Determination of Environmental Flows for theBarbuda Stream in the Municipality of Olaya,Antioquia, Colombia

Environmental flow determination is important for the management of rivers and reservoirs. This parameter allows us to calculate the water supply of basins and minimize environmental impacts associated with water harvesting. In the past, research has been performed to determine environmental flows i...

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Authors: García Montoya, Juan Pablo, Vanwalleghem, Tom, Giráldez Cervecera, Juan Vicente, Morató Farreras, Jordi, Montoya Restrepo, Jorge Ignacio
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:Colombia
Institution:Tecnológico de Antioquia
Repository:Repositorio Tdea
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:dspace.tdea.edu.co:tdea/2827
Online Access:https://dspace.tdea.edu.co/handle/tdea/2827
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Caudal
Drought
Seca
Sequía
Evapotranspiration
Evapotranspiração
Evapotranspiración
Runoff
Escoamento
Escorrentía
Watersheds
Bacia hidrográfica
Cuencas hidrográficas
Cuencas
Basins
Escurrimiento
Liquid Flow
Flow
Flujo
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Summary:Environmental flow determination is important for the management of rivers and reservoirs. This parameter allows us to calculate the water supply of basins and minimize environmental impacts associated with water harvesting. In the past, research has been performed to determine environmental flows in rivers of Antioquia. However, the results did not include annual weather variation.Mean environmental flows, evapotranspiration and infiltration in the area have been calculated with the rainfall data registered in the Olaya station during 20 years and the basin morphometric parameters. The collected data were used to build a mathematical model in MATLAB and determine the environmental flows with the Range of Variability Approach (RVA) method for each month of the year and ENSO periods.The model can be used to determine environmental flows in similar basins using new rainfall data and morphometric parameters.