Ronny Figueroa ◽  
Antonio Maldonado ◽  
Eduardo Yáñez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Storage Capacity ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Catchment Scale ◽  
North Central ◽  
Central Chile ◽  
Water Storage Capacity ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Local Water

High-altitude peatlands in the Andes, i.e., bofedales, play an essential role in alpine ecosystems, regulating the local water balance and supporting biodiversity. This is particularly true in semiarid Chile, where bofedales develop near the altitudinal and hydrological limits of plant life. The subterranean geometry and stratigraphy of one peatland was characterized in north-central Chile using Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT), Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and core extraction. Two sounding locations, two transversal and one longitudinal profile allowed a 3D interpretation of the bofedal’s internal structure. A conceptual model of the current bofedal system is proposed. Geophysical results combined with porosity measurements were used to estimate the bofedal water storage capacity. Using hydrological data at the watershed scale, implications regarding the hydrological role of bofedales in the semiarid Andes were then briefly assessed. At the catchment scale, bofedal water storage capacity, evapotranspiration losses and annual streamflow are on the same order of magnitude. High-altitude peatlands are therefore storing a significant amount of water and their impact on basin hydrology should be investigated further.

scholarly journals Role of Upper-Flow-Regime Bedforms Emplaced by Sediment Gravity Flows in the Evolution of Deltas

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Kostic ◽  
Daniele Casalbore ◽  
Francesco Chiocci ◽  
Jörg Lang ◽  
Jutta Winsemann
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Flow Regime ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Seismic Data ◽  
Lake Level ◽  
Sediment Gravity Flows ◽  
Gravity Flows ◽  
Digital Elevation

Upper-flow-regime bedforms and their role in the evolution of marine and lacustrine deltas are not well understood. Wave-like undulations on delta foresets are by far the most commonly reported bedforms on deltas and it will take time before many of these features get identified as upper-flow-regime bedforms. This study aims at: (1) Providing a summary of our knowledge to date on deltaic bedforms emplaced by sediment gravity flows; (2) illustrating that these features are most likely transitional upper-flow-regime bedforms; and (3) using field case studies of two markedly different deltas in order to examine their role in the evolution of deltas. The study combines numerical analysis with digital elevation models, outcrop, borehole, and high-resolution seismic data. The Mazzarrà river delta in the Gulf of Patti, Italy, is selected to show that upper-flow-regime bedforms in gullies can be linked to the onset, growth, and evolution of marine deltas via processes of gully initiation, filling, and maintenance. Ice-marginal lacustrine deltas in Germany are selected as they illustrate the importance of unconfined upper-flow-regime bedforms in the onset and evolution of distinct delta morphologies under different lake-level trends.

scholarly journals Reconciling hydrology with engineering

2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Demetris Koutsoyiannis
Keyword(s):  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Change Of Direction ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Adverse Impacts ◽  
Past Experiences ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Autonomous Science

Hydrology has played an important role in the birth of science. Yet practical hydrological knowledge, related to human needs for water storage, transfer and management, existed before the development of natural philosophy and science. In contemporary times, hydrology has had strong links with engineering as its development has been related to the needs of the design and management of water infrastructures. In the 1980s these links were questioned and it was suggested that separating hydrology from engineering would be beneficial for both. It is argued that, thereafter, hydrology, instead of becoming an autonomous science, developed new dependencies, particularly on politically driven agendas. This change of direction in effect demoted the role of hydrology, for example in studying hypothetical or projected climate-related threats. Revisiting past experiences suggests that re-establishing the relationship of hydrology with engineering could be beneficial. The study of change and the implied uncertainty and risk could constitute a field of mutual integration of hydrology and engineering. Engineering experience may help hydrology to appreciate that change is essential for progress and evolution, rather than only having adverse impacts. While the uncertainty and risk cannot be eliminated they can be dealt with in a quantitative and rigorous manner.

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