Abstract:
D3.6 – Optimized water resources models as a support to management strategies was
developed by IWW, LNEC, NTNU, KWR, AQUATEC, CYI and all local partners within WP3
- Integrated analysis of the water cycle.
This report D3.6 provides an overview of the benefit of the BINGO modelling approach
for 14 sites in 6 countries. Even though the sites are diverse, as they each tackle different
water problems that are typical for Europe, the combination of bottom-up knowledge
and data with top-down modelling strategies (climate change data, scenarios) has been
successful. At the some of the sites, e.g. in the Netherlands and Germany, individual
models had already been implemented, but have been further developed or joined by
additional models within BINGO. At other sites, models have been applied for the first
time. Both cases have created additional knowledge about local processes and enabled
water stakeholders to learn more about their resources, to peek into the near and
distant future, and finally to adjust their management strategies according to model
applications and results.
