Yield-Evaporation-Spill Relationship in Semiarid Reservoirs under Different Operating Rules
Publication: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 147, Issue 11
Abstract
Semiarid regions are critical for water supply due to deficits in the water balance caused by low precipitation and high evaporation rates. This work studied 50 reservoirs in the Brazilian semiarid region, analyzing the impact of different operational rules on the volumetric reliability () of reservoirs in meeting the demand in relation to the Yield-Evaporation-Spill (YES) effect. Adopting rules with higher rationing reduced overall , which varied according to the climatic period (i.e., wet or dry), but improved the reservoirs’ ability to meet human and animal water needs. Moreover, we verified the relationship between the morphohydric characteristics of the reservoirs and the YES relationship, including the relationship between these characteristics and the reservoirs’ ability to meet priority demands. In general, in many cases, large losses due to evaporation and spills were observed and may indicate inappropriate use of reserved resources due to climatic characteristics and improper operation of the reservoirs.
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Data Availability Statement
All data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior–Brasil (CAPES)–Finance Code 001, and by the Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa CNPq (proc. 438271/2018-1). The authors are grateful for the support.
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