The hydroinformatics approach to integrated river basin management

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The hydroinformatics approach to integrated river
basin management

• Dr. A. JONOSKI
• Dr. I. POPESCU
• Delft, The Netherlands

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Contents

• IRBM and WFD
• Hydroinformatics and IRBM
• HydroEurope web based hydroinformatics education

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IRBM

• IRBM
• Harmonisation of river basin functions and
  regions
• Can be introduced at different levels
• Operational management
• Planning
• Analytical support
• Institutional framework
• Two overarching conditions
• Stakeholder and public involvement
• Access to relevant data, information knowledge

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IRBM and WFD

• WFD embraces IRBM concept
• Sustainable water use is the overall objective of
  WFD, but it has clear environmental focus
• IRBM concept is still broader, and in many cases
  approaches should be taken which go beyond the
  WFD
• WFD requires the two overarching conditions
• No guidelines on how to accomplish them

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IRBM Challenges and contradictions

• Institutional arrangements
• Single river basin authority?
• Representative river basin commissions?
• The unit of river basin is still alien to many
  communities
• People intimate themselves with other types of
  social groupings
• IRBM concept cannot be simply imposed
• It has to start from addressing immediate
  concerns of stakeholders, groups and individuals
• Inherent contradiction
• Integrated versus inclusive of all interests
• Very diverse understanding of public
  participation

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Hydroinformatics and IRBM

• Hydroinformatics technology that offers
  possibilities for addressing IRBM critical
  conditions
• mathematical modeling, information and
  communication technology, computer sciences
• applied to
• problems of aquatic environment
• with the aim of
• proper management and control

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Hydroinformatics approach to IRBM

• Modeling systems
• Relevant knowledge becomes accessible to wide
  range of professional users (instead of limited
  number of developers)
• Hydroinformatics systems
• Integration of measuring equipment, data
  processing utilities, GIS, with modeling, for
  purposes of decision making
• Next step - stakeholder and public involvement
• Network Distributed Decision Support Systems
  (NDDSSs)

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NDDSSs concept

• Internet as a platform
• Three components
• Fact engine, judgment engine collaboration/negot
  iation platform
• Ways for development and introduction
• Through interactive multiplayer games
• Joint government and NGO actions
• Through the market directly
• The concept critically depends on human
  resources
• Wider exposure to hydroinformatics concepts
• Especially for the young water professionals
• Simultaneous introduction in different countries

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HydroEuropeHydroinformatics the education for
future

• Learning hydroinformatics concepts by internet
  based collaboration
• different teams, different institutes, common
  problem

www.hydro-web.org
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HydroEuropeHydroinformaticsthe education for
future
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Collaboration in virtual work- spaces

• Target of Web based collaborative engineering is
  to overcome the spatial distribution of experts
  involved in a common engineering project.
• Core idea is to set up virtual work spaces - the
  transmission of a real common working room
• In parallel to reality the involved experts enter
  the virtual work spaces by a 'virtual door' the
  access to a web services.

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A virtual game in the real world
Exercise
Reality
Abilities
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HydroEurope
CHAT
Data preparation Modeling Reporting
E-MAIL
DCMS
NETMEETING
Remote collaboration
First phase (3 months)
Face to face collaboration
Second phase (2 weeks)
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HydroEurope

• Flood analisys techniques applied to the Var
  catchement
• by
• Simulating the 1994 flood event and test
  different scenarios to select one which minimize
  risk of future flood

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HydroEurope-problem solution
Input Data
Two Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) Topology
of the river network
GIS Modeling
Area, river length and slope of sub-catchments
Rainfall intensity was available at six
rainfall stations
Runoff calculation ( MIKE SHE )
Discharge
Geometry of the river network deduced from DEMs
Simulation with MIKE 11
Conclusion
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Conclusions

• Hydroinformatics offers clear possibilities for
  implementing the IRBM concept
• HydroEurope
• Experience was challenging and motivating
• Possible future developments of hydroinformatics
  education in BALWOIS area