Affiliation:
1. School of Technology/EFL, University of Brasilia-UnB, Brasilia 70910-900, Brazil
2. Geography Department, University of Brasilia-UnB, Brasilia 70910-900, Brazil
Abstract
Reservoir operational reliability indicates how satisfactorily the structure meets the water demand without failure. However, due to the stochastic nature of its operation, every combination of reservoir storage capacity and draft has an associated probability of failure (i.e., of having an empty reservoir). The objectives of this research were to design a method to assess reservoir reliability under present and future climate conditions, and to apply it to the Descoberto reservoir, with a capacity of 86 hm3 and a design draft of 182.9 hm3 yr−1, located in central Brazil. The scenarios were the historic (1986–2005) and future RCM projection ensembles (2031–2050 and 2061–2080, RCP 4.5 and 8.5). Projected runoff was obtained with the Gardner model, and the reservoir budget was assessed by the concatenated behavior analysis (CBA). The reliability of the Descoberto reservoir, which was 100% during the historic period, was reduced to 15–50%, depending on the future climate scenario analyzed. The proposed adaptive measures, involving the reduction of reservoir draft and the increase in reservoir storage, were capable of maintaining a 100% reservoir reliability under the new climatic conditions, but with associated costs. The proposed method can be applied to other upstream reservoirs, providing water managers and stakeholders with a simple and robust reliability assessment and climate adaptation tool.
Subject
Water Science and Technology,Aquatic Science,Geography, Planning and Development,Biochemistry
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