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Assessment of Future Climate Change Impact on an Agricultural Reservoir in South Korea
- Source :
- Water, Vol 13, Iss 2125, p 2125 (2021), Water, Volume 13, Issue 15
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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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.
- Subjects :
- Resource (biology)
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Geography, Planning and Development
0207 environmental engineering
Climate change
Water supply
02 engineering and technology
Aquatic Science
01 natural sciences
Biochemistry
020701 environmental engineering
TD201-500
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Water Science and Technology
Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
business.industry
Representative Concentration Pathways
Hydraulic engineering
heightened reservoir
Water level
Water resources
Reservoir simulation
climate change
reservoir water balance
Environmental science
water supply evaluation
sense organs
Surface runoff
business
Water resource management
TC1-978
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20734441
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 2125
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Water
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e733d7d6b56f3abfb567e4c656ed7fc5