Evaluating integrated water management strategies  to inform hydrological drought mitigation

Wendt, Doris E.; Bloomfield, John P.; Van Loon, Anne F.; Garcia, Margaret; Heudorfer, Benedikt; Larsen, Joshua; Hannah, David M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-3113-2021

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Drought vulnerability, risk, and impact assessments: bridging...

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Evaluating integrated water management strategies to inform hydrological drought mitigation

Doris E. Wendt, John P. Bloomfield, Anne F. Van Loon, Margaret Garcia, Benedikt Heudorfer, Joshua Larsen, and David M. Hannah

Data sets

Climate hydrology and ecology research support system potential evapotranspiration dataset for Great Britain (1961-2015) E. Robinson, E. Blyth, D. Clark, E. Comyn-Platt, J. Finch, and A. Rudd https://doi.org/10.5285/8baf805d-39ce-4dac-b224-c926ada353b7

Short summary

Managing water demand and supply during droughts is complex, as highly pressured human–water systems can overuse water sources to maintain water supply. We evaluated the impact of drought policies on water resources using a socio-hydrological model. For a range of hydrogeological conditions, we found that integrated drought policies reduce baseflow and groundwater droughts most if extra surface water is imported, reducing the pressure on water resources during droughts.