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Water Balance Study

Water Balance Study

Water Balance Study

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Can someone tell me specific reasons to do a water balance study for a river basin?

Also I need to know a good model software which is capable of easy handling using gauge precipitation data is available?

Thank you!

RE: Water Balance Study

Learn the concept before you jump into software to solve your problem.

RE: Water Balance Study

some reasons
rights
assured water supply
environmental reasons

RE: Water Balance Study

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Can someone tell me specific reasons to do a water balance study for a river basin?

Georgia, Florida, and Alabama all suing each other over the Apalachicola River basin's water distribution
Egyptian Air Force on high alert if Uganda breaks the Nalubaale Dam agreements
Everyone pointing rockets at everyone else over water resource distribution within the Jordan River
etc

Here's what the Nile countries use:
http://www.gwri.gatech.edu/research/GWRI/Nile

Hydrology, Drainage Analysis, Flood Studies, and Complex Stormwater Litigation for Atlanta and the South East - http://www.campbellcivil.com

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