Water Resources System Modeling and Analysis Using the Value-based Water Resources System (VWRS) Model.

使用基于价值的水资源系统 (VWRS) 模型进行水资源系统建模和分析。

• 批准号: 261303-2013
• 负责人: Elshorbagy, Amin
• 金额: $ 1.53万
• 依托单位: University of Saskatchewan
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=525168
• 关键词: Water; Resources; System; Modeling; Analysis

The goal of the applicant's research program is to develop a Value-based Water Resource System (VWRS) model for the Prairie Provinces. The proposed VWRS model will couple the hydrological and the societal aspects of water resources in the Saskatchewan River Basin, as the main study area, in one integrated modeling tool. The model will allow for the assessment of the availability, as well as the allocation scenarios, of water resources for competing users under varying and non-stationary conditions. The varying conditions could be natural (e.g., climate change) or due to human intervention as a result of possible change of the societal perception of the value of water. This novel modeling tool and concept promotes and allows for a paradigm shift from studying traditional water budget to quantifying virtual and value-based water budget; i.e., the all-inclusive balance of water and water-dependent commodities and services. The South Saskatchewan River Basin (SSRB) is a trans-boundary interprovincial river basin, and it is an ideal case to represent the complexity of water resources systems. Multiple sectors and water uses; such as agricultural, municipal, industrial, mining, hydropower, and environmental flow requirements spread across the basin in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The significant spatial variability in the level of development, the future plans, and the need of water places different values on water across the basin. Alberta Environment and Saskatchewan Watershed Authority use the Water Resources Management Model (WRMM) to simulate the behaviour of the water resources system in Alberta and Saskatchewan, and to make quantitative allocation decisions. The proposed VWRS model will emulate the WRMM as the blue water component of the system (water taken from the rivers and reservoirs), in addition to explicitly considering the green water (soil water used by agriculture), and track water-dependent products and services (energy, mining, crops, and industrial products) in the system. This work is expected to be a timely research that can help both provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan develop a water value-based priority system for allocation.

申请人的研究计划的目标是为草原省份开发基于价值的水资源系统（VWRS）模型。拟议的VWRS模型将耦合萨斯喀彻温河流域的水资源的水文和社会方面，作为主要研究领域，在一个综合的建模工具。该模型将允许评估在变化和非固定条件下相互竞争的用户的水资源的可得性以及分配情况。变化的条件可以是自然的（例如，气候变化）或由于社会对水的价值的看法可能发生变化而造成的人为干预。这种新颖的建模工具和概念促进并允许从研究传统水预算到量化虚拟和基于价值的水预算的范式转变;即，水和依赖水的商品和服务的全面平衡。南萨斯喀彻温河流域（SSRB）是一个跨省界的流域，是一个理想的案例来体现水资源系统的复杂性。多个部门和水的使用;如农业，市政，工业，采矿，水电和环境流量要求分布在整个阿尔伯塔和萨斯喀彻温省的盆地。发展水平、未来计划和水需求的显著空间差异使整个流域的水价值各不相同。阿尔伯塔环境和萨斯喀彻温流域管理局使用水资源管理模型（WRMM）模拟阿尔伯塔和萨斯喀彻温的水资源系统的行为，并做出定量分配决策。拟议的VWRS模型将模拟WRMM作为系统的蓝水组成部分（从河流和水库取水），除了明确考虑绿色水（农业使用的土壤水），并跟踪系统中依赖水的产品和服务（能源，采矿，农作物和工业产品）。这项工作预计将是一个及时的研究，可以帮助阿尔伯塔和萨斯喀彻温省制定一个水资源价值为基础的优先分配制度。