140
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Impact of intensive water use from farm dams on the storage dynamics in strategic reservoirs

ORCID Icon, , &
Pages 2422-2434 | Received 14 Sep 2022, Accepted 20 Sep 2023, Published online: 14 Nov 2023

References

  • Acheampong, D., et al., 2018. Assessing the effectiveness and impact of agricultural water management interventions: the case of small reservoirs in northern Ghana. Agricultural Water Management, 209, 163–170. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2018.07.009
  • Acheampong, E.N., Ozor, N., and Sekyi-Annan, E., 2014. Development of small dams and their impact on livelihoods: cases from northern Ghana. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 9 (24), 1867–1877. doi:10.5897/AJAR2014.8610
  • Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento (ANA), 2022a. Resolução N° 411, de 22 de setembro de 2005 [online]. Available from: https://www.apac.pe.gov.br/images/Resolucao.ANA.411.2005.pdf [ Accessed 17 April 2022].
  • Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento (ANA), 2022b. Resolução N° 1133, de 19 de setembro de 2016 [online]. Available from: https://cdn.agenciapeixevivo.org.br/files/uploads/2011/12/images_arquivos_legislacaoambiental_federal_Resolucao_ANA_1133_2016.pdf [ Accessed 18 April 2022].
  • Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento (ANA), 2022c. Estudos sobre o PISF [online]. Available from: https://www.gov.br/ana/pt-br/assuntos/seguranca-hidrica/pisf/estudos-sobre-o-pisf [ Accessed 18 April 2022].
  • Aghaie, V., Afshar, A., and Alizadeh, H., 2021. Socio-hydrological agent-based modelling for analysing the impacts of supply enhancement strategies on the cap-and-trade scheme. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 66 (4), 555–564. doi:10.1080/02626667.2021.1888954
  • Agoramoorthy, G. and Hsu, M.J., 2008. Small size, big potential: check dams for sustainable development. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 50 (4), 22–35. doi:10.3200/ENVT.50.4.22-35
  • Ayantunde, A.A., Cofie, O., and Barron, J., 2018. Multiple uses of small reservoirs in crop-livestock agro-ecosystems of Volta basin: implications for livestock management. Agricultural Water Management, 204, 81–90. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2018.04.010
  • Blanc, E. and Strobl, E., 2014. Is small better? A comparison of the effect of large and small dams on cropland productivity in South Africa. The World Bank Economic Review, 28 (3), 545–576. doi:10.1093/wber/lht026
  • Brasil, P.P., 2021. Modelo físico-matemático para alocação de água de pequenos reservatórios na agricultura irrigada em regiões secas (NeStRes). Thesis (PhD). Federal University of Ceará. Available from: https://repositorio.ufc.br/bitstream/riufc/62444/5/2021_tese_ppbrasil.pdf [ Accessed 10 March 2022].
  • Brasil, P.P. and Medeiros, P.H.A., 2020. NeStRes – model for operation of non-strategic reservoirs for irrigation in drylands: model description and application to a semiarid basin. Water Resources Management, 34 (1), 195–210. doi:10.1007/s11269-019-02438-x
  • Campos, J.N.B., 2010. Modeling the yield-evaporation-spill in the reservoir storage process: the regulation triangle diagram. Water Resources Management, 24 (13), 3487–3511. doi:10.1007/s11269-010-9616-x
  • Campos, J.N.B., 2015. Paradigms and public policies on drought in Northeast Brazil: a historical perspective. Environmental Management, 55 (5), 1052–1063. doi:10.1007/s00267-015-0444-x
  • Casadei, S., et al., 2019. Small reservoirs for a sustainable water resources management. Advances in Geosciences, 49, 165–174. doi:10.5194/adgeo-49-165-2019
  • Coelho, C.F., et al., 2017. In situ and satellite observation of CDOM and chlorophyll-a dynamics in small water surface reservoirs in the Brazilian Semiarid Region. Water, 9 (12), 913. doi:10.3390/w9120913
  • Companhia de Gestão dos Recursos Hídricos do Ceará (COGERH), 2022. Atlas dos Recursos Hídricos do Ceará [online]. Available from: http://atlas.cogerh.com.br/ [ Accessed 25 April 2022].
  • Costa, A.C., et al., 2013. Regionalização de modelagem hidrológica semidistribuída para todo o Estado do Ceará, Simpósio Brasileiro de Recursos Hídricos [online]. Available from: https://anais.abrhidro.org.br/works/1885 [ Accessed 27 April 2022].
  • De Araújo, J.C. and Bronstert, A., 2016. A method to assess hydrological drought in semiarid environments and its application to the river Jaguaribe basin, Brazil. Water International, 41 (2), 213–230. doi:10.1080/02508060.2015.1113077
  • De Araújo, J.C., Güntner, A., and Bronstert, A., 2006. Loss of reservoir volume by sediment deposition and its impact on water availability in semiarid Brazil. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 51 (1), 157–170. doi:10.1623/hysj.51.1.157
  • De Araújo, J.C., Mamede, G.L., and Lima, B.P., 2018. Hydrological guidelines for reservoir operation to enhance water governance: application to the Brazilian semiarid region. Water, 10 (1628), 1–12. doi:10.3390/w10111628
  • De Araújo, J.C. and Medeiros, P.H.A., 2013. Impact of dense reservoir networks on water resources in semiarid environments. Australasian Journal of Water Resources, 17 (1), 87–100. doi:10.7158/13241583.2013.11465422
  • De Figueiredo, J.V., et al., 2016. Runoff initiation in a preserved semiarid Caatinga small watershed, Northeastern Brazil. Hydrological Processes, 30, 2390–2400. doi:10.1002/hyp.10801
  • De Fraiture, C., et al., 2014. Pirates or pioneers? Unplanned irrigation around small reservoirs in Burkina Faso. Agricultural Water Management, 131, 212–220. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2013.07.001
  • De Fraiture, C. and Giordano, M., 2014. Small private irrigation: a thriving but overlooked sector. Agricultural Water Management, 131, 167–174. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2013.07.005
  • Deitch, M.J., Merenlender, A.M., and Feirer, S., 2013. Cumulative effects of small reservoirs on streamflow in northern coastal California catchments. Water Resources Management, 27, 5101–5118. doi:10.1007/s11269-013-0455-4
  • Di Baldassarre, G., et al., 2018. Water shortages worsened by reservoir effects. Nature Sustainability, 1 (11), 617–622. doi:10.1038/s41893-018-0159-0
  • Dong, N., et al., 2019. Hydrological impact of a reservoir network in the upper Gan River Basin, China. Hydrological Processes, 33 (12), 1709–1723. doi:10.1002/hyp.13433
  • Fowe, T., et al., 2015. Water balance of small reservoirs in the Volta basin: a case study of Boura reservoir in Burkina Faso. Agricultural Water Management, 152, 99–109. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2015.01.006
  • Gaiser, T., et al., eds, 2003. Global change and regional impacts: water availability and vulnerability of ecosystems and society in the semiarid Northeast of Brazil. Berlin: Springer Science & Business Media.
  • Giordano, M. and De Fraiture, C., 2014. Small private irrigation: enhancing benefits and managing trade-offs. Agricultural Water Management, 131, 175–182. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2013.07.003
  • Gohari, A., et al., 2013. Water transfer as a solution to water shortage: a fix that can Backfire. Journal of Hydrology, 491 (29), 23–39. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.03.021
  • Güntner, A., 2002. Large-scale hydrological modelling in the semi-arid North-East of Brazil. Thesis (PhD). University of Potsdam [online]. Available from: https://publishup.unipotsdam.de/opus4ubp/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/59/file/guentner.pdf [ Accessed 12 August 2021].
  • Güntner, A. and Bronstert, A., 2004. Representation of landscape variability and lateral redistribution processes for large-scale hydrological modelling in semi-arid areas. Journal of Hydrology, 297 (1–4), 136–161. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.04.008
  • Güntner, A., et al., 2004. Simple water balance modelling of surface reservoir systems in a large data-scarce semiarid region. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 49 (5), 5. doi:10.1623/hysj.49.5.901.55139
  • Habets, F., et al., 2018. The cumulative impacts of small reservoirs on hydrology: a review. Science of the Total Environment, 643, 850–867. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.188
  • Ilich, N., 2021. WEB.BM – a Web Based River Basin management model with multiple time step optimization and the SSARR channel routing options. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 67 (2), 175–190. doi:10.1080/02626667.2021.2018134
  • Ilich, N. and Manglik, N.K., 2022. The battle of river basin models: the Narmada River Basin challenge. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 67 (12), 1876–1891. doi:10.1080/02626667.2022.2105651
  • International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), 2020. The world register of dams [online]. Available from: https://www.icold-cigb.org/GB/world_register/general_synthesis.asp [ Accessed 22 April 2022].
  • Kellner, E., 2021. The controversial debate on the role of water reservoirs in reducing water scarcity. WIREs Water, 8 (3), 3. doi:10.1002/wat2.1514
  • Khilchevskyi, V., et al, 2022. Large and small reservoirs of Ukraine. Journal of Water and Land Development, 52 (I–III), 101–107. doi:10.17721/2306-5680.2021.2.1
  • Krztoń, W., Walusiak, E., and Wilk-Woźniak, E., 2022. Possible consequences of climate change on global water resources stored in dam reservoirs. Science of the Total Environment, 830. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154646
  • Lehner, B., et al., 2011. High-resolution mapping of the world’s reservoirs and dams for sustainable river-flow management. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 9 (9), 494–502. doi:10.1890/100125
  • Mady, B., et al., 2020. Distribution of small seasonal reservoirs in semi-arid regions and associated evaporative losses. Environmental Research Communications, 2 (6), 61002. doi:10.1088/2515-7620/ab92af
  • Malveira, V.T.C., De Araújo, J.C., and Güntner, A., 2012. Hydrological impact of a high-density reservoir network in semiarid Northeastern Brazil. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 17 (1), 109–117. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000404
  • Mamede, G.L., et al., 2018. Modeling the effect of multiple reservoirs on water and sediment dynamics in a semiarid catchment in Brazil. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 23 (12), 12. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001701
  • Marengo, J.A., et al., 2022. Drought in Northeast Brazil: a review of agricultural and policy adaptation options for food security. Climate Resilience and Sustainability, 1 (1), 1. doi:10.1002/cli2.17
  • Medeiros, P.H.A. and De Araújo, J.C., 2014. Temporal variability of rainfall in a semiarid environment in Brazil and its effect on sediment transport processes. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 14, 1216–1223. doi:10.1007/s11368-013-0809-9
  • Medeiros, P.H.A. and Sivapalan, M., 2020. From hard-path to soft-path solutions: slow-fast dynamics of human adaptation to droughts in a water scarce environment. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 65 (11), 1803–1814. doi:10.1080/02626667.2020.1770258
  • Medeiros, P.H.A., et al., 2010. Modelling spatio-temporal patterns of sediment yield and connectivity in a semi-arid catchment with the WASA-SED model. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 55 (4), 636–648. doi:10.1080/02626661003780409
  • Molle, F., 1989. Perdas por evaporação e infiltração em pequenos açudes (Losses by evaporation and infiltration in small reservoirs, in Portuguese). Série Hidrologia no. 25. Recife, Brazil: SUDENE.
  • Molle, F. and Cadier, E., 1992. Manual do pequeno açude (Handbook of small reservoir, in Portuguese). Recife: SUDENE/Cooperación Française/ORSTON.
  • Moriasi, D.N., et al., 2007. Model evaluation guidelines for systematic quantification of accuracy in watershed simulations. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 50 (3), 885–900. doi:10.13031/2013.23153
  • Mueller, E.N., et al., 2010. Modelling water availability, sediment export and reservoir sedimentation in drylands with the WASA-SED Model. Geoscientific Model Development Discussions - GMDD, 1, 285–314. Available from: http://www.geosci-model-dev-discuss.net/1/285/2008/gmdd-1-285-2008.pdf
  • Nascimento, A.T.P., et al., 2019. Decentralized water supply by reservoir network reduces power demand for water distribution in a semi-arid basin. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 64 (1), 80–91. doi:10.1080/02626667.2019.1566728
  • Nathan, R. and Lowe, L., 2012. The hydrologic impacts of farm dams. Australasian Journal of Water Resources, 16 (1), 75–83. doi:10.7158/13241583.2012.11465405
  • Nunes, L.F.C.V. and Medeiros, P.H.A., 2020. Análise histórica da severidade de secas no Ceará: efeitos da aquisição de capital hidráulico sobre a sociedade. Revista de Gestão de Água da América Latina, 17 (1), 1–14. doi:10.21168/rega.v17e18
  • Ogilvie, A., et al., 2019. Socio-hydrological drivers of agricultural water use in small reservoirs. Agricultural Water Management, 218, 17–29. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2019.03.001
  • Pereira, B.S., et al., 2019. Assessment of the geometry and volumes of small surface water reservoirs in a semiarid region with high reservoir density by remote sensing. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 64 (1), 66–79. doi:10.1080/02626667.2019.1566727
  • Pilz, T., et al., 2019. Seasonal drought prediction for semiarid northeast Brazil: what is the added value of a process-based hydrological model? Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 23 (4), 1951–1971. doi:10.5194/hess-23-1951-2019
  • Portal Hidrológico do Ceará, 2022. [online]. Available from: http://funceme.br/hidro-ce-app/reservatorios/volume [ Accessed 25 April 2022].
