The document describes the IMRR project which aims to promote sustainable water management in the Red-Thai Binh River system in Vietnam. It does this by developing advanced modeling tools, alternative reservoir management policies, and supporting multi-stakeholder dialogue. A key outcome is a geoportal built with Drupal that allows visualization, analysis and comparison of water management alternatives using hydrological and socio-economic indicators. The geoportal integrates data from a river system model and implements OGC standards to facilitate data sharing and reuse.

1. C.Arias, M.Brovelli, S.Corti,
M. Micotti, R. Soncini-Sessa and E. Weber
A FOSS approach to
Integrated Water Resource Management.
The case study of Red-Thai Binh rivers system in Vietnam

2. The IWRM paradigmThe IWRM paradigm
Integrated Water Resources Management
(IWRM) is a process which promotes the
coordinated development and
management of water, land and related
resources in order to maximise economic
and social welfare in an equitable manner
without compromising the sustainability of
vital ecosystems. (...)
source: http://www.gwp.org/

3. IWRM in the Red River basinIWRM in the Red River basin

4. IWRM in the Red River basinIWRM in the Red River basin

5. IWRM in the Red River basinIWRM in the Red River basin
Hydropower
production
Water Supply
Floods
Protection
Navigation
Environment

6. IMRR projectIMRR project

improving the efficiency,
effectiveness and
environmental sustainability
of water management in
this basin

advance modelling tools
development

multi-stakeholder dialogue,
coordination and
negotiations support
Promoting sustainable and effective water
management Red-Thai Binh River system:

7. IMRR projectIMRR project

improving the efficiency,
effectiveness and
environmental sustainability
of water management in
this basin

advance modelling tools
development

multi-stakeholder dialogue,
coordination and
negotiations support
water management
Promoting sustainable and effective water
management Red-Thai Binh River system:
Alternative regulation
policies for
reservoirs management

8. IMRR projectIMRR project

improving the efficiency,
effectiveness and
environmental sustainability
of water management in
this basin

advance modelling tools
development

multi-stakeholder dialogue,
coordination and
negotiations support
water management
Promoting sustainable and effective water
management Red-Thai Binh River system:
modelling tools
Alternative regulation
policies for
reservoirs management
System components
models

9. IMRR projectIMRR project

improving the efficiency,
effectiveness and
environmental sustainability
of water management in
this basin

advance modelling tools
development

multi-stakeholder dialogue,
coordination and
negotiations support
water management
multi-stakeholder
Promoting sustainable and effective water
management Red-Thai Binh River system:
modelling tools
Alternative regulation
policies for
reservoirs management
System components
models
Criteria and indicators

10. IMRR GeoportalIMRR Geoportal
How to manage all this information and data?

11. IMRR GeoportalIMRR Geoportal
The Geoportal allows to
visualize, analyse and compare
different planning alternatives for the management of
the Red River water system in Vietnam, as a result of
the Multi Criteria Decision Analysis
methodology applied in the IMRR project.
How to manage all this information and data?
visualize, analyse and compare
Multi Criteria Decision Analysis

12. Geoportal functionalitiesGeoportal functionalities
Time series visualization and analysis:
22 model components (reservoirs, gauge stations,
diversions..)
Water level, flow, rainfall timeseries related to:
– Historical data
– Unregulated reference simulation
– Reservoirs management alternatives simulation,
computed for different scenarios:
• Standard inflow
• Climate change inflow

13. Geoportal functionalitiesGeoportal functionalities
Alternatives effects estimation:
criteria and indicators
Project hierarchy identify 5 sectors;
24 indicators, computed for:
– for the reference timeseries: BAU and unreg
– for each management alternative and each scenario
– related to specific components/location
Different temporal frequency:
– daily
– yearly
– horizon

14. Geoportal functionalitiesGeoportal functionalities
Management alternatives simulation
Geoportal is connected with a lumped model of the
whole system, written in Octave:
– Custom period and inflow inputs definition;
– On demand update of all variables and
indicators;
– Drupal-based user interface to simulator
– Simulation results integrated inside geoportal

15. WMS
WFS
WMS -
T
Web
Client
Web
Client
OGC Web
Services
OGC Web
Services
ServersServersDatabaseDatabase
Public
Schema
SOS
WFS -
T
istSOS
Schema 3
SQL
Views
Drupal istSOS moduleDrupal istSOS module
Drupal OpenLayers moduleDrupal OpenLayers module
Drupal GeoServer moduleDrupal GeoServer module
istSOS
Schema 2
istSOS
Schema 1
OctaveOctave
Red River GeoportalRed River Geoportal
RedRiverSimulatorRedRiverSimulator
Geoportal ArchitectureGeoportal Architecture
Drupal core modulesDrupal core modules
Simulation pageSimulation page

