Implications of climate change on existing and planned water resource development in the Upper Blue NileWater-Food-Energy Nexus in the context of groundwater use in India: Experience from three Indian States
A presentation by Matthew McCartney, Michael Girma and Solomon Demissie
Presented at the AFRICA2013 conference in Addia Ababa, Ethiopia, 16-18 April 2013.
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON RESREVIOR OPERATION POLICIES – THE CASE OF ASWAN ...IAEME Publication
In 1960 after the beginning of the construction of Aswan High Dam a great Reservoir (AHDR) was formed as a result of it for the purposes of flood control, hydropower production and water storage. The reservoir is of 550 km long and of 350 km2 surface area which is located on the border between Egypt and Sudan. The Aswan high dam reservoir (AHDR) is so important for Egypt because it represent a safe valve against draught and water needs shortage for country future. Also It control the Nile river flood each year to avoid its destructive damage by storage the water exceeding amount which exceed the Nile river stream capacity downstream the Aswan high dam.
On January 26, ICLR held a Friday Forum webinar title 'Urban Rainfall: Assessing climate change and extreme rainfall events' led by Andrew Wiens, Senior Water Resources Engineer at Associated Engineering.
Extreme rainfall and the anticipated effects of climate change pose a significant urban flood risk. Recently, the City of Surrey engaged Associated Engineering to develop numerical models for evaluating flooding from rainfall events and for estimating economic losses due to flooding. This study also examined the anticipated changes to rainfall patterns as a result of climate change and evaluated several potential methods for mitigating flood damage to private property. This presentation covered the following information:
1. Sources of Urban Flooding;
2. Urban Flood Risk Importance;
3. Risk Assessment Components:
a. Estimating rainfall and runoff amounts
b. Estimating water levels and flood extents
c. Estimating economic losses due to flooding;
4. Case Study: City of Surrey’s Climate Change Rainfall Adaptation Strategy.
Andrew Wiens, Senior Water Resources Engineer, provides technical leadership and specialist hydro-technical expertise for Associated Engineering projects across Western Canada. Andrew specializes in hydraulic analysis and economic flood risk assessment of urban drainage infrastructure during extreme rainfall events and climate change. Andrew has been analyzing large-scale urban stormwater systems using dual drainage models for over 10 years. As part of this work, he has developed credible methods for estimating surface flooding extents and flood routing during extreme rainfall events. In addition, Andrew has developed methods for quantification of economic damage to private property as a result of flood damage due to rainfall, river-based flooding and dam breach analysis.
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON RESREVIOR OPERATION POLICIES – THE CASE OF ASWAN ...IAEME Publication
In 1960 after the beginning of the construction of Aswan High Dam a great Reservoir (AHDR) was formed as a result of it for the purposes of flood control, hydropower production and water storage. The reservoir is of 550 km long and of 350 km2 surface area which is located on the border between Egypt and Sudan. The Aswan high dam reservoir (AHDR) is so important for Egypt because it represent a safe valve against draught and water needs shortage for country future. Also It control the Nile river flood each year to avoid its destructive damage by storage the water exceeding amount which exceed the Nile river stream capacity downstream the Aswan high dam.
On January 26, ICLR held a Friday Forum webinar title 'Urban Rainfall: Assessing climate change and extreme rainfall events' led by Andrew Wiens, Senior Water Resources Engineer at Associated Engineering.
Extreme rainfall and the anticipated effects of climate change pose a significant urban flood risk. Recently, the City of Surrey engaged Associated Engineering to develop numerical models for evaluating flooding from rainfall events and for estimating economic losses due to flooding. This study also examined the anticipated changes to rainfall patterns as a result of climate change and evaluated several potential methods for mitigating flood damage to private property. This presentation covered the following information:
1. Sources of Urban Flooding;
2. Urban Flood Risk Importance;
3. Risk Assessment Components:
a. Estimating rainfall and runoff amounts
b. Estimating water levels and flood extents
c. Estimating economic losses due to flooding;
4. Case Study: City of Surrey’s Climate Change Rainfall Adaptation Strategy.
Andrew Wiens, Senior Water Resources Engineer, provides technical leadership and specialist hydro-technical expertise for Associated Engineering projects across Western Canada. Andrew specializes in hydraulic analysis and economic flood risk assessment of urban drainage infrastructure during extreme rainfall events and climate change. Andrew has been analyzing large-scale urban stormwater systems using dual drainage models for over 10 years. As part of this work, he has developed credible methods for estimating surface flooding extents and flood routing during extreme rainfall events. In addition, Andrew has developed methods for quantification of economic damage to private property as a result of flood damage due to rainfall, river-based flooding and dam breach analysis.
