1. Aditya Sood, Marc Jeuland, Maksud Bekchanov, David Wiberg
Hydro-Economic Modeling Framework to Address Water-Energy-Food Nexus at River Basin Scale
Aditya Sood, Marc Jeuland, Maksud Bekchanov, David Wiberg
15th November, 2016
WATER FUTURES

2. What?

3. POLICY QUESTIONS THAT CROSS SYSTEMS
How much energy is required to operationalize the Ganges Water Machine? Would that make Ganges basin food secure? Can this be done with renewable energy?
What investments need to be made to have greatest impact to clean Ganges in India
Can building a tunnel to divert water to meet Nairobi’s water demand lead to loss of water for farmers downstream? What happens to hydropower production downstream?
What license fee should the Nepal Development Bank charge its clients to allocate water rights?
SYSTEM/NEXUS APPROACH

4. SYSTEMS AND NEXUS Role of Nexus Research 1 2
Increasing Efficiency across systems
Reducing Tradeoffs between systems
Increasing Synergies across systems
Improving Governance across systems

5. BASIN SCALE HYDRO-ECONOMIC MODEL
Within the framework of Water-Energy-Environment-Food Nexus
Scalable
Transferable
Modular

6. EXAMPLE: GANGES BASIN

7. SO What?

8. ALLOWS US TO WORK AT DIFFERENT SCALES
Koshi
NEPAL
Boundary Node
Bihar
Start of Delta
Confluence Node
Ganges
Boundary Node
Sea Outlet
Source
BANGLADESH
INDIA

9. GIVES IWMI NEW CAPABILITIES
Gives IWMI capability to set up Decision Support Systems in relatively short time in new basins
In existing basins, allows us to quickly get involved in the policy debate of complex issues
Provides a science based venue for stakeholder involvement, economic analysis, tradeoffs etc.

10. REVISITING POLICY QUESTIONS
Ganges Water Machine – State governments of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal
Ganges cleaning in India- National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)
Nairobi’s water tunnel - Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Kenya
License fee for Nepal Development Bank – Provide tool to NDB to evaluate value of water for different uses.

11. What Next?

12. HOW IT ALL FITS? A BIGGER PICTURE
WATER ACCOUNTING
IWMI DATA PORTAL
W-E-E-F HYDRO-ECONOMIC MODELING
DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM
INSTITUTIONAL MAPPING
SCENARIO DATABASE
OPTIONS DATABASE

13. INTERFACE TO INTERACT WITH STAKEHOLDERS

14. INTRODUCTION TO NEXUS HEALTH SCORECARD (With Alan Nicole an team)

15. THANK YOU!!

16. DETAILED SCHEMATICS OF HYDRO-ECONOMIC MODEL
ECO SYSTEM
Other ECOSYSTEM SERVICES (E.g. Ecological regulating services, recreation, fisheries etc.)
Return Flow (Energy)
ENERGY POTENTIAL
WATER POTENTIAL
Precipitation
Fossil Fuel
Surface Runoff
Solar Energy
Aquifer Water
WATER
PRODUCTION
Hydro-Power, Cooling
Wind Energy
ENERGY
PRODUCTION SW GW
Fossil Fuel HP
Alt
Pumping
Pollution
(Temperature change,
GHG emissions)
OTHER RESOURCES (Labor, Land, Capital, etc.)
Pumping,
Water Treatment
M/I Energy
Return Flow (M/I)
Water Reuse
Effective Rainfall
Return Flow
Industrial & Domestic Benefits ( E.g. Household Health and Sanitation, Industrial Productivity)
Irrigation
M/I Water Supply
INDUSTRIAL
AND
DOMESTIC
Mechanization,
Fertilizer Usage
Pollution
(Untreated Industrial
and Domestic Waste)
Agriculture Benefits (E.g.. Productivity, Farm Profit)
Bio-fuels
AGRICULTURE
Pollution
(Nutrients & Pesticides)