Recent drought and population growth are planting unprecedented demand for the use of available limited water resources. Irrigated agriculture is one of the major consumers of fresh water. Huge amount of water in irrigated agriculture is wasted due to poor water management practices. To improve water management in irrigated areas, models for estimation of future water requirements are needed. D...

Maintaining water quality in distribution systems has become a prominent issue in the study of water networks. This thesis concentrates on disinfectant and particle counts as two important indicators of water quality. The models discussed in this work are based on data collected by the author. The experimental set-up and procedure are described and observations of particle counts, particle coun...

This paper describes the development of a comprehensive subcatchment parameterization method for medium and large-scale watershed modelling based upon the fully distributed WetSpa model. A simplified approach is used in order to take advantage of the existing spatial analysis function within ArcView GIS and its Spatial Analyst and hydrological modelling extensions. The model combines elevation,...

22 23 In this paper, a hydrologic/hydrodynamic modelling of the Amazon River basin 24 is presented using the MGB-IPH model with a validation using remotely-sensed 25 observations. Moreover, the sources of model errors by means of the validation and 26 sensitivity tests are investigated and the physical functioning of the Amazon basin is 27 also explored. The MGB-IPH is a physically-based model ...

Semi-arid areas are characterized by small water resources. An increasing water demand due to population growth and economic development as well as a possible decreasing water availability in the course of climate change may aggravate water scarcity in future in these areas. The quantitative assessment of the water resources is a prerequisite for the development of sustainable measures of water...

The Water Framework Directive of the European Union requires member states to achieve good ecological status of all water bodies. A harmonized pan-European assessment of water resources availability and quality, as affected by various management options, is necessary for a successful implementation of European environmental legislation. In this context, we developed a methodology to predict sur...

Two recent studies have suggested that neural network modelling offers no worthwhile improvements in comparison to the application of weighted linear transfer functions for capturing the non-linear nature of hydrological relationships. The potential of an artificial neural network to perform simple non-linear hydrological transformations under controlled conditions is examined in this paper. Ei...

River discharge is an important issue to be monitored because of its significant influence on environmental systems, on human lives for water resource exploitation, and hazards related to floods and landslides. In this context, we have designed and developed a web-based Geoportal for hydrological applications that integrates geospatial processing services and web mapping viewers to provide an i...

The world-wide trend towards a growing urbanization mainly affects suburban areas. These areas are subject to rapid modifications such as an increase of impervious areas, concentration of runoff in sewer systems, river regulations, but also a decline of agricultural areas causing a forest increase. These changes have an impact on the local hydrology and can induce floods, pollution or decrease ...

The relationship between concentration c and discharge Q in a stream is one of the aspects of hydrochemical catchment response that has been used widely as a diagnostic. In particular, loops in the c–Q curve, commonly referred to as hysteresis loops, are used to infer particular mixing patterns. At the South Fork of Brokenback Run (SFBR) in the Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, we have eviden...