The use of AQUATOOL DSS applied to the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water (SEEAW)

Pedro-Monzonís, María; Jiménez-Fernández, Pedro; Solera, Abel; Jiménez-Gavilán, Pablo

doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.11.034

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“…In this hydraulic network, series of flows are introduced, generally in their natural 15 regime. Then, the DSS simulates this kind of system in an integrated manner, fulfilling the priority criteria among the different water uses and the pre-established operating rules (Pedro-Monzonís et al, 2016a). The DSS provides, as results, flow and volume series related to the main fluxes of the hydraulic network (supplies to uses, water consumptions, returns, evaporation in the reservoirs, etc.).…”

Section: Simulation Of the Water Resources Exploitation Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate change effects on the hydrology of the headwaters of the Tagus River: implications for the management of the Tagus-Segura transfer

Pellicer-Martínez¹,

Martínez‐Paz²

2018

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Abstract. Currently, climate change is a major concern around the world, especially because of the uncertainty associated with its possible consequences for society. Among these can be highlighted the fluvial alterations in basins whose flows depend on groundwater discharges and snow melt. This is the case of the headwaters of the Tagus River Basin, whose water resources, besides being essential for water uses within this basin, are susceptible to being transferred to the Segura River Basin (both basins are in the Iberian Peninsula). This work studies the possible effects that the latest climate change scenarios may have 5 on this transfer, one of the most important in southern Europe. In the first place, the possible alterations of the water cycle of the donor basin were estimated. To do this, a hydrological model was calibrated. Then, with this model, three climatic scenarios were simulated, one without climate change and two projections under climate change (Representative Concentration Pathway 4.5 -RCP 4.5-and RCP 8.5). The results of these three hydrological modelling scenarios were used to determine the possible flows that could be transferred from the Tagus River Basin to the Segura River Basin, by simulating the water 10 resource exploitation system of the Tagus headwaters. These hydrological modelling predict, for the simulated climate change scenarios, important reductions in the snowfalls and snow covers, the recharge of aquifers and the available water resources.So, the headwaters of the Tagus River Basin would be the loss of part of its natural capacity for regulation. These changes in the water cycle for the climate change scenarios used would imply a reduction of around 80% in the possible flows that could be transferred to the Segura Basin, with respect to a scenario without climate change. The loss of water resources for the 15 Segura River Basin would mean, if no alternative measures were taken, an economic loss of 330-380 million euro per year, due principally to decreased agricultural production.

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Climate change effects on the hydrology of the headwaters of the Tagus River: implications for the management of the Tagus-Segura transfer

Pellicer-Martínez¹,

Martínez‐Paz²

2018

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“…Pedro-Monzonís et al [29] integrate SEEA-Water and AQUATOOL Decision Support System (DSS), using the latter to fill in the physical water supply and use tables, and the asset accounts presented in the former. Similarly, Dimova et al [30] use WEAP (Water Evaluation and Planning System) to underpin the development of asset water accounts within the SEEA-Water platform in Bulgaria.…”

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The Economic Analysis of Water Use in the Water Framework Directive Based on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water: A Case Study of the Guadalquivir River Basin

Gutiérrez‐Martín

Borrego-Marín

Berbel

2017

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This paper develops a methodology for the economic analysis of water use proposed by the Water Framework Directive (WFD) based on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water (SEEA-Water) standard tables. Our proposal satisfies the requirements for the economic characterization set out in Article 5 of the WFD. A case study in the Guadalquivir river basin shows a similar characterization in the baseline scenario to previous studies, including apparent water productivity. The main contribution of our research, however, is the proposal of a methodology that would enhance comparability and knowledge-sharing between regions, countries, and sectors both in the European Union and worldwide.

