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4.2.4.
Decision Making Tools to Explore Scenarios and Reflect Decisions for WQ
Management
In general a DSS for Water Resources Management consists of three different layers:
An information system, including databases, GIS, etc.
A computational framework, with a simulation model (s), (water quantity, water quality, lake,
waste load, etc.)
An analysis layer, where optional Water Resources Management strategies under various
scenarios are defined and analysed on their impacts on water issues, overall environment, and
socio-economics.
This research study focuses on the development of the computational framework of the decision
support system for surface water quality management which includes the mathematical models,
remote sensing tools and the geo-database including all datasets used in modelling. The water quality
and eutrophication physically based models are the main developed decision support tools in this
research as a part of the computational framework developed for the catchment-lake system. These
two models are considered the sub components used for decision support. Different management
scenarios for reduction of pollutants entering the lake can be investigated using these models. Since
agricultural drainage is the main source of pollution to the lake, introducing excess amounts of
nutrients in to the lake system, proposed scenarios of nutrient rates reduction will be investigated for
managing the lake system as shown in
chapter 9
.
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