Increasing water resources availability under climate change

Berana, A. and Hanela, M. and Nesládková, M. and Vizinaa, A. (2016) Increasing water resources availability under climate change. Procedia Engineering, 162. pp. 448-454.

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Abstract

The attention to the water scarcity problems caused by climate change is paid in the Czech Republic since 1990´s. Increasing daily mean temperature, changes in distribution of precipitation and earlier snow melt lead to insufficient recharge of the groundwater reserves and in turn to a decrease of baseflow component of total runoff. Water streams are then more sensitive to drying during dry periods, which has far-reaching impacts on water stream ecology and the availability of water for the users. The paper describes objectives, methods and first year results of the project 'Increasing water resources availability in selected regions of Karlovy Vary district'. The project is focused on the region that faces long term problems with water availability. The objective is a development and verification of methods for proposal of adaptation measures to increase the reliability of water resources in the periods of water stress.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Climate change; adaptation measures; water resources; watre use
Author Affiliation: T. G. Masaryk Masaryk Water Research Institute, p.r.i., Podbabská 30, 160 00 Prague, Czech Republic
Subjects: Atmosperic Science > Climatology
Divisions: General
Depositing User: Mr T L Gautham
Date Deposited: 15 Jun 2017 03:20
Last Modified: 15 Jun 2017 03:20
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/14804

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