  • Rabelo, U.P., et al. 2021. Representing a dense network of ponds and reservoirs in a semi-distributed dryland catchment model. Journal of Hydrology, 603. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127103
  • Ribeiro Neto, G.G., et al., 2021. Drought cycle analysis to evaluate the influence of a dense network of small reservoirs on drought evolution. Water Resources Research, 58 (1), 1–21. doi:10.1029/2021WR030799
  • Richter, B.D., 2015. Em busca da água: um guia para passar da escassez à sustentabilidade. São Paulo: Oficina de Textos.
  • Rodrigues, G.P., et al. 2023. Direct measurement of open-water evaporation: a newly developed sensor applied to a Brazilian tropical reservoir. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 1–16. doi:10.1080/02626667.2022.2157278
  • Rodrigues, I.S., et al., 2021. Evaporation in Brazilian dryland reservoirs: spatial variability and impact of riparian vegetation. Science of the Total Environment, 797, 1–15. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149059
  • Roman, P., 2017. The São Francisco interbasin water transfer in Brazil: tribulations of a megaproject through constraints and controversy. Water Alternatives, 10 (2), 395–419. Available from: https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol10/v10issue2/361-a10-2-11/file
  • Sakthivadivel, R., et al., 1996. Nature of small tank cascade systems and a framework for rehabilitation of tanks within them. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). [online]. Available from: https://publications.iwmi.org/pdf/H_18073.pdf [ Accessed 18 June 2022].
  • Salinas, C.E.T., et al., 2019. Social impacts of a large-dam construction: the case of Castanhão, Brazil. Water International, 44 (8), 871–885. doi:10.1080/02508060.2019.1677303
  • Sally, H., Lévite, H., and Cour, J., 2011. Local water management of small reservoirs: lessons from two case studies in Burkina Faso. Water Alternatives, 4 (3), 365–382. Available from: https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/Vol4/v4issue3/147-a4-3-6/file
  • Schaap, M.G. 1999. Rosetta model [online]. Available from: https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/riverside-ca/agricultural-water-efficiency-and-salinity-research-unit/docs/model/rosetta-model/ [ Accessed 14 February 2021].
  • Shi, H., et al., 2019. The role of large dams in promoting economic development under the pressure of population growth. Sustainability, 11 (10), 2965. doi:10.3390/su11102965
  • Shumilova, O., et al., 2018. Global water transfer megaprojects: a potential solution for the water-food-energy nexus? Frontiers in Environmental Science, 6. doi:10.3389/fenvs.2018.00150
  • Sun, S., et al. 2021. Unraveling the effect of inter-basin water transfer on reducing water scarcity and its inequality in China. Water Research, 194. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2021.116931
  • Tatlhego, M. and D’odorico, P., (2022). Are African irrigation dam projects for large-scale agribusiness or small-scale farmers? Environmental Research Communications, 4 (1), 15005. doi:10.1088/2515-7620/ac2263
  • Tramblay, Y., et al., 2017. Future scenarios of surface water resources availability in North African dams. Water Resources Management, 32 (4), 1291–1306. doi:10.1007/s11269-017-1870-8
  • Van Der Zaag, P. and Gupta, J., 2008. Scale issues in the governance of water storage projects. Water Resources Research, 44 (10), 10. doi:10.1029/2007WR006364
  • Venot, J.P. and Krishnan, J., 2011. Discursive framing: debates over small reservoirs in the rural South. Water Alternatives, 4 (3), 316–324. Available from: https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/volume4/v4issue3/144-a4-3-3/file
  • Wisser, D., et al., 2010. The significance of local water resources captured in small reservoirs for crop production - a global-scale analysis. Journal of Hydrology, 384 (3–4), 264–275. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.07.032
  • Yu, M., et al., 2018. Sustainability of mega water diversion projects: experience and lessons from China. Science of the Total Environment, 619–620, 721–731. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.006
  • Zhang, S., et al., 2021. Mapping regional surface water volume variation in reservoirs in northeastern Brazil during 2009-2017 using high-resolution satellite images. Science of the Total Environment, 789, 147711. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147711
  • Zhou, X., et al., 2020. Development of a revised method for indicators of hydrologic alteration for analyzing the cumulative impacts of cascading reservoirs on flow regime. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24 (8), 4091–4107. doi:10.5194/hess-24-4091-2020

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.