Optimal Water Allocation of Surface and Ground Water Resources Under Climate Change with WEAP and IWOA Modeling

Seyedeh Hadis Moghadam (), Parisa-Sadat Ashofteh () and Hugo A. Loáiciga
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Seyedeh Hadis Moghadam: University of Qom
Parisa-Sadat Ashofteh: University of Qom
Hugo A. Loáiciga: University of California

Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), 2022, vol. 36, issue 9, No 16, 3205 pages

Abstract: Abstract The water evaluation and planning (WEAP) approach and the invasive weed optimization algorithm (IWOA) are herein employed to determine the optimal operating policies in conjunctive (surface water/groundwater) systems for water supply in agricultural municipal/industrial (M&I) sectors under climate change. Climatic variables are simulated with atmospheric-ocean general circulation models (AOGCMs) under emission scenarios A2 and B2 during the baseline period 1971–2000 and the future periods 2040–2069 and 2070–2099 in the Khorramabad basin, Iran. The Hadley Centre Coupled Model, version 3 (HadCM3), and the Canadian Global Coupled Model, version 2 (CGCM2), produced superior temperature and rainfall projections, respectively, than other climate models. Under both emissions scenarios and during each future period, this study indicates an increase in temperature and a decrease in rainfall. Simulations of surface water with the IHACRES (Identification of unit Hydrographs And Component flows from Rainfall, Evaporation and Streamflow data) calibrated model shows a decrease in the future runoff. The Groundwater Modeling System (GMS) calibrated software projects a decrease in water level and a decrease in recharge under climate change scenarios. Simulation results from IHACRES and GMS are input to the Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) system to develop operational policies for the combined use of water resources., The water-allocation reliability of the system is estimated with the WEAP system for 24 scenarios reflecting climate change scenarios assuming increases in water demand, ranging from 10 to 60% in agriculture and from 20 to 30% in the municipal and industrial (M&I) sector. The IWOA is applied to optimize the conjunctive system of water resources (i.e., surface water and groundwater). The objective function is to maximize the system's water allocation reliability. The range of optimal water-allocation reliability changes is between 3 and 16%, with the lowest increase corresponding to the baseline period for agricultural water demand, and the highest rise corresponding to an increase of 50% in water demand under the B2 emissions scenario in 2040–2069 for the M&I water sector.

Keywords: Climate change; Optimal operating of surface water and groundwater conjunctive systems; Invasive weed optimization algorithm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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