Carbon viz – a web based data visualization for carbon dioxide emissionAman Tewary
CarbonViz is a web-based data visualization for monitoring CO2 Emissions, Emissions Per Capita and Emissions Per Dollar of GDP from year 1990 to 2011 and to provide its user with a comprehensive understanding of the change occurred across the globe.
DSD-INT 2014 - Delft3D Users Meeting - Land Building Processes - Uncertaintie...Deltares
Deltaic processes are governed by numerous factors including the characteristics of inflowing sediment, receiving basin (e.g. water depth, tidal range, circulation pattern, and wind field), and substrate (e.g. sediment type, erodibility, etc.). This topic is of importance to major deltas, especially those experiencing land loss due to subsidence and sea level rise. The Mississippi River Delta is an example where a number of sediment diversions are considered to minimize and reverse the severe loss of wetlands.
Historically, the Mississippi River played a significant role in providing sediment, nutrients, and fresh water to support Louisiana’s coastal wetland system. As such, a systems perspective for regional-scale implementation of diversions is important. Recent field observations, coupled with numerical modeling, provided insights toward a system-scale approach to design, evaluate and operate sediment diversions. These recent research activities investigate the uncertainties associated with morphodynamic processes both on the river and receiving basin sides; and identify the critical parameters influencing the overall magnitude and rate of building new land and sustaining existing wetland areas. Specifically, this research discusses the impact of extracting significant amount of sediment and water from fluvial rivers; the ability to efficiently convey sediment to the receiving basins, and the ability to retain such material to build new land and sustain existing wetland.
Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Planning to Enhance Low Carbon District...Alis Daniela Torres
THERMOS supporting District Energy Planning and Stratey Development.
Cities Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Planning (SECAP)
Presented at THERMOS Capacity Building Workshops. Jelgava , Latvia.
https://www.thermos-project.eu/home/
This describes the components of JGrass-NewAGE, the system we went to develop for having a flexible set of modelling solutions to forecast the water cycle budgets of any basin.
Presented by Matthew McCartney at the "Water in the Anthropocene: Challenges for Science and Governance. Indicators, Thresholds and Uncertainties of the Global Water System" conference in Bonn, Germany May 2013
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON RESREVIOR OPERATION POLICIES – THE CASE OF ASWAN ...IAEME Publication
In 1960 after the beginning of the construction of Aswan High Dam a great Reservoir (AHDR) was formed as a result of it for the purposes of flood control, hydropower production and water storage. The reservoir is of 550 km long and of 350 km2 surface area which is located on the border between Egypt and Sudan. The Aswan high dam reservoir (AHDR) is so important for Egypt because it represent a safe valve against draught and water needs shortage for country future. Also It control the Nile river flood each year to avoid its destructive damage by storage the water exceeding amount which exceed the Nile river stream capacity downstream the Aswan high dam. In this research our goal was to study the AHDR operation under the effect of different scenarios of climate changes,
Carbon viz – a web based data visualization for carbon dioxide emissionAman Tewary
CarbonViz is a web-based data visualization for monitoring CO2 Emissions, Emissions Per Capita and Emissions Per Dollar of GDP from year 1990 to 2011 and to provide its user with a comprehensive understanding of the change occurred across the globe.
DSD-INT 2014 - Delft3D Users Meeting - Land Building Processes - Uncertaintie...Deltares
Deltaic processes are governed by numerous factors including the characteristics of inflowing sediment, receiving basin (e.g. water depth, tidal range, circulation pattern, and wind field), and substrate (e.g. sediment type, erodibility, etc.). This topic is of importance to major deltas, especially those experiencing land loss due to subsidence and sea level rise. The Mississippi River Delta is an example where a number of sediment diversions are considered to minimize and reverse the severe loss of wetlands.
Historically, the Mississippi River played a significant role in providing sediment, nutrients, and fresh water to support Louisiana’s coastal wetland system. As such, a systems perspective for regional-scale implementation of diversions is important. Recent field observations, coupled with numerical modeling, provided insights toward a system-scale approach to design, evaluate and operate sediment diversions. These recent research activities investigate the uncertainties associated with morphodynamic processes both on the river and receiving basin sides; and identify the critical parameters influencing the overall magnitude and rate of building new land and sustaining existing wetland areas. Specifically, this research discusses the impact of extracting significant amount of sediment and water from fluvial rivers; the ability to efficiently convey sediment to the receiving basins, and the ability to retain such material to build new land and sustain existing wetland.
Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Planning to Enhance Low Carbon District...Alis Daniela Torres
THERMOS supporting District Energy Planning and Stratey Development.
