Integrated Water Resource Management and Energy Requirements for Water Supply in the Copiapo River Basin, Chile

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dc.contributor.authorSuarez, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorMunoz, Jose F.
dc.contributor.authorFernandez, Bonifacio
dc.contributor.authorDorsaz, Jean Marc
dc.contributor.authorHunter, Christian K.
dc.contributor.authorKaravitis, Christos A.
dc.contributor.authorGironas, Jorge
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-10T13:13:57Z
dc.date.available2024-01-10T13:13:57Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractPopulation and industry growth in dry climates are fully tied to significant increase in water and energy demands. Because water affects many economic, social and environmental aspects, an interdisciplinary approach is needed to solve current and future water scarcity problems, and to minimize energy requirements in water production. Such a task requires integrated water modeling tools able to couple surface water and groundwater, which allow for managing complex basins where multiple stakeholders and water users face an intense competition for limited freshwater resources. This work develops an integrated water resource management model to investigate the water-energy nexus in reducing water stress in the Copiapo River basin, an arid, highly vulnerable basin in northern Chile. The model was utilized to characterize groundwater and surface water resources, and water demand and uses. Different management scenarios were evaluated to estimate future resource availability, and compared in terms of energy requirements and costs for desalinating seawater to eliminate the corresponding water deficit. Results show a basin facing a very complex future unless measures are adopted. When a 30% uniform reduction of water consumption is achieved, 70 GWh over the next 30 years are required to provide the energy needed to increase the available water through seawater desalination. In arid basins, this energy could be supplied by solar energy, thus addressing water shortage problems through integrated water resource management combined with new technologies of water production driven by renewable energy sources.
dc.description.funderEuropean Union (EU)
dc.description.funderCentro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-05-10
dc.format.extent24 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/w6092590
dc.identifier.issn2073-4441
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/w6092590
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/78358
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000342902900004
dc.information.autorucIngeniería;Dorsaz J;S/I;203135
dc.information.autorucIngeniería;Fernández B;S/I;99465
dc.information.autorucIngeniería;Gironás J;S/I;1681
dc.information.autorucIngeniería;Hunter C;S/I;211322
dc.information.autorucIngeniería;Muñoz J;S/I;99634
dc.information.autorucIngeniería;Suárez F;S/I;15891
dc.issue.numero9
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoSin adjunto
dc.pagina.final2613
dc.pagina.inicio2590
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.revistaWATER
dc.rightsregistro bibliográfico
dc.subjectwater-energy nexus
dc.subjectarid region
dc.subjectriver basin
dc.subjectgroundwater
dc.subjectwater supply
dc.subjectDECISION-SUPPORT-SYSTEM
dc.subjectCLIMATE-CHANGE
dc.subjectSIMULATION
dc.subjectIMPACTS
dc.subjectSECTOR
dc.subjectPOLICY
dc.subjectMODEL
dc.subject.ods06 Clean Water and Sanitation
dc.subject.odspa06 Agua limpia y saneamiento
dc.titleIntegrated Water Resource Management and Energy Requirements for Water Supply in the Copiapo River Basin, Chile
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen6
sipa.codpersvinculados203135
sipa.codpersvinculados99465
sipa.codpersvinculados1681
sipa.codpersvinculados211322
sipa.codpersvinculados99634
sipa.codpersvinculados15891
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.indexScopus
sipa.trazabilidadCarga SIPA;09-01-2024
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