Policy analysis of water management for the Netherlands. Vol XIII: Models for sprinkler irrigation system design, cost, and operation

This volume describes the methods developed and used to estimate the cost of sprinkling and the amount of water used. Chapter 2 describes the sprinkler system design models for the Buis and the Haspel systems. The Buis and Haspel system cost models are described in Chap. 3. Chapter 4 describes the daily sprinkler operations simulation model used to investigate the effect of many different operating policies on the efficiency of water use, sprinkling costs, and crop damage. The decade sprinkling algorithm described in Chap. 5 estimates the demand for sprinkling water in response to decade rain and evapotranspiration given a sprinkling policy. The remaining three chapters describe how systems and policies for use in PAWN analysis were selected.PAW

Policy analysis of water management for the Netherlands. Vol XVII: Flood safety model for the IJssel lakes

Some of the tactics considered in PAWN involve raising the water level in two large freshwater lakes (the IJsselmeer and Markermeer) in order to store more fresh water for use in the summer dry period. This volume describes models that PAWN developed and used to estimate the change in safety, as measured by the probability of flooding, which would result from these tactics. Two models, the IJsselmeer Filling Model and the Dike Safety Model, are described and the reliability of the results obtained by using these models are discussed.PAW

Policy analysis of water management for the Netherlands. Vol XVI: Costs for infrastructure tactics

The purpose of this volume is to document the cost estimates for a comprehensive set of proposed water management infrastructure tactics. Several concepts of how the costs of infrastructure tactics were selected and used in PAWN and the justifications for them are presented in Chap. 2. There are a few important cost estimating relationships that are used repeatedly. Most of these were developed by the authors and are discussed fully in Chap. 3. Chapters 4 through 10 present the individual tactic cost estimates by analysis region. Each of these chapters begins with a description of the region and the water management problem. A brief discussion of the key cost estimating assumptions and methods used is also presented with each tactic. The specific tactic cost estimates used in PAWN analyses are presented in the appendix.PAW