REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS .2. IMPACTS ON WATER MANAGEMENT WORKS

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Title

REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS .2. IMPACTS ON WATER MANAGEMENT WORKS (EN)

Creator

MIMIKOU, MA (EN)

AFRATEOS, H (EN)

KOUVOPOULOS, YS (EN)

HADJISAVVA, PS (EN)

Type

journalArticle (EN)

Partial document
Publication in journal (EN)

Article
Scientific article (EN)

Issued

2014-03-01T01:08:31Z

1991 (EN)

Year

1991 (EN)

Description

The sensitivity of some critical water management issues, such as reservoir storage and hydroelectric production, to climatic variability and change on a regional basis is analysed and presented. This is the second of two papers presented in this issue dealing with the regional hydrological effects of climatic change. By using a set of plausible hypothetical climatic scenarios to represent both greenhouse warming and precipitation changes, the sensitivity of the guaranteed annual fresh water and energy supply levels has been evaluated under conditions of altered runoff for four connected multi-purpose reservoirs in central Greece. It is shown that reservoirs designed and operated under current climatic conditions are, in general, affected by the climatic changes examined. A dramatic increase of the risk associated with the annual guaranteed quantity of water supply and energy production would occur if greenhouse warming were accompanied by a reduction in annual precipitation. Significant increases of storage volume would then be needed to maintain existing water and energy yields at tolerable risk levels. (EN)

Scientific field

Water Resources (EN)

Natural Sciences ▶ Earth and related Environmental Sciences
Water Resources (EN)

Subject

Climate Change (EN)

Regional Climate Change (EN)

Water Supply (EN)

Fresh Water (EN)

Climate Variability (EN)

Water Management (EN)

Climatic Condition (EN)

Energy Production (EN)