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“…However, the IWMI-WA, WA+ and AWAS only require models for groundwater concepts being possible to determine the rest of values from direct or indirect measurements. On the contrary, the SEEAWater also needs models to complete some figures in the Asset Accounts (Pedro-Monzonís et al, 2016a) like the water supplies from reservoirs and rivers, and the IWMI-WA and the WA+ rely on remote sensing data for many WA concepts mostly regarding ET (Karimi et al, 2013b;Karimi and Bastiaanssen, 2015). …”

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“…Regarding hybrid tables, there is a general awareness that direct sources of economic data to fill them in are absent (DG Environment, 2015b;Borrego-Marín et al, 2016). Hence, some studies obtain them only partially or adopt simplified variations PedroMonzonís et al, 2016b) and some other do not even implement them (Dimova et al, 2014;Pedro-Monzonís et al, 2016a). The emission accounts are also sparsely represented in practical applications.…”

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“…Orange River Basin , the Vit River Basin (Dimova et al, 2014), the Arno River Basin (Mazzanti et al, 2014), the Duero River Basin (Vicente et al, 2016), the Júcar River Basin (Pedro-Monzonís et al, 2016b), and the Vélez River Basin (Pedro-Monzonís et al, 2016a). Most of these applications propose the use of hydrological and water allocation models in order to generate all the necessary data to fill out the physical tables, instead of combining it with measurements (Dimova et al, 2014;PedroMonzonís et al, 2016a;Pedro-Monzonís et al, 2016b;Vicente et al, 2016).…”

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Assessment of Ecosystem Services and Water Accounting Methodologies for Integrated Water Resources Management in water scarce basins.

Benavent¹

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However, the existing methodologies are disconnected from the real requirements of water resources planning and management in complex river basins such as the ones suffering from water scarcity. The Water Accounting frameworks adopt a financial accounting perspective that is too exhaustive for the purpose of transmitting the relevant water stocks and flows for water managers and users in a river basin, and that entail less accuracy in the global water balance. Also, the analysed Ecosystem Assessment Tools overlook the influence of water management as well as the temporal and spatial variability of water resources and demands. This Thesis proposes methodologies for Water Accounting and EcosystemServices Assessment which overcome the identified limitations and are especially adapted to be implemented in water scarce river basins. The Australian Water Accounting Standards are simplified to avoid exhaustive accounting for the sake of accuracy and transparency of water management information. An improved version is fully designed, and some criteria are proposed to guide its implementation at river basin scale with the purpose of improving public information and governance. A set of Integrated Water Resources Management Tools embedded in the DecisionSupport System AQUATOOL is tailored with economic information in order to obtain the benefits of three Freshwater Ecosystem Services considering the influence of water management with a detailed time step.The application of the resulting methodologies to different cases of study show the relevance of adopting a water management perspective in order to capture all the complexity of water scarce river basins in the results, so that they are useful for informed decision making. The Water Accounting results disclose synthesised and relevant information for water users and Finally, the methodologies are put into context inside the Integrated Water Resources Management process that covers the target variables to consider, the tools that allow analysing the influence of management actions on them, the indicators that are more informative to water managers, and the ways to transmit the information to the general public.Furthermore, the types of analyses which can be conducted with the proposed methodologies are detailed, and illustrated with examples in scientific literature.The presented research is based on published work, which is expanded or detailed, and includes other non published material. The result is a Thesis that provides improved results and conclusions with respect to the stand-alone papers.v Resumen A pesar de que la planificación y gestión de los recursos hídricos ha evolucionado enormemente, existe todavía discordancia entre la misma y la Gestión Integrada de Recursos Hídricos. A la luz de la Directiva Europea Marco del Agua y otras Políticas Europeas relacionadas con el agua y la sostenibilidad, la Contabilidad del Agua y la evaluación de los Servicios de los Ecosistemas se han identificado como herramientas que pueden ayudar a aproximarse a la Gestión Integrada ...

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The use of AQUATOOL DSS applied to the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water (SEEAW)

Cited by 44 publications

References 21 publications

Climate change effects on the hydrology of the headwaters of the Tagus River: implications for the management of the Tagus-Segura transfer

Climate change effects on the hydrology of the headwaters of the Tagus River: implications for the management of the Tagus-Segura transfer

The Economic Analysis of Water Use in the Water Framework Directive Based on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water: A Case Study of the Guadalquivir River Basin

Assessment of Ecosystem Services and Water Accounting Methodologies for Integrated Water Resources Management in water scarce basins.

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