Water SecurityPub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100095
Yindong Tong , Jingjing Sun , Minhaz Uddin , Xiangzhen Kong , Yan Lin , Mengzhu Wang , Hefeng Zhang , Xiwen Xu , Zhenyu Wu
{"title":"Perspectives and challenges of applying the water-food-energy nexus approach to lake eutrophication modelling","authors":"Yindong Tong , Jingjing Sun , Minhaz Uddin , Xiangzhen Kong , Yan Lin , Mengzhu Wang , Hefeng Zhang , Xiwen Xu , Zhenyu Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100095","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100095","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The water-food-energy (WFE) nexus is about balancing competing interests to secure the sustainability of services provided by interconnected sectors. Ignoring the interconnections could cause serious consequences. For example, eutrophication caused by overemphasizing on food production maximization could threaten water security. Worldwide eutrophication intensification is one of the most important causes of the lake water quality deteriorations. Water quality models are usually important decision making tools for policy makers. This study attempts to explore the possibilities of applying the WFE nexus concept into water quality models. We propose the most significant challenge is lack of a common modelling framework to streamline connections between up- and downstream models. As the most important water quality issue, eutrophication modeling should increase its visibility in the United Nations Sustainable Develop Goals.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100095"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100095","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46812262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water SecurityPub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100104
Kunal Bhardwaj , Vimal Mishra
{"title":"Drought detection and declaration in India","authors":"Kunal Bhardwaj , Vimal Mishra","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100104","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100104","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Drought is a complex, multifaceted, and one of the most widespread natural disasters causing an economic loss of billions of dollars. Drought declaration is crucial since it signifies the beginning of states's response to drought. India's current drought management policy is specified in the Manual for Drought Management 2016. While the manual provides comprehensive guidelines to states and regional Drought Monitoring Centres (DMC's) for monitoring and declaration of droughts, assessing the current drought detection framework and its suitability in different regions has been lacking. Using gridded products of precipitation, soil moisture, and remote sensing indicators, we examine the differences between detected and declared droughts for all the districts in India during the 2000–2017 period. Comparison of detected and declared droughts show a higher probability of detection (POD) in central India. In contrast, lower POD was found in regions of high drought susceptibility like Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Large differences between the detected and declared droughts were identified in the irrigated regions of Punjab and Gangetic Plain. The use of Solar-induced chlorophyll Fluorescence (SIF) instead of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) as a remote sensing indicator improved drought detection (based on POD and false alarm ratio, FAR) in central and western parts of India. The framework specified in the drought manual detects most of the major droughts that affected a large part of the country. However, regional droughts in Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Karnataka are frequently missed. Finally, we highlight the limitations in the existing drought monitoring framework and opportunities for its enhancement.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42660591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water SecurityPub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100105
Sharad K. Jain
{"title":"Providing water security in India by conserving and utilizing flood flows","authors":"Sharad K. Jain","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100105","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100105","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Security for water and other resources in India is likely to come under stress with rising demands and growing water scarcity. In India, more than 75% of the annual flows occur in rivers during four monsoon months and this is also the period when flooding takes place. The major causes of water insecurity in India are: (a) highly skewed water availability, variability and increasing demands, (b) poor water quality and issues arising due to these, (c) weak water governance, and (d) emerging challenges due to climate and land-use cover changes. This paper focuses on the first cause of floods. I have argued here that flood flows should be viewed and harvested as a resource to be conserved and utilized to overcome water shortages rather than to be passed to oceans as quickly as possible. Conservation and diversion of flood flows can help in overcoming water shortages, variability and disaster management. Both infrastructure and governance will have to be expanded to achieve this objective. To that end, the paper presents suggestions to conserve, divert, and utilize flood flows.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48841079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water SecurityPub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100096
Antti Parjanne , Anne-Mari Rytkönen , Noora Veijalainen
{"title":"Framework for climate proofing of flood risk management strategies in Finland","authors":"Antti Parjanne , Anne-Mari Rytkönen , Noora Veijalainen","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100096","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100096","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Climate change impacts have not previously been systematically considered in the selection and prioritisation of measures to manage flood risks in Finland. For the second flood risk management planning cycle according to the EU Floods Directive, we developed a framework for evaluating the adaptability of measures to expected changes in climate and land use. Our aim was to (1) provide regional data for flood risk managers and water resources planners, (2) develop a nationally consistent approach to identify the robustness of considered measures for a variety of conditions which (3) is applicable in both river basin management planning and flood risk management planning. According to the feedback from practitioners in regional flood management groups as well as planners, the framework helped to raise new thoughts and to open new perspectives in the planning process and may hence influence the practice of planning of flood risk reduction measures. Also, it was found useful to have access to regional, tailored data on hydrological impacts in the planning process and during communication with stakeholders. The described methodology has been used in the preparation of the 2nd version of flood risk management plans and for the 3rd version of river basin management plans. It is intended to use the same approach for next planning cycles.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100096"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100096","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43462971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water SecurityPub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100098
Mohd. Farooq Azam
