Balancing-out floods and droughts: Opportunities to utilize floodwater harvesting and groundwater storage for agricultural development in Thailand

Pavelic, Paul; Srisuk, Kriengsak; Saraphirom, Phayom; Nadee, S.; Pholkern, Kewaree; Chusanathas, S.; Munyou, Sitisak; Tangsutthinon, Theerasak; Intarasut, Teerawash; Smakhtin, Vladimir

doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.08.007

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“…The creation of local farm water retention systems, designed to capture and store surface water, may be a viable adaptation strategy (Pavelic et al 2012). Local farm water retention systems allow for the detainment of water captured during spring runoff as well as during precipitation events, either directly or due to transport by surface runoff.…”

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“…Local farm water retention systems allow for the detainment of water captured during spring runoff as well as during precipitation events, either directly or due to transport by surface runoff. This provides water storage that can be drawn on when groundwater supplies become depleted (Vorogushyn et al 2012;Pavelic et al 2012). They also serve to reduce downstream peak flow and aid in retaining flood waters which reduces associated flood risks downstream (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 2012; Pavelic et al 2012).…”

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“…This provides water storage that can be drawn on when groundwater supplies become depleted (Vorogushyn et al 2012;Pavelic et al 2012). They also serve to reduce downstream peak flow and aid in retaining flood waters which reduces associated flood risks downstream (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 2012; Pavelic et al 2012). If water is released from the reservoir, they serve to replenish groundwater stores downstream (Pavelic et al 2012).…”

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“…They also serve to reduce downstream peak flow and aid in retaining flood waters which reduces associated flood risks downstream (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 2012; Pavelic et al 2012). If water is released from the reservoir, they serve to replenish groundwater stores downstream (Pavelic et al 2012). Under drought conditions, these systems enable farmers to draw water from the reservoirs to support crop irrigation (Pavelic et al 2012).…”

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An economic assessment of local farm multi-purpose surface water retention systems in a Canadian Prairie setting

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There is a need to explore more sustainable approaches to water management on the Canadian Prairies. Retention pond installation schemes designed to capture surface water may be a viable option that would reduce water stress during drought periods by providing water for irrigation. The retention systems would serve to capture excess spring runoff and extreme rainfall events, reducing flood potential downstream. Additionally, retention ponds may be used for biomass production and nutrient retention. The purpose of this research was to investigate the economic viability of adopting local farm surface water retention systems as a strategic water management strategy. A retention pond was analyzed using a dynamic simulation model to predict its storage capacity, installation and upkeep cost, and economic advantage to farmers when used for irrigation. While irrigation application increased crop revenue, the cost of irrigation and reservoir infrastructure and installation costs were too high for the farmer to experience a positive net revenue. Farmers who harvest cattails from retention systems for biomass and available carbon offset credits can gain $642.70/hectare of harvestable cattail/year. Cattail harvest also removes phosphorus and nitrogen, providing a monetized impact of $7014/hectare of harvestable cattail/year. The removal of phosphorus, nitrogen, carbon, and avoided flooding damages of the retention basin itself provide an additional $17,730-$18,470/hectare of retention system/year. The recommended use of retention systems is for avoided flood damages, nutrient retention, and biomass production. The revenue gained from these functions can support farmers wanting to invest in irrigation while providing economic and environmental benefits to the region.

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“…Along the same lines, Pavelic et al (2012) propose capturing the peak flow (surplus of water) during the wet season and recharging shallow alluvial aquifers in a distributed manner upstream of the flood-prone areas. Two large regional projects have been conducted in Africa to investigate the groundwater potential for water supply during drought.…”

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Groundwater as an emergency source for drought mitigation in the Crocodile River catchment, South Africa

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Zhou

Maskey

et al. 2015

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Global climate change has received much attention worldwide in the scientific as well as in the political community, indicating that changes in precipitation, extreme droughts and floods may increasingly threaten many regions. Drought is a natural phenomenon that causes social, economical and environmental damage to society. In this study, we assess the drought intensity and severity and the groundwater potential to be used as a supplementary source of water to mitigate drought impacts in the Crocodile River catchment, a water-stressed sub-catchment of the Incomati River catchment in South Africa. The research methodology consists of three parts. First, the spatial and temporal variation of the meteorological and hydrological drought severity and intensity over the catchment were evaluated. The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) was used to analyse the meteorological drought and the Standardized Runoff Index (SRI) was used for the hydrological drought. Second, the water deficit in the catchment during the drought period was computed using a simple water balance method. Finally, a groundwater model was constructed in order to assess the feasibility of using groundwater as an emergency source for drought impact mitigation. Results show that the low-rainfall areas are more vulnerable to severe meteorological droughts (lower and upper crocodile). Moreover, the most water stressed subcatchments with high level of water uses but limited storage, such as the Kaap located in the middle catchment and the Lower Crocodile sub-catchments, are more vulnerable to severe hydrological droughts. The analysis of the potential groundwater use during droughts showed that a deficit of 97 Mm 3 yr −1 could be supplied from groundwater without considerable adverse impacts on the river base flow and groundwater storage. Abstraction simulations for different scenarios of extremely severe droughts reveal that it is possible to use groundwater to cope with the droughts in the catchment. However, local groundwater exploitation in Nelspruit and White River sub-catchment will cause large drawdowns (> 10 m) and high base flow reduction (> 20 %). This case study shows that conjunctive water management of groundwater and surface water resources is necessary to mitigate the impacts of droughts.

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Managed Aquifer Recharge in Integrated Water Resource Management

Dillon

Arshad

2016

Integrated Groundwater Management

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Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) is one tool in integrated water resources management which can restore over-allocated or brackish aquifers, protect groundwater-dependent ecosystems, enhance urban and rural water supplies, reduce evaporation losses and improve water supply security. This chapter describes the ways in which MAR is used around the world and presents two Australian case studies, with a focus on economics. Aquifer storage and recovery of urban stormwater via a confined limestone aquifer is shown to provide a viable alternative to use of existing mains water or desalinated seawater for public open space irrigation. The second case study is a desk-top evaluation of the potential for recharge of harvested floodwater via infiltration basins for irrigation of cotton and faba bean crops. Based on assumptions about scale of operations, component and maintenance costs, and evaporation losses, the net benefits of infiltration basins for a range of infiltration rates were compared with those of surface water storage and of aquifer storage and recovery wells. Infiltration basins with moderate to high rates of infiltration (>0.15 m/d) had the highest net benefits and warrant testing in a pilot program. Water treatment costs make ASR with flood waters unattractive for crop irrigation, in comparison with both basin infiltration and surface storage. Selection of the most economic method of storage depends on availability of an aquifer, soil and subsurface hydraulic characteristics, available quantity and quality of surface water, land value and end use of the water. MAR is shown to offer a range of options that P. Dillon (*) Honorary Fellow, CSIRO Land and Water,

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Balancing-out floods and droughts: Opportunities to utilize floodwater harvesting and groundwater storage for agricultural development in Thailand

Cited by 74 publications

References 12 publications

An economic assessment of local farm multi-purpose surface water retention systems in a Canadian Prairie setting

An economic assessment of local farm multi-purpose surface water retention systems in a Canadian Prairie setting

Groundwater as an emergency source for drought mitigation in the Crocodile River catchment, South Africa

Managed Aquifer Recharge in Integrated Water Resource Management

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