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Lecture 1 - Water Resources
Lecture 1 - Water Resources
University of Bologna
Advanced
Hydrology and
Water
Resources
Management
Learning Objectives
Water Resources Management is about solving problems
to secure water for people, based on a sound scientific
understanding of hydrologic and hydraulic processes.
This includes protection from excess water and from
water shortage, as well as providing sufficient water for a
sustainable environment.
At the end of this class you will:
be aware of water resources issues at local (state),
national and global scale,
be able to qualitatively and quantitatively describe the
main processes in the hydrologic cycle, and
be able to provide solutions for typical water resources
problems found in practice.
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Program
Introduction: definitions, quantification of the water cycle,
practical problems.
Illustration of a case study: the Emilia-Romagna region,
Italy.
Assessment of water resources availability: rainfall-runoff
modelling.
Assessment of water resources availability: generation of
synthetic hydrological variables.
Water resources management: decision theory and
decision under uncertainty.
Water resources management: the impact of climate
change.
Ancient
Hydrologic
History
Nile River
The longest
river in the
world
(6650 km)
http://www.bibleplaces.com/aswan.htm
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But hydrology is a
young science.
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Disaster
WATER
1 ELL = 1.1m
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Abundance
Security
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Happiness
Suffering
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Hunger
SECURITY
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[does not add to 100% due to rounding, numbers differ slightly depending on study used]
Water Cycle
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Water Cycle
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Oki, T. and Kanae, S. 2006. Global hydrological cycles and world water resources. Science, 313, 1068-1072.
Floods
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Droughts
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The Future?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_resources
Year
World
Population
(billions)
2010
6.8
2020
7.6
2030
8.2
2040
8.7
Oki, T. and Kanae, S. 2006. Global hydrological cycles and world water resources. Science, 313, 1068-1072.
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Rws
Human Usage
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Water Stress
Based on human consumption and linked to
population growth
Domestic requirement:
100L/person/day = 40m3/person/year
600L/person/day = 240m3/person/year
Total need:
840m3/person/year
1040m3/person/year
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In commending this Dublin Statement to the world leaders assembled at the United Nations Conference on Environment
and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, the Conference participants urge all governments to study
carefully the specific activities and means of implementation recommended in the Conference Report, and to translate
those recommendations into urgent action programmes for water and sustainable development.
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