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Basin/Reservoir System Integration for Real Time Reservoir Operation

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This paper demonstrates the basin/reservoir system integration as a decision support system for short term operation policy of a multipurpose dam. It is desired to re-evaluate and improve the current operational regulation of the reservoir with respect to water supply and flood control especially for real time operation. The most innovative part of this paper is the development of a decision support system (DSS) by the integration of a hydrological (HEC-HMS) and reservoir simulation model (HEC-ResSim) to guide the professional practitioners during the real time operation of a reservoir to meet water elevation and flood protection objectives. In this context, a hybrid operating strategy to retain maximum water elevation is built by shifting between daily and hourly decisions depending on real time runoff forecasts. First, a daily hydro-meteorological rule based reservoir simulation model (HRM) is developed for both water supply and flood control risk. Then, for the possibility of a flood occurrence, hourly flood control rule based reservoir simulation model (FRM) is used. The DSS is applied on Yuvacık Dam Basin which has a flood potential due to its steep topography, snow potential, mild and rainy climate in Turkey. Numerical weather prediction based runoff forecasts computed by a hydrological model together with developed reservoir operation policy are put into actual practice for real time operation of the reservoir for March – June, 2012. According to the evaluations, proposed DSS is found to be practical and valuable to overcome subjective decisions about reservoir storage.

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This study is supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) 109Y218 and Anadolu University BAP-1103F082. Thanks are extended to Akifer Ltd. Şti. for their support. Valuable contributions of Prof. Dr. A.Ünal Şorman to the improvement of this paper is gratefully acknowledged. The authors would also like thank to Koray Sağlam in scripting part for his efforts.

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  1. Department of Civil Eng., Faculty of Engineering, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, 26555, Turkey

    Gökçen Uysal, Aynur Şensoy & A. Arda Şorman

  2. Akifer Su Hizm. Ltd. Şti., İzmit İçme Suyu Arıtma Tesis., Kocaeli, 41190, Turkey

    Türker Akgün & Tolga Gezgin

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Uysal, G., Şensoy, A., Şorman, A.A. et al. Basin/Reservoir System Integration for Real Time Reservoir Operation. Water Resour Manage 30, 1653–1668 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-016-1242-9

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