FutureWater

FutureView

Objective

The objective of our FUTUREVIEW methods is to depict spatial differentiated possibilities to retain and conserve present and future precipitation excess.

Methodology

FUTUREVIEW will in a relatively short time and with a limited amount of data analyze in a quantitative way the possibilities to retain and conserve water.

The FUTUREVIEW method is based on the analysis of the possibilities to retain and conserve water in surface and groundwater. Since a large part of water conservation occurs in the soil, the model SWAP with an additional surface water module is used.

The approach

The following FUTUREVIEW actions have to be undertaken to fulfill the objectives:

• Determination of hydrological response units.
• Definition of representative plots per hydrological response units.
• Selection of representative year.
• Application of climate change function for selected representative year.
• Determination of current retention capacity per representative plot.
• Determination of future retention capacity per representative plot.
• Calculation of additional retention capacity per representative plot.
• Calculation of possible yield reduction resulting from additional retention per representative plot.
• Scaling up from representative plot to hydrological response units.
• Scaling up from hydrological response units to entire regional analysis.
• Comparison of calculated results with measured extremes (Remote Sensing and local field knowledge).

Results

FUTUREVIEW’s results are maps and tables with the possibilities for retaining and conserving water per hydrological response unit.

Additionally FUTUREVIEW shows the possible yield reduction due to water logging and drought stress and the differences under several defined scenarios.

With the FUTUREVIEW results different priorities per hydrological response unit can be set, which will enable policy makers to make better decisions based on quantitative information.