#riverbasin — Public Fediverse posts
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Unraveling The Drivers Of Water Shortage Across Spatial Scales And Sectors In Colorado's West Slope River Basins
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2026EF008137 <-- shared paper
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['sorry' about your Kentucky Bluegrass, almonds, etc... /s]
H/T Sai Veena Sunkara | Postdoctoral Associate
“…Colorado’s West Slope basins provide nearly 70% of the inflows to Lake Powell and are also essential to communities, agriculture, industry, hydropower, and downstream Colorado River users.
To examine the wide range of possible futures, [they] simulated 2.1 million years, defining 20,000 plausible scenarios applying changes to streamflow, snowmelt timing, drought persistence, and agricultural, municipal, and industrial water demand.
A key finding is that there is 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀. The most influential drivers vary by basin, sector, and water user. In some areas, shortages are driven primarily by persistent low-flow conditions or changing snowmelt timing. In others, increasing municipal, industrial, or irrigation demand plays a larger role. This suggests that adaptation strategies must be tailored to specific basins and users rather than relying on a single, system-wide solution. Other major findings are
• West Slope deliveries to Lake Powell could fall more than 50% below the current median baseline
• Storage in major West Slope reservoirs could decline 40–55% below historical medians
These results underscore the need for water-planning approaches that account for deep uncertainty, persistent drought, shifting snowmelt patterns, and sector-specific demand…”
#Colorado #waterallocation #StateMod #USWest #USA #WesternSlope #waterresources #watersecurity #watershortage #drought #snowmelt #rainfall #precipitation #riverbasin #water #hydrography #hydrology #reasons #agriculture #industry #hydropower #streamflow #surfacewater #municipal #irrigation #adaptationstrategies #planning #policy #mitigation #ColoradoRiver #basins #climatechange #extremeweather #populationpressure #waterdemand #waterrights #model #modeling #HiddenMarkovModel #stochastic #projecteddemand #ColoradoRiverBasin #wateruse #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #strategy -
Remote Sensing and GIS Assessment of Drought Dynamics in the Ukrina River Basin, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos17020124 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #drought #risk #hazard #remotesensing #MODIS #satellite #earthobservation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #monitoring #Ukrina #RiverBasin #Bosnia #Herzegovina #BosniaHerzegovina #water #waterresources #socioeconomic #risk #hazard #cost #economics #agriculture #foodsecurity #watersecurity #landcover #vegetation #croplands #fruit #crops #metrology #hydrology #droughtexposure #basins #riverbasins #watersheds #monitoring #mitigation #planning #droughtrisk -
#Solarpunk #writing and #art idea:
A #watershed #map instead of a political or elevation one.
Imagining a world divided into bio-regions not by some arbitrary political body, but by the rivers and water circulation.
We could make it into a beautiful symbol of a sustainable future.
More about it - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drainage_divide
The one below is a work of https://www.grasshoppergeography.com/
"A Half Built Garden" book by Ruthanna Emrys implements such a vision!
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New publication: Governance Conditions for a Successful Restoration of Riverine Ecosystems, Lessons from the #Rhine River Basin. #biodiversity #ecosystemrestoration #governance #riverbasin
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#HighlyCited Paper of #Water
Water and Health Nexus—Land Use Dynamics, Flooding, and #WaterBorneDiseases in the Odaw #RiverBasin, Ghana
by Joshua Ntajal, Britta Höllermann, et al.
Read and Download for free at: https://brnw.ch/21wNH2Z Water MDPI @Water_MDPI -
#FeaturePaper of #Water
A Review of Current Capabilities and Science Gaps in #WaterSupply Data, Modeling, and Trends for Water Availability Assessments in the Upper Colorado #RiverBasin by Fred D Tillman, et al. Read and Download for free at: https://brnw.ch/21wLXM1
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Climate Change Impact Assessment On The Hydrological Regime Of The Kaligandaki Basin, Nepal
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.332 <-- shared paper
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“HIGHLIGHTS
• The rise in temperature and increase in precipitation is projected in future in Kaligandaki River basin.
• The water availability in the basin is not likely to decrease during this century.
• The change in water balance in the upper sub-basins of Kaligandaki River is higher.
• The output from this research could be beneficial for water resources management..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #Nepal #Kaligandaki #riverbasin #basin #river #hydrology #model #modeling #numericmodeling #climatechange #temperature #precipitation #ET ##waterresources #water #watersecurity #waterbalance #impactassessment #humanimpacts #freshwater #HinduKush #himalayas #SWAT #prediction #projection #cimip5 #gcm #waterbalance #snowmelt #evapotranspiration #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal -
Common Irrigation Drivers Of Freshwater Salinisation In River Basins Worldwide
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24281-8 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #model #modeling #water #waterquality #waterresources #farm #farming #irrigation #croplands #cropprotection #salinity #management #quality #freshwater #salinisation #mitigation #farmingpractices #hydrology #groundwater #global #river #basins #watersheds #subbasins #riverbasin #riverbasins #watersecurity #planning #watermanagement #waterengineering