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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"water allocation"”.
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Water Allocation in Southern Alberta
This dissertation examines water allocation in southern Alberta and develops a fungibility framework for water rights and examines a range of characteristics impacting the transferability of water rights in southern Alberta. Fungibility is the degree to which water rights are homogenous. The …
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Scale and justice in water allocation
Water allocation is a fundamental part of water resources management. Water allocation is often a contested process because it involves multiple uses and users of water. Issues of justice arise when resources are, or are perceived to be, in short supply. When water is allocated the rules for the …
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A canal irrigation water allocation model.
A water allocation model was developed to assist with allocation of canal water to competing crop irrigation demands. Multi-period linear programming was utilized to optimally allocate water in both time and space to maximize benefits for an irrigated farm. Irrigation scheduling, crop response and …
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Streamflow synthesis and water allocation by water right priorities
… streamflow model was developed that allocates water by the doctrine of prior appropriations. The function of the model is to simulate the impacts of physical or legal changes in a stream system managed on the basis of priority of water rights. Given a specified value of streamflow and a desired …
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Improving water allocation law and policy in New Zealand: Lessons from Australia
… Zealand learn from the Australian experience in water allocation? In order to answer this question the thesis first examines the current water allocation law and policy problems in New Zealand. New Zealand has problems with over allocation and a lack of mechanisms to transfer water. There are …
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Rules for water allocation in a small watershed: A game theoretic approach
… transfer) or spot rights (rights rental) to water may result in third party effects that place practical limits on the geographic scope of a water market. The result will be a market with few eligible participants. A ""thin"" market suffers from strategic manipulation and allocational …
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An improved multicriterion analysis approach to avoid subjectivity in irrigation water allocation decisions
… was performing poorly. In-built rigidity in water allocations was found as main reason behind its poor performance. The results from the farmers surveys also revealed that the objective of increasing irrigation water productivity would never be attained under the warabandi arrangements. …
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Optimal land and water allocation to agriculture and hydropower in the Upper Blue Nile basin
… This thesis develops a framework for optimal allocation of land and water resources to agriculture and hydropower production in the upper Blue Nile (UBN) basin, which contributes about 60 percent of the Nile river flow. The framework consists of three optimization models that aim to: (a) …
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Value creation in water allocation negotiations : lessons from the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River and Lower Colorado River Basins
Intense water disputes in the United States are being caused by new and conflicting demands from many quarters and changes in water availability that appear to be caused by climate change. Projections of heightened water conflict signify the need to understand the best methods of resolving these …
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Using Machine Learning and the Water Evaluation and Planning model to Evaluate Climate Change Impacts on Surface Water Allocation in the Upper Awash Sub-Basin, Ethiopia
… are placing escalating pressure on surface water resources in Ethiopia’s Upper Awash Sub-Basin, a region already grappling with rising agricultural demand and limited water availability. This study presents an integrated modelling framework that combines Machine Learning (ML)techniques with …
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Fair allocation and trading of surface water rights under the Riparian Doctrine
One key water resource challenge that faces the eastern United States today is how to regulate water withdrawals by offstream users, while preserving the fair sharing philosophy of the common-law Riparian Doctrine. Traditionally, this doctrine requires that riparians (users owning land adjacent to …
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A service-driven approach to assist water management during extreme events
Water shortages and flooding have caused large property losses and endangered human lives in many areas. Rapid and informed response is needed to ensure effective water management, including reliable and immediate data synthesis, near-real-time forecasting, and model-based decision support for …
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Would a water market system coupled with a beneficial use doctrine similar to that of the western United States help foster sustainability of water resource allocation in New Zealand?
In New Zealand, water supply has historically been a given. There is a perception that the country is well-watered and up to a point this is true, or at least has been true. However water is not always available at the right time or at the right place. In addition there are problems brought on by …
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Economics of seawater desalination in Cyprus
… Some Cypriots believe that the main reason for water shortages is due only to low levels of rainfall (average rainfall in Cyprus is 500 mm per year, and less than 400 mm per year is considered a drought year). It is not disputed that this is part of the problem. However, my belief, along with …
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A decision support system for sugarcane irrigation supply and demand management
… sugarcane farming requires large quantities of water to be delivered to the fields. Ideal irrigation schedules are produced indicating how much water to be supplied to fields considering multiple objectives in the farming process. Software packages do not fully account for the fact that the …
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Evaluation of community preferences for decentralised water management systems: a case study in Akaroa, Banks Peninsula
Limitations on the supply of fresh water and increasing demand for council supplied water have become major issues in Akaroa, a tourist town on the Banks Peninsula approximately 80 kilometres from Christchurch City. Restrictions on domestic water use in the summer and new requirements for …
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Enabling real-time water decision support services using model as a service
… purpose of this study is to develop real-time water decision support services for decision makers during droughts and floods. To enable ease of use and re-use, the workflows (i.e., analysis and model steps) of the real-time decision support model are published as Web services delivered through …
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Estimating the marginal value of agricultural irrigation water: A methodology and empirical application to the Berg River Catchment
… facilitate effective and efficient intersectoral water allocation policy in South Africa, where limited water supplies are increasingly constraining necessary economic development. The study develops an economic model of irrigated agricultural production that recognises the multi-output nature of …
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Do Elinor Ostroms principles of successful institutions illuminate the challenges to participation in groundwater governance in South Africa? What limits are there to using Ostrom's principles to analyse groundwater governance challenged in South Africa?
… South Africa has a semi-arid country with scarce water resources. Multiple diverse users such as farmers, private citizens, companies, and municipalities draw groundwater. Groundwater governance involves water allocation, regulation and management through socially acceptable institutions. This …
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