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Assessing Climate Change Impact on Water Resources in Water Demand Scenarios Using SWAT-MODFLOW-WEAP
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Ryan T. Bailey
Hydrology, Volume: 9, Issue: 10, Start page: 164
Swansea University Author:
Yunqing Xuan
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DOI (Published version): 10.3390/hydrology9100164
Abstract
In this article, we present the use of the coupled land surface model and groundwater flow model SWAT-MODFLOW with the decision support tool WEAP (Water Evaluation and Planning software) to predict future surface-water abstraction scenarios in a complex river basin under conditions of climate change...
| Published in: | Hydrology |
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| ISSN: | 2306-5338 |
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MDPI AG
2022
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60998 |
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In this article, we present the use of the coupled land surface model and groundwater flow model SWAT-MODFLOW with the decision support tool WEAP (Water Evaluation and Planning software) to predict future surface-water abstraction scenarios in a complex river basin under conditions of climate change. The modelling framework is applied to the Dee River catchment in Wales, United Kingdom. Regarding hydrology, the coupled model improves overall water balance and low-streamflow conditions compared with a stand-alone SWAT model. The calibrated SWAT-MODFLOW is employed with high-resolution climate model data from the UKCP18 project with the future scenario of RCP85 from 2020 to 2040. Then, water supply results from SWAT-MODFLOW are fed into WEAP as input for the river reach in the downstream region of the river basin. This system is utilized to create various future scenarios of the surface-water abstraction of public water supply in the downstream region—maximum licensed withdraw, 50% authorized abstractions, monthly time series with 1% increases in water use, and maximum water withdraw per year based on historical records repeated every year with 1% increases in water use—to estimate the unmet demands and streamflow requirement. This modelling approach can be used in other river basins to manage scenarios of supply and demand. |
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highly regulated river basins; climate change; water demands; public water supply; SWAT-MODFLOW; WEAP; UKCP18 |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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This research study received no external funding. |
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10 |
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164 |