The document discusses innovative water resource management solutions developed by DHI, focusing on the Nile Basin's collaborative water management framework. It describes the Nile Basin Decision Support System, which integrates crucial climatological and hydrological data to aid in sustainable development and cooperation among upstream and downstream countries. The initiative seeks to address challenges in water allocation, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure development through shared tools and decision-making processes.

1. Innovative Solutions – from Data to Decisions
United Nations Procurement Seminar, June 11-12, 2014
Christian Grøn, Director, Consultancy, DHI

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3. From data to decisions
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Data
Models
Scenarios
Decisions
Communication

4. The Nile Basin Case Story
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Various Bi-lateral Agreements
Sudan/Egypt and upstream riparians (no downstream
Impacts unless agreed with Sudan/Egypt)
High Aswan Dam (1955)
Capacity 111 BCM.
Nile Basin Treaty (1959):
55.5 BCM/yr for Egypt
18.5 BCM/yr for Sudan.
Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) Established (1999)
Under the NILE COM (Ministers of Water Affairs)
• promote cooperation and co-ordination in the Basin

5. The Challenges
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• Downstream countries that rely almost completely on the Nile water
• Upstream countries with a desire and potential to develop water
infrastructure
• Environmental issues and important ecosystems (e.g. Lake Victoria)
• Water allocation agreements that inhibits upstream development
projects

6. The Nile Basin Decision Support System
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• ”Development and Deployment of the Nile Basin Decision Support
System
− Funding: 3.65 million US$ from the World Bank
− Timing: May 2009 – May 2012
• Integrates climatological, hydrological and environmental data in one
information management system
• Applies sophisticated water simulation models
• Adds sector economic production models, cost-benefit and multi-
criteria analysis tools
• Presents user friendly and understandable interfaces

7. System components
• Data/information management system
− Time Series analysis toolkit
− Basic GIS functionality
− Integrated database
− Ensemble generator (for probabilistic
analysis)
• Modeling System
− Water balance and allocation model
− Rainfall-runoff modeling tools
− Hydrodynamic modeling
− Soil erosion process model
− Evapotranspiration modeling
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• Decision making/Analysis tools
− Scenario management including
indicator calculation
− Multi-objective optimization
− Economic analysis tools
− Multi-criteria analysis tool

8. Key values
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Shared
accepted
tools
Objectivity
Sustainability
Capacity
building
Cooperation
Trust
Transparency
The Nile Basin Decision Support
System offers the data and tools
needed for cooperatively planning
and managing water resources, thus
providing the basis for consensus on
the development of sustainable water
resources projects in the Nile Basin.”
Dr. Abdulkarim H. Seid — Head, Water
Resources Management, Nile Basin Initiative
Secretariat

9. You can too
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systems
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forecast systems
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management
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Just started:
• Zambezi Water Resources Information System
• Water licensing and operational decision
support systems in Malawi

10. Thank you
Christian Grøn
chg@dhigroup.com
+45 4516 9570
+45 2965 3447
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