16. Database
Red River Geoportal
Geoportal Architecture

17. ServersDatabase
Red River Geoportal
Geoportal Architecture

18. WMS
WFS
WMS - T
OGC Web
Services
ServersDatabase
WFS - T
Red River Geoportal
Geoportal Architecture

19. WMS
WFS
WMS - T
OGC Web
Services
ServersDatabase
SOS
WFS - T
Red River Geoportal
Geoportal Architecture

20. WMS
WFS
WMS - T
OGC Web
Services
ServersDatabase
SOS
WFS - T
istSOS
Schema 3
istSOS
Schema 2
istSOS
Schema 1
Red River Geoportal
Geoportal Architecture

21. WMS
WFS
WMS - T
Web Client
OGC Web
Services
ServersDatabase
SOS
WFS - T
istSOS
Schema 3
Drupal istSOS module
Drupal OpenLayers module
Drupal GeoServer module
istSOS
Schema 2
istSOS
Schema 1
Red River Geoportal
Geoportal Architecture

22. WMS
WFS
WMS - T
Web Client
OGC Web
Services
ServersDatabase
Public
Schema
SOS
WFS - T
istSOS
Schema 3
Drupal core modules
Drupal istSOS module
Drupal OpenLayers module
Drupal GeoServer module
istSOS
Schema 2
istSOS
Schema 1
Red River Geoportal
Geoportal Architecture

23. WMS
WFS
WMS - T
Web Client
OGC Web
Services
ServersDatabase
Public
Schema
SOS
WFS - T
istSOS
Schema 3
SQL
Views
Drupal core modules
Drupal istSOS module
Drupal OpenLayers module
Drupal GeoServer module
istSOS
Schema 2
istSOS
Schema 1
Red River Geoportal
Geoportal Architecture

24. WMS
WFS
WMS - T
Web Client
OGC Web
Services
ServersDatabase
Public
Schema
SOS
WFS - T
istSOS
Schema 3
SQL
Views
Drupal core modules
Drupal istSOS module
Drupal OpenLayers module
Drupal GeoServer module
istSOS
Schema 2
istSOS
Schema 1
Red River Geoportal
Geoportal Architecture

25. WMS
WFS
WMS -
T
Web
Client
Web
Client
OGC Web
Services
OGC Web
Services
ServersServersDatabaseDatabase
Public
Schema
SOS
WFS -
T
istSOS
Schema 3
SQL
Views
Drupal istSOS moduleDrupal istSOS module
Drupal OpenLayers moduleDrupal OpenLayers module
Drupal GeoServer moduleDrupal GeoServer module
istSOS
Schema 2
istSOS
Schema 1
OctaveOctave
Red River GeoportalRed River Geoportal
RedRiverSimulatorRedRiverSimulator
Geoportal ArchitectureGeoportal Architecture
Drupal core modulesDrupal core modules
Simulation pageSimulation page

26. Why a CMS ?
Administration: user account, permissions and
roles
Extendibility: modules or plugins
Data and content management: organize,
structure, find and re-use content

27. Previous experience
Most popular, well documented, large community
CMS between joomla and wordpress
More advanced geospatial functionalities
(Geoserver and OpenLayers modules)
Why Drupal ?

28. How we manage geospatial data
using Drupal?

29. Drupal PostGIS and GDAL Modules
 GDAL: Read and import vector data in all formats
supported by the GDAL/OGR library.
 PostGIS: This module provides a field for
geospatial data that can be added to entities.
https://www.drupal.org/project/gdalhttps://www.drupal.org/project/postgis

30. Drupal Geoserver and Openlayers Modules
 Connect with Geoserver via url
 Define a workspace
 Add and manage layers
 Add and manage layers styles
 Publish Drupal data using the PostGIS
module.
 Seamless user authentication.
Add marker manually
: Add content/ Add
marker ->create point with
Openlayers editor
User case
https://www.drupal.org/project/geoserver https://www.drupal.org/project/openlayers
 Add, edit and manage layers
 Add and manage maps (OpenLayers
instances)
 Add and manage map projections
 Add and manage map styles
 Add behaviors – Clustering Behavior

31. IstSOS Management from Drupal
Connect with a istSOS installation via url
Associate a content type with the istSOS module
Add a service in the IstSOS service and set the EPSG
code
Choose a service from a list of already connected
services
Add observed properties
Add the units of measure of a property
Upload observational data ( all types of files)
https://www.drupal.org/sandbox/istsos/2149739
Add (associate) time series
data (observations) to the
marker: Add content/import
observations from csv file
User case

32. Charts libraries

33. Final Remarks
IWRM in real world case study: huge amount of data, that need to be organized,
stored and accessible
Open Source: no lock-in and portability of the results (i.e. torough Virtual
Machines)
CMS to manage different user: decision makers, analyst, stakeholders, general
public
Stardard and well-known technologies adopted: Drupal, Geoserver, D3.js,
PostGIS, Gdal..
New module developed to implement IstSOS management trough Drupal
Test it yourself!
http://131.175.143.146/development/Vietnam
User: demo
Pwd: DemoPwd15

34. http://hydroinformatics.polimi.it/
http://nrm.deib.polimi.it/
Aknowledgements
The IMRR project is funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign
Affair as part of its development cooperation program.