The role of science in setting water resource use limits: case studies from New Zealand

Autor: J. Diettrich, Paul Franklin, Doug J. Booker, Ned Norton, Ton H. Snelder, Helen Rouse
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Hydrological Sciences Journal. 59:844-859
ISSN: 2150-3435
0262-6667
Popis: Water resource use limits ensure protection of environmental values and define the availability and reliability of water supply for out-of-channel use. We examined how three types of scientific tools (environmental flow setting methods, hydrological analyses for setting total allocations and spatial frameworks) have been used to define limits across jurisdictional regions comprising multiple catchments in New Zealand. We found that recently developed minimum flow and total allocation setting tools are widely used. Spatial frameworks are increasingly used to discriminate and account for variation in environmental characteristics, thereby increasing the specificity of water resource use limits. The uptake of scientific tools has enabled improvements in the clarity of water management objectives and the transparency of limits defined by regional water management plans. We argue that more integrated use of scientific tools could improve the clarity and transparency of regional limits by explicitly dem...
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