Cities Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Planning (SECAP)
Presented at THERMOS Capacity Building Workshops. Jelgava , Latvia.
https://www.thermos-project.eu/home/
This describes the components of JGrass-NewAGE, the system we went to develop for having a flexible set of modelling solutions to forecast the water cycle budgets of any basin.
Presented by Matthew McCartney at the "Water in the Anthropocene: Challenges for Science and Governance. Indicators, Thresholds and Uncertainties of the Global Water System" conference in Bonn, Germany May 2013
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON RESREVIOR OPERATION POLICIES – THE CASE OF ASWAN ...IAEME Publication
In 1960 after the beginning of the construction of Aswan High Dam a great Reservoir (AHDR) was formed as a result of it for the purposes of flood control, hydropower production and water storage. The reservoir is of 550 km long and of 350 km2 surface area which is located on the border between Egypt and Sudan. The Aswan high dam reservoir (AHDR) is so important for Egypt because it represent a safe valve against draught and water needs shortage for country future. Also It control the Nile river flood each year to avoid its destructive damage by storage the water exceeding amount which exceed the Nile river stream capacity downstream the Aswan high dam. In this research our goal was to study the AHDR operation under the effect of different scenarios of climate changes,
Floods can be hugely destructive, but they also offer opportunities for farmers and fisherfolk. If their frequency and extent can be measured, then we will be better able to mitigate costs and maximise benefits. Digital geospatial flood inundation mapping is a powerful new approach for flood response that shows floodwater extent and depth on the land surface. IWMI research will evaluate this new technology and develop a prototype flood inundation map for South Asia. Also discussed is a project to flood map and model in a spate irrigation system in Sudan.
National Water Accounting: Setting the limits of consumptive water use in the...NENAwaterscarcity
Workshop on Operationalizing the Regional Collaborative Platform to Address ‘Water Consumption, Water Productivity and Drought Management’ in Agriculture, 27 - 29 October 2015, Cairo, Egypt
DSD-INT 2023 RIBASIM set-up, calibration and initial results of application -...Deltares
Presentation by Emad Mahmoud (Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Egypt) at the Hydrology Suite User Days (Day 1) - Hydrology Suite introduction and River Basin Management software (RIBASIM), during the Delft Software Days - Edition 2023 (DSD-INT 2023). Tuesday, 28 November 2023, Delft.
DSD-INT 2022 Salt intrusion modelling in Aveiro Lagoon under morphological an...Deltares
Presentation by João Pinheiro (University of Aveiro, Portugal), at the Delft3D User Days, during Delft Software Days - Edition 2022. Monday, 14 November 2022.
Planning for water sensitive communities: the need for a bottom up systems ap...Michael Barry
This paper was prepared by myself and Dr Peter Coombes of Urban Water Cycle Solutions and accepted under peer review for inclusion in the WSUD 2018 conference in Perth, February 2018. It describes how the use of top down average potable water demands in network analyses can generate unreliable predictions of water security and water distribution patterns. In contrast, the use of highly resolved bottom up analysis is shown to produce robust outcomes that can reliably inform the future management of our water resources.
Presented by IWMI's Thai Thi Minh as part of the Small Scale Irrigation Multi-Stakeholder Dialogues: Bundling innovations for scaling farmer-led irrigation in Ghana (organized by ILSSI)
• Bundling innovations for scaling farmer led irrigation in Ghana – by IWMI
• Solar irrigation bundles: prospects and challenges – by PUMPTECH
• GCAP’s Experience with Bundling Innovations and Services to Support Farmer-led Irrigation: A Case of the Peri-Urban Project: Michel Camp Irrigation Scheme – by Food Systems Resilience Project (FSRP)
Presentation slides for the event titled 'Promoting sustainable groundwater irrigation for building climate resilience in West Africa' held on 18 March 2022. The event was jointly organized by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) - Water Resources Management Centre, and the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS).
How to design your interventions to build sustainable and climate-resilient food production systems.
Presented at the Virtual forum. More information is available at https://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/events/operationalizing-farmer-led-irrigation-development-at-scale/
Presentation by IWMI Kakhramon Djumaboev about the application of the water-food-energy nexus concept on transboundary rivers of Central Asia. Presented at the 10th anniversary PEER program on August 17, 2021
Presented by IWMI's Maha Halalsheh as part of a series of training workshops held in 2021 entitled 'The safe use of wastewater' explaining the modules in the ' Governance and Reuse Safety Plans' handbook developed as part of our ReWater-MENA project.
