Title
Evaluation of water resources management strategies to cover the shortage in future demands using the WEAP model in high Andean areas
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions
Abstract
Settlements in the Peruvian Andean highlands strongly depend on rainfed irrigation for agriculture activities and water supply depends on water storage capacity. This work analyses this vulnerable situation, for present and for future water demands and their coverage in the time horizon of 15 (2034) and 30 years (2049). For that, an application using WEAP software was carried on the "Blanco" watershed. Water resources were considered separately for each of the districts in the watershed, rather than analyzing together as a whole. The water-saving potential, the coverage of the demands for normal periods and dry periods, in addition to the different structural and non-structural measures, were analyzed under different simulated scenarios. The results show that different demands will increase considerably in all districts and that there will be a supply deficit after 2034 if there is no work on new water supplies. The decrease in water supply will occur from June to August. The installation of new reservoirs (structural measures), and better water distribution (non-structural measures) can generate water-saving potentials of 89% and 35% by 2034, respectively, while the adoption of both strategies can save 100%. Similarly, for 2049, the structural measures allow a saving of 50% and the non-structural measures allow a saving of 35%, while the use of both at the same time reaches 100%.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oceanografía, Hidrología, Recursos hídricos
Ingeniería arquitectónica
Ingeniería civil
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85096748474
Source
Proceedings of the LACCEI international Multi-conference for Engineering, Education and Technology
Resource of which it is part
Proceedings of the LACCEI international Multi-conference for Engineering, Education and Technology
ISSN of the container
24146390
ISBN of the container
9789585207141
Conference
18th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology: "Engineering, Integration, and Alliances for a Sustainable Development" "Hemispheric Cooperation for Competitiveness and Prosperity on a Knowledge-Based Economy", LACCEI 2020 Virtual, Online 27 July 2020 through 31 July 2020
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus