O presente projeto de pesquisa levantou e analisou os dados de demandas para diversos usos em sub-bacias das quais Jacaré-Guaçu, Jacaré-Pepira e Rio Claro que fazem parte da UGRHI 13 (Bacia Hidrográfica Tietê-Jacaré) e que deságua no trecho médio do rio Tietê, no reservatório da Usina Hidrelétrica de Ibitinga. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi fornecer resultados baseados em critérios técnicos científicos para auxiliar no processo de direito de uso da água subsidiando assim o respectivo Comitê de Bacias Hidrográficas que compõem a região de estudo na determinação das vazões de outorgas requeridas. Os dados das demandas de abastecimento público, dessedentação (pecuária), irrigação, industrial, diluição de esgoto doméstico e diluição de esgoto industrial, bem como a demanda para geração de energia da UHE Ibitinga, subsidiaram a entrada de dados no programa de simulação computacional MIKE BASIN. O programa MIKE BASIN encontra-se disponível no Núcleo de Hidrometria do Centro de Recursos Hídricos e Ecologia Aplicada da Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos da Universidade de São Paulo, e é composto de um sistema de informações geográficas, um modelo de simulação quantitativo capaz de integrar técnicas de otimização, e um banco de dados georreferenciado. Com o software MIKE BASIN foi possível identificar as disponibilidades hídricas para atender diversos usos dos recursos hídricos diante das crescentes demandas e das diferentes condições hidrológicas, definindo assim um planejamento para os diferentes usuários da água, minimizando os conflitos entre os usos múltiplos desta e quantificando o grau de compromisso existente entre eles. Por fim, os resultados foram apresentados através de gráficos, tabelas que podem subsidiar o comitê de bacia, auxiliando no processo de planejamento e gestão dos usos dos recursos hídricos para diversos cenários futuros. / This research project examined the data and raised the demands for various uses in sub-basins of which Jacaré-Guaçu, Jacaré-Pepira and Claro river that are part of UGRHI 13 (watershed Tietê-Jacaré) and reaching the average sentence Tietê river, the reservoir of the hydroelectric plant Ibitinga. The objective of this research was to provide results based on scientific technical criteria to help in the right to use water as subsidizing the watershed committee of the component to the study region in determining the flow of grant requested. The data demands of the public supply, livestock, irrigation, industrial, dilution of domestic sewage and industrial sewage dilution, and the demand for energy generation of HPP Ibitinga, subsidized the entry of data in the computer simulation program, MIKE BASIN. MIKE BASIN program is available at the Center for Hydrometers the Center for Water Resources and Applied Ecology, School of Engineering of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, and is composed of a geographic information system, a simulation model capable of quantitatively integrate optimization techniques, and a georeferenced database. With the software MIKE BASIN was possible to identify the available water to meet various uses of water resources in the face of growing demands and the different hydrological conditions, thus defining a plan for the different users of water, minimizing conflicts between the multiple uses of and quantifying the degree of compromise between them. Finally, the results were presented through graphs, tables that can support the committee of basin, assisting in the planning process and management of the uses of water resources for various future scenarios.

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The environmental issues of storm water in the urban environment is addressed in political policies on many different governance levels. The concept of “sustainable storm water” in Europe uses the natural water cycle as a template for urban drainage, and the EU has a water framework directive (WFD) with a systems approach, using drainage basins as the starting point of all actions. In Stockholm, a new storm water strategy was adopted in 2015 with a sustainability approach, using much of the terminology from the WFD and the Swedish Water & Wastewater Association. To find new aspects related to sustainable development of storm water management in Stockholm, this study used a resilience framework of seven principles to analyse the implementation of the Stockholm storm water strategy (SSWS). A mixed method approach was used for a qualitative study, using interviews and a review of policy documentation as the main data sources, complemented by a desk study of literature on the subject of storm water management, as well as participation in some relevant workshops. To broaden the study, examples from a developing area within the Stockholm municipality, Stora Sköndal, was used, as well as another municipality in the Baltic Sea region; Helsinki (Finland). The SSWS leans on the legislation of the environmental quality standards (EQS) but is lacking in authority coordination on a national and municipal level in Stockholm. Diversity in problem formulations and solutions for infrastructure is high, so is the diversity of involved stakeholders, which is an indication of resilience. This in combination with the structure and communicational links having questionable functionality, leads to a complex and inefficient structure in management of storm water, which undermines the resilience of the system. However, since the SSWS and other connected policies (such as local programmes of measures and sustainability requirements) are new, the system is undergoing change, which shows some level of adaptability and complex adaptive systems (CAS) thinking, another resilience indicator. The implementation of the WFD on a municipal level is also connected to CAS thinking, as well as a polycentric governance system -one of the seven resilience principles of the framework used. Some of the main issues found within this study for building resilience in the SES are related to follow-up and responsibility division. / Miljöfrågor inom dagvatten hanteras i policyarbete på flera olika institutionella nivåer. Begreppet ”hållbart dagvatten” utgår i Europa från den naturliga vattencykeln och EU:s vattendirektiv (WFD) har en systeminriktning som utgår från avrinningsområden istället för andra geografiska gränsdragningar. Stockholms Stad antog en ny dagvattenstrategi 2015 med en hållbarhetsinriktning, som innehåller mycket terminologi från WFD och publikationer från branchorganisationen Svenskt Vatten AB. För att hitta nya aspekter för en hållbar utveckling av dagvattenhantering i Stockholm använder denna studie ett teoretiskt ramverk inom resiliens,, som bygger på sju principer, i en analys av stadens dagvattensstrategi (SSWS). Blandade metoder användes för att genomföra en kvalitativ studie, där policydokument granskades tillsammans med intervjuer av nyckelpersoner, vilket kompletterades med en skrivbordsstudie av litteratur om dagvattenhantering samt deltagande i relevanta workshops. För att bredda studien användes exempel från ett planprogramsområde inom Stockholms kommun, Stora Sköndal, liksom en annan kommun i Östersjöområdet; Helsingfors (Finland). SSWS bygger juridiskt på miljökvalitetsnormerna, men brister i myndighetssamordning på nationell och kommunal nivå i Stockholm. Problemformuleringar och infrastrukturlösningar har hög mångfald, precis som involverade aktörer, vilket är en indikation på att systemet bygger upp resiliens. Detta i kombination med att struktur och kommunikationslänkar är något bristfälliga leder till en komplex och ineffektiv dagvattenhantering, vilket underminerar resiliensen i systemet. Eftersom SSWS och andra relaterade styrdokument (t.ex. lokala åtgärdsprogram och hållbarhetskrav) är nya, genomgår systemet förändringar, vilket visar på anpassningsförmåga och komplext, adaptivt systemtänk (CAS), vilket är en ytterligare resiliensindikator. Implementeringen av WFD på kommunal nivå är också kopplad till CAS-tänkande, liksom ett polycentriskt styrsystem - en av de sju principerna för resiliens i det teoretiska ramverket som används. Några av de huvudsakliga problem för att bygga resiliens som hittades i denna studie är relaterade till uppföljning och ansvarsfördelning.

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Khartoum State in Sudan is subject to the erratic and intense rainfall during the short rainy season and dryness and heat throughout the rest of the year. High intensity rainstorms with a short duration have become more frequent in the area during the last two decades resulting in cities inundation and flash floods in the rural parts. On the other hand, the dry season means hot weather in the urban parts and water shortage in the rural part. Rural areas are dependent on the runoff water brought about by the seasonal streams as a source of water. For this study, Khartoum City Center and Seleit area were taken to investigate the application of water harvesting in the urban and rural areas, respectively. Accordingly, the hydrological characteristics and the specification of the potential water harvesting sites and systems were examined. For Khartoum City Center, characteristics of the drainage system were examined using ArcGIS platform. It is found that the drainage system covers 42% of the area with total capacity of 24000 m3. Daily rainfall data for urban meteorological station were used to calculate the probability and the return period of the rainfall, as well as the potential runoff. Rainfall probability of occurrence was calculated applying Gumbel distribution method for extreme events that were arranged according to the Peak-over-Threshold method. The potential runoff that could be generated from a certain rainfall was calculated using the Natural Resources Conservation Services method provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (US-NRCS). Accordingly, the curve number was calculated depending on the land use/land cover and the hydrological soil group. Consequently, the weighted curve number is found to be 94%, indicating dominant imperviousness. 13.1 mm rainfall depth produces runoff volume equal to the drainage system capacity with return period of one year; whereas more than four folds the drainage system capacity is produced by 30 mm rainfall depth that is considered the threshold for raising flood hazard. Six potential sites for roof rainwater harvesting were selected. Accordingly, it is found that, the application of roof water harvesting in 18% and 72% of the commercial and business district buildings can accommodate the runoff resulting from the 13.1 and 30 mm rainfall depth, respectively. Hence, impounding rainstorm water would help managing the urban runoff water, and consequently, the stored water could be used for making more green areas that will enhance the urban environment. Three watersheds of ephemeral streams (wadi), namely Wadi El Kangar, Wadi El Seleit, and Wadi El Kabbashi make up Seleit area. Distinct maps were prepared in ArcMap for the calculation of the potential runoff and the specification of the appropriate water harvesting sites and systems. The Wadis watersheds areas are found to be 540, 344 and 42 km2 for Wadi El Kangar, Wadi El Seleit and Wadi El Kabbashi, respectively. Daily rainfall data of rural meteorological station were classified into three groups representing the soil dry (AMCI), moderate (AMCII), and wet (AMCIII) moisture conditions; the respective CNI, CNII, and CNIII values were calculated accordingly. The weighted CN values indicate high runoff potential within the three soil moisture conditions. Accordingly, the rainfall thresholds for runoff generation for AMCI, AMCII and AMCIII conditions are found to be respectively 18.3 mm, 9.1 mm and 4.4 mm for Wadi El Kabbashi and 22 mm, 11 mm and 5 mm for both Wadi El Seleit and Wadi El Kangar. El Kangar dam subwatershed was used for calibrating the potential runoff calculated by the NRCS method. Since the Wadis are ungauged, Google Earth and GIS platforms were used to calculate geometrically the volume of the dam reservoir water for three years. This volume was compared to the annual runoff calculated by the NRCS method. Consideration to different factors was made to locate the potential water harvesting sites. Accordingly, water harvesting systems for fodder and crop plantation; sand storage surface or subsurface dams; or groundwater recharge, were specified. The socio-economic study revealed that the financial capacity, if any, of the villagers is very limited. Thus, the financial source for the construction of the suggested potential water harvesting or the rehabilitation of the existing ones is questionable. Hence, other potential financial sources are needed to help executing water harvesting projects in the region, e.g. Khartoum State Government. Applying water harvesting in Seleit area is found to be promising. Improving the livelihood of the villagers by applying runoff water harvesting could assure better water accessibility, better income generation from farms production, and allocation of time for other activities, e.g. education. This would be reflected in reduced migration to nearby cities and stabilized market supply of agricultural and animal products. Therefore, the development of the rural part is of great benefit to the development of Khartoum State, as long as the interdependency and mutual benefit between the rural and urban areas, represented by the local food and labor market, remain exist.

In this study, we examined the extent to which global warming management is currently integrated into the European Water Framework Directive (WFD), the central legal framework for water management in the EU. We focused on the Elbe River Basin District and how global warming is addressed in its water management. We used the social–ecological systems (SES) approach as our theoretical framework, representing an eminent analytical frame of biosphere-based sustainability science. In our study, we analysed core characteristics of SES in the context of global warming to evaluate the effectiveness of current water management in the Elbe River basin concerning long-term changing climate conditions. To determine to what extent each SES feature is considered in the Elbe water management, we applied a scale of 1 to 5. Our results show that the SES feature “scale and openness” is best addressed (score 4.0) by the Elbe River basin management, followed by “context dependency” (score 3.9); however, “non-linearity, uncertainty, unpredictability” (score 3.2), “self-organisation and adaptability” (score 3.1), and “dynamics” (score 3.0) have only moderate impacts. SES features can only be considered comprehensively if global warming is accounted for in an integrated way at a European level. In order to ensure effective implementation, explicit regulations and legally binding obligations are most likely required.

Esta pesquisa analisou o processo participativo para a criação da Lei Específica da Guarapiranga (Lei n.º 12.233 de 16/01/2006), nos aspectos da governança da água e da aprendizagem social. A análise foi realizada com base na experiência do Subcomitê da Bacia Hidrográfica Cotia-Guarapiranga (SCBH-CG), na Região Metropolitana de São Paulo (RMSP). No processo de negociação para aprovação da referida Lei, estiveram envolvidos os representantes dos segmentos do Poder Público, Estado e prefeituras dos municípios da bacia, e da sociedade civil, no período de 1999 a 2006. Essa vivência demonstrou o quão desafiador é um processo de negociação entre os diferentes atores e diversos interesses no uso da água, que afetam a disponibilidade qualitativa e quantitativa na bacia da Guarapiranga, a qual abastece, aproximadamente, 4 milhões de pessoas na RMSP. Os resultados obtidos mostram que, embora esse processo tenha sido marcado por diversos momentos de tensão, conflitos, indefinições institucionais e morosidade, representou um significativo avanço na consolidação do sistema integrado de recursos hídricos. Cabe observar também que, apesar dos resultados poderem ainda parecer bastante modestos, face aos desafios existentes, estes representam um importante progresso em termos dos seus alcances para o fortalecimento de uma gestão democrática e compartilhada. Nesse contexto, pode-se concluir que a democracia participativa na governança das águas é um processo de aprendizagem social que vem sendo aperfeiçoado gradativamente para a sustentabilidade hídrica. / This research analyzes the participatory process that preceded the creation of the Specific Law for the Guarapiranga Basin (Law nº. 12.233 of 16/01/2006), emphasizing aspects of water governance and social learning. The analysis was based on the experience of the watershed subcommittee Cotia-Guarapiranga (SCBH-CG) in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo (MRSP). In the negotiation process for the approval of this law, representatives of the segments of the Government, state and local governments of municipalities of the basin, and civil society were involved from 1999 to 2006. This experience demonstrated the challenges of a process of negotiation among different stakeholders and their interests in water use that affect the availability of water in the Guarapiranga basin, which supplies about 4 million people in the MRSP. The results show that, although the process has been characterized by many moments of tension, conflicts, uncertainties and institutional delays, it represented a significant advance in the consolidation of the integrated system of water resources management in the basin. It should be noted also that although outcomes may seem modest, considering the existing challenges, they represent an important progress in terms of its scope to strengthen democratic and shared management of water resources. In this context, the conclusion is that participatory democracy in water governance is a process of social learning that has been improved gradually to reach more sustainability.

Valuation draws heavily on the economic theory of demand. This tells us that users have preferences for water and are willing to pay different amounts for units of water put to different uses. Water should be allocated between these uses to the point that equalises the value of the last or 'marginal' unit. In other words, it is impossible to find a higher value for this marginal unit. Application of this principle of equi-marginal returns requires us to have some clarity about water values in competing uses. This is also important since water is rarely free to supply, and therefore suppliers need to charge a price that is in some sense equal to the supply cost and value to achieve full cost recovery. Even though inclusion of this economic rationale in the management of water resources has been a widely accepted principle, and is included in national and the EU policies, the actual practice does not fully reflect this endorsement. While many countries recognise the vital nature of water resources, few, if any, pursue a rigorous analysis of revealing the explicit value of water as a basis for determining whether water is actually being allocated to sectors in order to maximise its overall benefit to society. Aspiring to be the first Hydro Nation, maximising the social return from its water uses ought to be a policy objective in Scotland. This thesis constructs a portfolio of different water uses, estimating the approximate value for each and their current allocation in Scotland. This aims to stimulate an informed debate on actual allocation of water among different uses, relative values and trade-offs of these allocations in Scotland so that alternative allocation scenarios can also be discussed. I then focus on the valuation of water by manufacturing industries, the biggest consumptive use and a significant added value creator in Scotland. I investigate the factors that affect the valuation of water and the responsiveness to prices in manufacturing industries using a meta-analysis technique. These values are obviously not the same for each manufacturing sector due the nature of their use and value of their final output. Some sectors create premium value out of their use. The whisky industry stands out as a water-intensive and high value creating sector, as well as a vital contributor to the rural and overall Scottish economy. It is analysed here as the first case study using water footprint and marginal productivity analyses methods, both analyses highlighting the importance of quality and quantity of local water resources in Scotland and its value to the industry. The second case study is the livestock industry, which has been overlooked in the valuation of water use literature yet is significant for livelihoods in rural Scotland where reduced land capability limits agricultural production options. Following the portfolio of water uses, meta-analysis and case studies that analyse the current situation of value and allocation, I explore how the current situation can be improved through the application of tradability. Currently the main problem in Scotland is not the amount of water used or abstracted, but the pollution reaching water bodies as the result of run-off and leaching from agricultural fields. Therefore, the feasibility of trading water rights is more concerned with the permits to pollute rather than the rights to use. Using a linear optimisation I look into the potential of designing a payment for ecosystem services scheme based on tradability of water pollution in agricultural catchments that are affected by from diffuse pollution. The results indicate that trading schemes help reduce the cost of pollution to all users while creating additional income for farms. For constructing more precise pollution rights and robust schemes more research efforts are required.

This submission reviews the two successful examples of water markets, one in the developed world, the Murray Darling Basin in Australia and other in the developing world, the Limari Basin case in Chile respectively. Of central importance, we find the commodification of a natural resource, water, through a process of the progressing neoliberal agenda. As regards the outcome of this process in these two cases / while on the one hand the water markets have contributed to a more efficient allocation of water resources from less efficient to more efficient uses, on the other hand, problems related to environmental degradation in the former case and the social inequity in the latter have been unable to be solved.

Como um ambiente de transição e de grande concentração de atividades humanas, a zona costeira é uma das áreas de maior estresse ambiental do mundo. Esta concentração gera demanda por água para os mais diversos usos. A principal fonte de água na zona costeira é a bacia hidrográfica. O oceano, o estuário e as bacias hidrográficas interagem, formando um contínuo fluvial-marinho costeiro. Quando as atividades antrópicas retiram água doce da bacia, podem estar limitando a disponibilidade hídrica numa região costeira, pois a diminuição da afluência de água doce aos estuários aumenta a área de influência da salinidade. Esta dinâmica da salinidade em função da afluência de água doce pode ser compreendida através de um modelo de balanço de massa. Após compreender esta dinâmica, subsídios podem ser propostos para a gestão de um ambiente costeiro, visando prevenir possíveis limitações da disponibilidade de água doce devido à salinização das águas. Com base no artigo 3º da Política Nacional de Recursos Hídricos (PNRH), que prevê que a gestão dos recursos hídricos deve ser integrada com a das zonas costeiras e dos sistemas estuarinos, propõem-se a compreensão do balanço de salinidade como uma ferramenta para a gestão de recursos hídricos na zona costeira. Utilizando um modelo matemático integrado com geoprocessamento, como método de compreensão da dinâmica da salinidade, realiza-se um estudo de caso na bacia do Rio Tramandaí. Assim, subsídios para a gestão são discutidos, utilizando os instrumentos da PNRH e do Plano Nacional de Gerenciamento Costeiro (PNGC), para a bacia em questão. Com o modelo foram testados três cenários: dois de mudanças climáticas, seca e cheia, e um de aumento da área irrigada de arroz, visto que é a principal atividade econômica da bacia, juntamente com o abastecimento público. O resultado dos cenários atesta que a influência da salinidade é sentida até a Lagoa do Passo, limite interior do estuário. Observa-se que para os cenários de escassez hídrica, de seca e aumento na demanda de água, a salinidade do estuário aumenta, principalmente na Lagoa do Passo. No cenário de cheia, a salinidade diminuiu. Com o modelo de balanço de salinidade, observou-se a aplicabilidade dos instrumentos da PNRH e do zoneamento ecológico-econômico costeiro (ZEEC) do PNGC. O enquadramento, a salinidade pode ser introduzida como parâmetro a ser monitorado, pois compromete o uso dos recursos hídricos, além de ser integrada com o ZEEC que já existe na bacia. A outorga pode ser estabelecida, para manter uma vazão mínima que impeça a intrusão salina indesejada. A cobrança pode ser usada como meio de induzir os orizicutores a utilizar métodos de irrigação mais eficientes. A dinâmica da salinidade se mostrou uma ferramenta eficaz para gestão de recursos hídricos na zona costeira, por funcionar como um indicador da disponibilidade hídrica. No caso específico da bacia do Rio Tramandaí, esta ferramenta deve ser utilizada no nível do comitê de bacia (já existente), para resolver questões ligadas com a intrusão salina e a interação bacia – oceano. / As a transition environment of great human activities concentration, the coastal zone is an area of major environmental stress in the world. This merger creates a demand of water for different uses. The main source of water in this area is the river basin. The ocean, the estuary and the watersheds interact forming a continuous freshwater – coastal environment. When human activities remove freshwater from the basin they may be limiting the availability of water in a coastal region, since reduced freshwater inflow to estuaries increases the area of influence of the salinity. This dynamic function of salinity and fresh water inflow can be understood through a mass balance. Technical inputs can be proposed to manage a coastal environment, preventing possible limitations on the availability of fresh water due to the salinity. The article 3 of the National Water Resources Policy (PNRH) said that the management of water resources must be integrated with the coastal and estuarine systems. Based on this assumption a methodology is proposed: the understanding of salinity balance as a tool for management of water resources in the coastal zone. Using a mathematical model integrated with GIS for understanding the salinity dynamics a case study is done on the Tramandaí river basin. For this basin, management practices and technical inputs are discussed using the tools of PNRH and the National Coastal Management Plan (PNGC). With the model we tested three scenarios: two climate change, drought and flood, and an increased area of irrigated rice, as it is the main economic activity of the basin along with public provision. The result of the scenarios shows that the influence of salinity is felt unto the Passo Lagoon, the inner edge of the estuary. It is observed that in the water scarcity scenarios, drought and increased demand for water, the salinity of the estuary rises, especially in the Passo Lagoon. In the scenario of flood the salinity decreased. Using the salinity balance model, it was observed the applicability of the tools of PNRH and the coastal ecological-economic zoning (ZEEC) of the PNGC. In the classification of water bodies the salinity may be introduced as a parameter to be monitored, because it jeopardizes the use of water resource. Also it can be integrated with the ZEEC that already exists in the basin. The grant of water resources use can be established to maintain a minimum flow to prevent the unwanted salt intrusion. The water use charges can be used as a mean of inducing rice farmers to use more efficient methods of irrigation. The dynamics of salinity proved to be an effective tool for managing water resources in the coastal zone, acting as an indicator of water availability. In the specific case of Tramandaí river basin, this tool should be used in the basin committee level to solve issues related to salt intrusion and basin - ocean interaction.