WEAP-MODFLOW Decision Support System for IWRM - Optimization of Groundwater Abstraction Rates Jobst Mamann(1), Issam Nouiri(2), Klaus

Schelkes(1), Abdallah Droubi(3)

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The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Hannover, GERMANY National Institute of Agronomy of Tunisia (INAT), Tunis, TUNISIA

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The Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD), Dresden Damascus, SYRIA Arab-German Cooperation Project: (www.acsad-bgr.org):

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The Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD), Damascus, SYRIA

The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Hannover, GERMANY

Technical Cooperation Project:

Management, Protection and Sustainable Use of Groundwater and Soil Resources in the Arab Region

Aim:

Development, application and dissemination of a Decision Support System (DSS) for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the Arab Region

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Decision Support System (DSS) for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)

Tasks of a DSS for IWRM Analysis of the present water management in a complex interacting system Evaluation of future scenarios, taking into account - change of water demand and resources (climate change, socio-economic development, ) - different water management options
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[Koudstaal et al. 1991]

WATER EVALUATION & PLANNING SYSTEM - www.weap21.org

The base is the water balance in a catchment

All processes are modeled by nodes and links

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WEAP-MODFLOW Linkage
Groundwater Groundwater is is the the main main water water resource in the Arab Region resource in the Arab Region Detailed Detailed information information about about groundwater groundwater drawdowns drawdowns and and flows flows are of special interest are of special interest

Groundwater Groundwater flow flow model model is is needed! needed!

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WEAP-MODFLOW Linkage
Groundwater Groundwater is is the the main main water water resource in the Arab Region resource in the Arab Region Detailed Detailed information information about about groundwater groundwater drawdowns drawdowns and and flows flows are of special interest are of special interest

Groundwater Groundwater flow flow model model is is needed! needed!

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WEAP MODFLOW Applications in the Region Induced Through Training Activities

WEAP-MODFLOW DSS applications support local water institutions

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WEAP - DSS - Enhancements

MODFLOW
Integration of a 3d groundwater flow model

MABIA
Enhanced soil water balance model

MODPATH
3d particle tracking model

All_WATER_gw Optimization
Optimization of abstraction rates and pumping allocation
(developed by Issam Nouiri, INAT, Tunisia)
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Motivation

How much water has to be taken from each well?

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Motivation
Abstraction rates and pumping allocation WEAP solution

WEAP solutions: A No priorities Quality: 1.1 g/L Costs: 1.3 $/m B Priority on well 3 Quality: 0.9 g/L Costs: 1.6 $/m Unmet demand!

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WEAP- Optimization
Optimization of abstraction rates and pumping allocation
Optimization: Find the best configuration of a system considering single or multiple objectives and constraints.

Here: Objective functions Demand satisfaction Minimization of costs Sufficient water quality Minimization of drawdown at well 1

Constraints Maximal pumping rate Maximal drawdown How much water has to be taken from each well?
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WEAP- Optimization
Objective functions to minimize
Demand satisfaction

f DS

UnmetDemand DemandSite = max Demand DemandSite

Minimization of maximal drawdown

DrawDown Cell f DD = max InitialHea d Bottom Cell Cell

CapitalCost Item + FixedOperatingCostItem + VariableCostRateItem FlowItem 14444 4 244444 3 VariableOp eratingCos t Item fC = FlowItem VariableCostRatemax

Water quality
ConcentrationDemandSite AcceptedConcentrationDemandSite f Q = max AcceptedCo ncentratio n DemandSite
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WEAP- Optimization Procedure

Start Input parameters

OPTIMIZATION TOOL All_WATER_gw

Creation of new input parameters

WEAP-MODFLOW
time step loop

WEAP

Evaluation of Results

MODFLOW

Results

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WEAP- Optimization
Optimized solution

Costs: 1.2 $/m [1.3] Quality: 1.1 g/L Drawdown at well 1 is reduced

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WEAP- Optimization
Case Study: Zeuss Koutine, Tunisia

Tunisia

10 km
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WEAP- Optimization
Yearly Demand / Supply (2013)

Desalinization max 32 MCM 0.5 g/L Touristic Groundwater 1.5 g/L 18 MCM

Villages 11 MCM Energy needed for wells, transmission and desalinization plants

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WEAP- Optimization
ALL_WATER Optimization tool

Demand satisfaction

Drawdown

Energy

Quality satisfaction

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WEAP- Optimization
Results case study (2013-2015) Reference Optimized A Priority on drawdown minimization Optimized B Priority on energy minimization

Salinity (g/L), touristic areas Energy consumption (kWh/m)

1.0 1.4

0.8 1.6

0.9 1.5

Drawdown, Zeuss WF (m/year)

1.3

0.7

1.0

WEAP-Area: ZEUSS_KOUTINE_Tunisia_2011_10_C_all / ZEUSS_KOUTINE_Tunisia_2011_10_E_cost_opt

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Conclusions
Decision support systems help the decision maker to understand the interacting processes in a catchment and to evaluate action plans The WEAP-MODFLOW DSS has successfully been applied in many areas in the Arab region and is used The new Optimization tool ALL_WATER_gw has the capacity to optimize pumping/transmission costs, quality and drawdown, considering restrictions The WEAP-MODFLOW DSS including the optimization tool is free for developing countries

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THANK YOU! YOU

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