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Sustainable Water: Uncertainty, Risk and Vulnerability in Europe

About SWURVE

Aim

To study the impacts of climate variability and change on the sustainable use of water and its related activities in Europe by using the following objectives:

  • Assessment of risks to hydrologic and hydraulic systems posed by climate variability and change;
  • Assessment of vulnerability in terms of operation as well as economic, ecological and social costs;
  • Research into methods of mitigating possible effects of climate change on system vulnerability;
  • Account for uncertainty due to natural variability and error due to incomplete knowledge of future conditions.

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Methods

The project aims to use assessments which incorporate the uncertainty, errors and natural variability of future hydrological scenarios in a statistical framework that will allow operators and agencies to make decisions based on quantitative probabilities and risks.

An easily understood and transferable set of quantitative indices of reliability, resilience and vulnerability will be applied to a range of water related problems.

Application Sectors

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Case Study 2: Combined Sewer Overflows Image map
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  • water supply and regulation;
  • transnational river basins;
  • hydroelectric power generation;
  • maintenance of lake levels and flows;
  • viability of river transport;
  • flood risk and economic consequences;
  • salmon fisheries;
  • combined sewer overflows and water quality.

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Contact SWURVE Coordinator: c.g.kilsby@ncl.ac.uk

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