{"title":"Need of integrated monitoring on reference glacier catchments for future water security in Himalaya","authors":"Mohd. Farooq Azam","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100098","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100098","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Himalayan glaciers partly cater to the water requirements of over a billion people living in the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra river basins. Climate change has affected most of these glaciers and has resulted in adverse societal impacts downstream. Several remote sensing and modelling studies have been developed to understand the recent evolution of glaciers and river runoff in these basins. So far, in-situ glacio-hydrological studies, pivotal for calibration/validation of the developed methods/models, are extremely sparse. This review discusses the integrated monitoring of a reference glacier ‘Chhota Shigri’ catchment (western Himalaya). Further, it highlights the importance of such monitoring network for calibration/validation of large-scale glacio-hydrological studies, and proposes a catchment-scale research strategy for sustainable management of future water resources in the Himalayan rivers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100098"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100098","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47162501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water SecurityPub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100097
Riddhi Singh , Rohini Kumar
{"title":"The suitability of water scarcity indicators to the Indian context","authors":"Riddhi Singh , Rohini Kumar","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100097","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100097","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Quantifying the spatiotemporal variation of water scarcity is critical for identifying strategies to support sustainable management of water resources and associated food-energy systems. To this end, several assessments have attempted to provide a global mapping of water scarcity with a number of underlying methodological choices. Scarcity metrics vary in their definitions and thresholds for scarce conditions to prevail. We review these methodologies in the context of the biophysical and socio-economic setting of India. We suggest four avenues for improving metric assessments to increase policy relevance: incorporation of surface water- groundwater interactions along with non-renewable groundwater resources, accounting for minimum environmental flows, consideration of deep uncertainties, and addressing underlying socio-economic disparities in metric assessment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100097"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44807098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ground-tested principles of designing a robust drinking water treatment system","authors":"Ravindra Sewak , Dan Bena , Poonam Sewak , Shveta Mahajan","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100103","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100103","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper documents ground-tested lessons for designing a robust drinking water treatment system, derived from decades of experience in the water sector, and with insights gained from diverse perspectives – from designing and operating industrial-scale water treatment facilities and decentralized Safe Water Enterprises (SWEs). SWEs can serve an estimated billion people in communities beyond the reach of the large-scale public water utilities. This article discusses and prescribes a practical approach and a wide range of globally applicable considerations when designing and operating a water treatment system.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46942484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water SecurityPub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100109
Kai Schröter , Marlies Barendrecht , Miriam Bertola , Alessio Ciullo , Ricardo Tavares da Costa , Lydia Cumiskey , Alex Curran , Dirk Diederen , Mostafa Farrag , Friederike Holz , Sonu Khanal , Maya Manocsoc , Duha Metin , Nivedita Sairam , Iuliia Shustikova , Jeison Sosa
{"title":"Large-scale flood risk assessment and management: Prospects of a systems approach","authors":"Kai Schröter , Marlies Barendrecht , Miriam Bertola , Alessio Ciullo , Ricardo Tavares da Costa , Lydia Cumiskey , Alex Curran , Dirk Diederen , Mostafa Farrag , Friederike Holz , Sonu Khanal , Maya Manocsoc , Duha Metin , Nivedita Sairam , Iuliia Shustikova , Jeison Sosa","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100109","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100109","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Fluvial flood risk systems are characterized by complex interactions and feedbacks as well as subject to changes of hazard, exposure and vulnerability. Disregarding spatial and temporal dependencies and changes in the components of risk introduces biases to risk estimates. A systems approach to large-scale flood risk assessment and management is proposed to account for the complexity and dynamic nature of flood risk. The systems approach provides methods and tools that offer a more comprehensive view to flood risk, reveal the relevant interactions, and quantify feedbacks in flood risk systems. Policymakers and flood risk managers can benefit from the systems approach in the development of comprehensive risk reduction strategies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43187580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water SecurityPub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100099
H. Munagapati , V.M. Tiwari , D.K. Panda
{"title":"An analysis of spatio-temporal variability of terrestrial water storage in India","authors":"H. Munagapati , V.M. Tiwari , D.K. Panda","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100099","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100099","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Terrestrial water storage (TWS) accounts for the largest temporal variation in Earth’s gravity field on contemporary time scale. The time-variable gravity observations for from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite mission have been extensively used to estimate TWS variations and supplement the sparse in-situ hydrological observations. We use multivariate statistical tools over gridded time series of monthly TWS for an assessment of dominant regional variability and to identify seasonal, inter-annual and linear trends of TWS over India. The analyses recognize seasonal variability of TWS corresponding to rainfall over India and detect two contrasting (positive and negative) regional trends, which are compared with hydro-climatic variables for attributing underlying potential causes. These analyses suggest the probable causes of TWS variations over the different regions of India, like role of reservoirs in central and southern India for increase of TWS and groundwater pumping in northern India for TWS decline.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100099"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47558764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Water-related sustainable development goal accelerators: A rapid review","authors":"Lina Taing , Nga Dang , Malvika Agarwal , Talia Glickman","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100100","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wasec.2021.100100","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The United Nations has adopted accelerators – policies or programs that target multiple SDGs – to expedite delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This rapid review examines the potential application of accelerators in water interventions from 2015 to 2020, with special consideration of how gender is integrated to fast-track SDG implementation as a cross-cutting case. While 86% of water projects acknowledged SDG interlinkages, project indicators did not reflect SDG acceleration objectives. For example, despite widespread acknowledgement of gender as a critical SDG issue, only a fifth of projects applied gender-related accelerators, and the bulk lacked strategic gender dimensions that addressed systemic roots of inequality. This suggests a strategic opportunity for the water sector to accelerate SDG progress through greater integration of cross-cutting programming.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468312421000171/pdfft?md5=153e83e41e02f9f8e648a1ed8754ffaf&pid=1-s2.0-S2468312421000171-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44389867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}