Presented by IWMI's Maha Halalsheh as part of a series of training workshops held in 2021 entitled 'The safe use of wastewater' explaining the modules in the ' Governance and Reuse Safety Plans' handbook developed as part of our ReWater-MENA project. More about our work: https://rewater-mena.iwmi.org/
Presented by IWMI's Maha Halalsheh as part of a series of training workshops held in 2021 entitled 'The safe use of wastewater' explaining the modules in the ' Governance and Reuse Safety Plans' handbook developed as part of our ReWater-MENA project. More about our work: https://rewater-mena.iwmi.org/
Presented by IWMI's Maha Halalsheh as part of a series of training workshops held in 2021 entitled 'The safe use of wastewater' explaining the modules in the ' Governance and Reuse Safety Plans' handbook developed as part of our ReWater-MENA project. More about our work: https://rewater-mena.iwmi.org/
Presented by IWMI's Maha Halalsheh as part of a series of training workshops held in 2021 entitled 'The safe use of wastewater' explaining the modules in the ' Governance and Reuse Safety Plans' handbook developed as part of our ReWater-MENA project. More about our work: https://rewater-mena.iwmi.org/
Presented by IWMI's Maha Halalsheh as part of a series of training workshops held in 2021 entitled 'The safe use of wastewater' explaining the modules in the ' Governance and Reuse Safety Plans' handbook developed as part of our ReWater-MENA project. More about our work: https://rewater-mena.iwmi.org/
Presented by Olufunke Cofie at the National WASH Action Plan Research and Capacity Building Agenda Setting Workshop in Abuja, Nigeria on February 17-18, 2020.
This webinar was jointly organized by the African Union (AU), the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and The World Bank on October 15, 2020. More info: http://bit.ly/IDAWM20
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Implications of climate change on existing and planned water resource development in the Upper Blue Nile
1. Implications of climate change on existing
and planned water resource development in
the Upper Blue Nile
AFRICA 2013 Conference: 16-18 April 2013
Matthew McCartney, Michael Girma and Solomon Demissie
2. • Simulate water demand for major production activities
(existing and planned)
• Evaluate the possible implications of CC on water
resources/scheme performance (how do long-term
benefits change?)
• Assess impacts of water resources development and
CC on river flows
Objectives
3. Modeling
Climate change simulation (CCLM)
• temperature
• rainfall
• potential evapotranspiration
Hydrological modeling (SWAT)
• actual evapotranspiration
• groundwater recharge
• river flow
Water Resources Modeling (WEAP)
• irrigation
• hydropower
• river flow
4. Application of WEAP
• Water accounting model (mass balance) –
simulates water use across a range of
demands
• Data from:
– MoWR/EEPCo/NMA
– Basin Master Plans
– Irrigation efficiency studies
– New scheme feasibility studies
• Simulation 1983-2100 (monthly time step)
5. Development Scenarios
A1B scenario run with three development scenarios:
• Current Development (baseline)
• Intermediate Development: Planned development
(feasibility studies)
• Full Development: Potential development
(Basin Master Plans)
7. Existing and Planned schemes
Current
Development
Intermediate
Development
Full
Development
Irrigation (ha) 15,345 272,018 364,355
Hydropower (MW) 218 2,194 10,276
Storage (Bm3) 11.6 70.2 167
14. Hydropower (2)
Current Development Intermediate Development Full Development
Electricity
Generated
(GWhy-1)
% of
potential
Electricity
Generated
(GWhy-1)
% of
potential
Electricity
Generated
(GWhy-1)
% of
potential
1983-2012 1,397 100 12,814 98 40,803 91
2021-2050 1,390 100 12,962 99 44,245 98
2071-2100 1,138 82 8,422 64 28,449 63
15. Lake Tana: water levels
1,783
1,784
1,785
1,786
1,787
1980 2000 2020 2040 2060 2080 2100
Waterlevel(masl)
Lake Tana: average annual water level
Currentdevelopment Intermediate Development Full Development
16. Flows
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1980 2000 2020 2040 2060 2080 2100
Flow(m3s-1)
Annual flowat Kessie
Current development Intermediate Development Full Development
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
1980 2000 2020 2040 2060 2080 2100
Flow(m3s-1) Annual flow at the Ethiopia-Sudanborder
Current development Intermediate Development Full Development
18. Conclusions
• Combining climate, hydrological and water resources
models provides a useful tool to assess the possible
water resource implications of CC.
• Results indicate:
• long time horizon for full effect of climate change
(“end of the century“)
• considerable spatial variability in hydrological
impacts of CC
• clear trends but increasing variability in many
hydrological variables
• Mid-range climate change is likely to impact the
performance of planned irrigation and hydropower
schemes significantly by the end of the 21st century.