Implications of water management representations for watershed hydrologic modeling in the Yakima River basin

Qiu, Jiali; Yang, Qichun; Zhang, Xuesong; Huang, Maoyi; Adam, Jennifer C.; Malek, Keyvan

doi:10.5194/hess-23-35-2019

Title: Implications of water management representations for watershed hydrologic modeling in the Yakima River basin

Journal Article · 03 January 2019 · Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (Online)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-35-2019 · OSTI ID:1496828

Qiu, Jiali ^[1]; Yang, Qichun ^[1];

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^[2]; Adam, Jennifer C. ^[3]; Malek, Keyvan ^[3]

Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), College Park, MD (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)

Water management substantially alters natural regimes of streamflow through modifying retention time and water exchanges among different components of the terrestrial water cycle. Accurate simulation of water cycling in intensively managed watersheds, such as the Yakima River Basin (YRB) in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S., faces challenges in reliably characterizing influences of management practices (e.g., reservoir operation and cropland irrigation) on the watershed hydrology. Using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model, we evaluated streamflow simulations in the YRB based on different reservoir operation and irrigation schemes. Simulated streamflow with the reservoir operation scheme optimized by the RiverWare model better reproduced measured streamflow than the simulation using default SWAT reservoir operation scheme. Scenarios with irrigation practices demonstrated higher water losses through evapotranspiration (ET), and matched benchmark data better than the scenario that only considered reservoir operations. Results of this study highlight the importance of reliably representing reservoir operations and irrigation management for credible modeling of watershed hydrology. Incorporating improved reservoir operation schemes and local irrigation information into SWAT holds the promise to further enhance its capability for hydrologic modeling in managed watersheds.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1496828

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-135306

Journal Information:: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (Online), Vol. 23, Issue 1; ISSN 1607-7938

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Country of Publication:: United States

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