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Assessment of Future Climate Change Impact on an Agricultural Reservoir in South Korea

Authors :
Jaenam Lee
Hyungjin Shin
Source :
Water, Vol 13, Iss 2125, p 2125 (2021), Water, Volume 13, Issue 15
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2021.

Abstract

Drought has been frequently occurring in South Korea due to climate change. Analyzing the water supply capacity of the water resource system provides essential information for water resource management. This study evaluates the future water supply capacity of the Gwanghye (GH) agricultural reservoir based on the representative concentration pathways 4.5 and 8.5 climate change scenarios. We performed a reservoir simulation by reflecting the full water level of the reservoir before and after reservoir heightening. Climate change is expected to decrease the GH reservoir’s future available water resources due to the overall reduction in the reservoir’s runoff. After the reservoir-heightening project, an overall improvement was observed in the stability of the future irrigation water supply. Moreover, the remaining water after the supply of the irrigation water could supply 0.6–7.2 × 103 m3 of daily instream water. Thus, flexible reservoir operations are necessary according to climate change scenarios and the reservoir operation period. The use of climate change information should be expanded to establish reasonable water management policies for future climate change scenarios.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20734441
Volume :
13
Issue :
2125
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Water
Accession number :
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