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MEKONG 2 RIO CONFERENCE PHUKET THAILAND 2 MAY 2012 : TRANSBOUNDARY DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Transboundary Decision Support Systems

Guna Paudyal: DHI [email protected] Green: Mekong River Commission Secretariat

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Capacity Building

Community

Technology

Decision Support Systems – at the Nexus

"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed."

River Basin DSSFeatures and applications

Nile Basin DSSDSS Planning

DSS for Nile Basin Water Resources Management in 9 Countries

Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

ChallengeThe 9 riparian countries of the Nile river basin, represented by the Nile Basin Initiative, have agreed to develop the water resources of the 3 million km2 Nile river basin in a cooperative manner; share socioeconomic benefits, and promote regional peace and security.

The development of shared and accepted water resources management technologies is an important element in achieving this common vision.

Nile Basin Water Resources ManagementBurundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

SolutionThe Nile Basin decision support system (NB DSS) integrates climatological, hydrological and environmentaldata with sophisticated water simulation models, together with sector economic production models, cost benefit and multicriteria analysis tools.

Time series

Multi criteriaanalysis

Cost benefit

Scenarios

Systemoptimization

GIS

DSS for River Basin ManagementIndia

ChallengesPopulation = 1.2 billion, still growing Urban water demand is increasingly competing against the agricultural sectorDiversified climatic and topographic conditions: some regions are drought prone and some are flood prone. States need to share water resources: frequent conflictsSharing of data and analysis: first step in conflict resolution

DSS for PlanningNine Participating States• Andhra Pradesh• Tamil Nadu• Karnataka• Kerala• Maharashtra• Madhya Pradesh• Orissa• Gujarat• Chhattisgarh

Six Central Agencies• National Institute of Hydrology• Central Water Commission• Central Ground Water Board• Central Water and Power

Research Station• India Meteorological

Department• Central Pollution Control Board

Agniar

Vaippar

Tamiraparni

Palar

Tungabhadra

Case studies selected in each state

DSS in Water Resources Management• Easy access to common GIS and time series data

• Publish selected information (general, drought, flood,..)

• Model applications for long-term and short-term planning

COMMUNICATIONWarning

Dissemination

Forecasting, Operation

System

DATA BASEHistorical DataReal Time Data

RTDAS

MetForecasts

Calibrated Models (RR-

HD)

WEB

Mobile

WEB

PC

Real Time DSS for Water Resources Management

The Krishna – Bhima River Basin Model

Web PortalDesktop Mobile

DSS for water resources managementIndia

ValueThe states can now optimize their management of surface and groundwater, prioritize problems, test efficiency of possible solutions, and increase the awareness and participation of stakeholders in meeting the challenges of securing water for future generations.

“We must start using the DSS for conflict resolution among states sharing the same river basin resources”- Senior Government Engineer, WRD, Maharashtra

Meeting Future Demands Inter-dam TransferSeasonal Planning SW

Seasonal Planning GW

Artificial Recharge

Drought Monitoring

Conjunctive Use


1. Legal, regulatory & procedures To enable organizations to effectively and sustainably address development issues in a

transparent and accepted manner .2. Institutional development: To develop organizational

structures that enable staff competencies to be effectively and efficiently leveraged

3. Human resource development: To develop the necessary competencies amongst staff to be able to effectively address development challenges

4. Technology development: To develop the knowledge management systems, databases and analytical processes and tools to supplement and enable acquired competencies to be effectively deployed.


SERVE NEEDS : Technology & SupportMaintain Modelling Team – Common Ownership of modelsKeep Updating Data, Models and Developing People Skills

LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT ‐ Do more:Support IWRM based analysis – Many different aspectsImprove Transparency, Communication and QAWork with country institutions and ‘the best’

KEEP BALANCE:Provide extra help ‐ capacity in each and every countryFlexible Tools & Links‐Water, Food, Power, Socioeconomic

MRC Experience 2001 to present


Tool Manager

GIS Map ViewGIS Table of Contents Tool Descriptions


Interdisciplinary Approach:Many different aspects – Fisheries, Sediment, SocioeconomicsImprove Transparency, Communication and Quality AssurancePossible by closer working with country institutions and othersFilling Gaps in Knowledge and predictive ability

Involving More PartiesReduce Duplication of Effort Sharing Results and ModelsNo One has All the Answers No One has All the Answers Many have parts of the JigsawMany have parts of the JigsawDevelop User Community


CountriesDisciplinesLine AgenciesResearchersField Collection Local Knowledge


Thank YouRio Declaration 9Rio Declaration 9States should cooperate to strengthen States should cooperate to strengthen capacity...by Improving scientific understanding capacity...by Improving scientific understanding through exchanges of scientific and through exchanges of scientific and technological knowledge including new and technological knowledge including new and innovative technologies innovative technologies

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