Management of water scarcity in arid areas: a case study (Ziz Watershed)

Ismail Elhassnaoui (), Zineb Moumen (), Manuela TvaronaviÄ ienÄ— (), Mohamed Ouarani (), Mohamed Ouarani (), Mohamed Ben-Daoud (), Issam Serrari (), Ikram Lahmidi (), M.A.S. Wahba, Ahmed Bouziane (), Driss Ouazar () and Moulay Driss Hasnaoui ()
Additional contact information
Ismail Elhassnaoui: Mohammed V University, Morocco
Zineb Moumen: Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco
Manuela TvaronaviÄ ienÄ—: Daugavpils University, Latvia
Mohamed Ouarani: Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco
Mohamed Ouarani: University of Minnesota, United States
Mohamed Ben-Daoud: University of Moulay Ismail, Morocco
Issam Serrari: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Morocco
Ikram Lahmidi: Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco
M.A.S. Wahba: National Water Research Center, Egypt
Ahmed Bouziane: Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, Morocco
Driss Ouazar: Mohammed V University, Morocco
Moulay Driss Hasnaoui: Mohammed V University, Morocco

Insights into Regional Development, 2021, vol. 3, issue 1, 80-103

Abstract: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aims to reach 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs 6 deals with water security, which refers mainly to ensure availability and sus-tainable management of water. The present study aims to enhance reservoir performance under climate change to deal with water scarcity. For this purpose, we proposed a new methodology where precipitation and evaporation data provided through temporal downscaling are leveraged by a real-time management algorithm coupled with the Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS). The real-time dam management algorithm is based on water balance equation and rule curves. It provides information about (1) dam storage, (2) dam release, (3) dam evaporation, (4) dam diversion, (5) spilled water volume, (6) emergency spilled water volume, (7) dam inflow, (8) irrigation demand, (9) irrigation shortage, (10) dam siltation, (11) dam hydropower produc-tion, (12) hydropower energy income. The developed approach has been applied to the Hassan Addakhil multipurpose reservoir in Morocco. The result shows that the dam reliability and resili-ence have increased from 40% to 70% and from 16% to 66%, respectively, while the vulnerability remained constant. Additionally, this study has pointed out that the installation of a hydropower plant is an opportunity to produce clean electrical energy and generate an income enough to cov-er different costs related to dam management and maintenance. Therefore, the real-time man-agement tool developed in the framework of this project can significantly enhance reservoir per-formance.

Keywords: climate change; SDGs (6); temporal downscaling; real-time dam management; hydropower; dam performance; Ziz watershed (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
https://jssidoi.org/ird/uploads/articles/9/Elhassn ... dy_Ziz_Watershed.pdf (application/pdf)
https://jssidoi.org/ird/article/61 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ssi:jouird:v:3:y:2021:i:1:p:80-103

DOI: 10.9770/ird.2021.3.1(5)

Access Statistics for this article

Insights into Regional Development is currently edited by Manuela Tvaronaviciene

More articles in Insights into Regional Development from VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Manuela Tvaronaviciene ().