Abstract
Climate change can result in significant impacts on regional and global surface water and groundwater resources. Using groundwater as a complimentary source of water has provided an effective means to satisfy the ever-increasing water demands and deal with surface water shortages problems due to robust capability of groundwater in responding to climate change. Conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater is crucial for integrated water resources management. It is helpful to reduce vulnerabilities of water supply systems and mitigate the water supply stress in responding to climate change. Some critical challenges and perspectives are discussed to help decision/policy makers develop more effective management and adaptation strategies for conjunctive water resources use in facing climate change under complex uncertainties.
Highlights
Climate change can significantly affect regional and global surface water and groundwater resources
Application to two representative case studies was presented, including the Pajaro Valley and the Central Valley. Their results demonstrated the capability of MODFLOW with Farm Process (MF-FMP) in forecasting future water demand and constrained water supply, and evaluating the effects of potential mitigation or adaptation policies/projects on future water supply-demand patterns
Hanson et al (2012) presented a supply-demand modeling framework to assess the potential effects of climate change on conjunctive surface water and groundwater resources management in the Central Valley in California
Summary
Reviewed by: Saumitra Mukherjee, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India Nathan Daniel Forsythe, Newcastle University, UK. Specialty section: This article was submitted to Interdisciplinary Climate Studies, a section of the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science. Climate change can result in significant impacts on regional and global surface water and groundwater resources. Using groundwater as a complimentary source of water has provided an effective means to satisfy the ever-increasing water demands and deal with surface water shortages problems due to robust capability of groundwater in responding to climate change. Conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater is crucial for integrated water resources management. It is helpful to reduce vulnerabilities of water supply systems and mitigate the water supply stress in responding to climate change. Some critical challenges and perspectives are discussed to help decision/policy makers develop more effective management and adaptation strategies for conjunctive water resources use in facing climate change under complex uncertainties
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