HYDROPEAKING: we have finalized a study in which we developed a conceptual framework and guidelines for hydropeaking mitigation based on&nb...

Taxonomy

• Ecosystem Management
• Mitigation
• Freshwater
• Sustainable Water Resource Management
• Integrated Watershed Management
• Aquatic Ecologist
• Hydromorphology
• Aquatic Environment
• River Basin management
• River Restoration
• Catchment Management
• Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)

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1. FIrst of all. Congratulations for you good research!
   but I would like to ask you about a different point of view, the human safety on the river reach affected by hydropeaking.
   The ecological point of view is well explored by the literature, but I found a huge lack when I had to define the hydropeaking operation for a river where the major concern was people safety (people uses the river for laundry, recreational purposes and fishing).
   Have your research group developed some work on that? Or do you have some literature/experience to share?Thanks in advance.

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   1. Dear Marcus, Thank you for your interest in our work. What we find is that the details of ecological impacts are not well researched, in terms of species traits most affected, threshold of harm, interacting stressors, etc.
      But you're right, probably human safety issues are even less explored, or assumed to be not an issue at the intensities of hydropeaking seen in Europe.
      My approach would be to define metrics of harm for the human uses you describe, which could reflect discharge maxima, response time of people, the effects of warning systems etc. Together they will define acceptable hydropeaking for human risk. This could be compared to acceptable hydropeaking for ecology. If you want to do this objectively, you could use aggregation tools like multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), See for a methodological description (in particular Fig. 3 in this paper which exemplifies the combination of very different mitigation goals): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479715001140
      I hope this helps, thanks for the kind discussion.Andi

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6. How can findings and this conceptual framework be enforced the cause of action and its impact are in two or three countries...Reservoir getting created in one country, HE Project at the border with another country and major part of River System downstream being in another country..?

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   1. Thanks Mr. Punj for your interest in our work! You address the important issue of cross-border management of river systems. In our paper, we focus on the methodological procedures to improve the ecology. What you are addressing are political and societal issues that should be solved in negotiations. Consistent methodologies (like the one we suggest) could also help establishing an objective approach to restore river catchments. The European Water Framework Directive goes in that direction on applying and calibrating similar methods in the member states. Have a look here: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/water-framework/index_en.html

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