A. Zabaleta1*, T. Morales1, M. Meaurio1, C. Gorria2, I. Antigüedad1 1 Hydrogeology Group, Geodynamics Department, Science and Technology Faculty, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain. 2 Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology Faculty, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain.. ane.zabaleta@ehu.es   Abstract Annual and seasonal trends of daily discharge series […]

D. Chinarro, J.L. Villarroel, J.A. Cuchí Group of Technologies in Hostile Environments (GTE), Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Spain chinarro@unizar.es   Abstract The set of the meteorology and the karst hydrology constitutes a coupled system, with an internal interaction determined by a few parameters correlated. The study of the aquifer behavior […]

Elisa Mª Hernández and Luis Mª Bañón AEMET Regional Office in Murcia, Av. Libertad, 11, 30107 Murcia (Spain) ehernandezg@aemet.es, lbanonp@aemet.es   Abstract The extremely warm summer of 2003 encouraged the development of a “Heat wave Warning System”. The health authorities issued extreme temperature warnings to the population using extreme temperatures that were forecasted for the […]

2010-727 OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT OF MULTIPURPOSE RESERVOIR SYSTEM OF KWANZA RIVERKiombo Jean Marie 11 Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain Abstract:This paper describes an optimisation model for the management of reservoir system of Kwanza river in Angola. Key uses are energy production, irrigation and suplly water at Luanda. Given the uncertainty due to the inflows, water demand […]

2010-604 PROPOSAL OF EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS IN DROUGHT SITUATIONS Domingo Baeza Sanz 1, Patricia Novo 21 Departamento de Ecologica, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain2 Ecohidraulica, Spain Abstract:Following a proposal by the of Spanish Environment Ministry (Spanish Environmental Ministry, 2007) in environmental flow studies it is recommended to use Habitat Simulation methods (Bovee, K. […]

2010-373 COASTAL AQUIFER AND DESALINATION PLANTS: SOME INTERPRETATIONS TO NEW SITUATIONS Linda Daniele 1, Fernando Sola 1, Angela Vallejos Izquierdo 1, Antonio Pulido Bosch 11 University of Almeria, Spain Abstract:The Mediterranean south-eastern Spanish coastline is a semiarid region, with rainfalls that usually do not exceed 300 mm/year, where surface water is scanty and frequently nonexistent. […]

2010-134 WATER SCARCITY AND DROUGHTS MANAGEMENT IN SPAINAlberto Rodriguez FontalMinistry of Environment, Spain Abstract:The Special Action Plans include: i) Geographic zoning of the river basin, essentially along the lines of Water Usage Systems, a traditional device that has been maintained in present water management legislation. ii) A system of hydrological indicators for characterizing drought severity, […]

                              018 – Droughts management in Spanish river basins                                          Alberto Rodriguez Fontal, Spain ARFontal@mma.es       Abstract:   In this paper it will explain special actions taken in:   i) Geographic zoning of the river basin, essentially along the lines of Water Usage Systems, a traditional device that has been maintained in […]

A-209 : Quantification of the snow cover and prediction of the flows generated by the process of Melting   Guillermo Cobos   Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, SPAIN gcobosc@trr.upv.es   Water resources under the form of snow have always brought interest of engineering as a natural system for the control of the water flow. In particular, […]

BALWOIS 2004 Ohrid, Macedonia, 25-29 May 2004   REAL TIME HYDROLOGIC FLOOD FORECAST BASED ON SAIH AND WEATHER RADAR DATA IN SPAIN Angel Luis Aldana Valverde 1, Ana Martínez Pérez Beato 1, Justo Mora Alonso-Muńoyerro 2 1 Centro de Estudios Hidrográficos (Hydrographic Studies Center) CEDEX-Centro de Estudios y Experimentación de Obras Públicas (Center for Studies […]