Water and Society: Innovations in Transboundary Water Resources Management

Mirchi, Ali

H153
Water and Society: Innovations in Transboundary Water Resources Management

Session ID#: 248836

Session Description:

Transboundary river basins cover more than 47% of the Earth’s land area, providing home to 3 billion people in 150 countries. Although transboundary river basins are hotspots for cooperation, cross-boundary sources of friction impede functioning institutional arrangements and mutually beneficial infrastructural development of international waters, especially during prolonged droughts. Climate change, hydrologic variability and uneven water availability among neighboring countries increase uncertainties surrounding the effectiveness of transboundary water resources management institutions and practices. This session will be a platform to discuss innovative ways to navigate challenges in transboundary water resources management, including technological advances, assessment frameworks, science diplomacy and coalitations aimed at better coordinating the management of transboundary water resources. Submissions are encouraged in diverse areas related to conflicts in transboundary river basins, sustainability and management of water resources that cross international borders, and scientific networks that facilitate cooperation to address research needs in transboundary river basins.

Index Terms:

1878 Water/energy interactions [HYDROLOGY]
1879 Watershed [HYDROLOGY]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]
1884 Water supply [HYDROLOGY]

Primary Convener: Ali Mirchi, Oklahoma State University, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Stillwater, United States

Conveners: Amir AghaKouchak¹, Dalal Najib² and Daniel Placht², (1)University of California, Irvine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, United States(2)National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, United States

Student/Early Career Convener: Kasra Khodkar, Oklahoma State University, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Stillwater, United States

Teaching confidence-building in resolving transboundary water disputes to public officials – from theory to practical application: a case study in Tanzania (1846260)

David Lewis Feldman, University of California Irvine, Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy, Irvine, CA, United States

Sustainable Demand Management of Transboundary Water Resources using Multicriteria Approach (1847639)

Sunil Kumar¹, Bhagu Ram Chahar² and C. T. Dhanya², (1)Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Civil Engineering, New Delhi, India, (2)Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Department of Civil Engineering, New Delhi, India

The Benefits of State-Aware Reservoir Operating Policies in Transboundary Water Systems: Exploring Input Selection and Policy Architecture Under Hydroclimate Uncertainty (1855135)

Christine Swanson, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States and Scott Steinschneider, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States

Using Water Conflict and Cooperation Events to Illuminate the Impact of Management Interventions in Transboundary Watersheds (Invited) (1855430)

Kate A Brauman¹, Melissa McCracken², Susanne Schmeier³, Aaron Wolf⁴, Penny Beames¹, Selena Wallace⁵ and Peter Nadel⁶, (1)University of Alabama, Global Water Security Center, Tuscaloosa, United States, (2)Tufts University, Medford, MA, United States, (3)IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Water Governance, Delft, Netherlands, (4)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, (5)Tufts University, Fletcher School, Medford, United States, (6)Tufts University, Medford, United States

Impact of Transnational Land Acquisitions on Transboundary Waters (Invited) (1856802)

Paolo D'Odorico, University of California Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Berkeley, CA, United States, Jampel Dell'Angelo, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands and Maria Cristina Rulli, Politecnico di Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Milano, Italy

Policy Analysis of Transboundary Agreements in the Mano River Basin (1871023)

Abubakarr Mansaray, North Carolina A & T State University, Natural Resources and Environmental Design, Greensboro, United States, Ali Mirchi, Oklahoma State University, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Stillwater, United States, Abdulau Barrie, Sierra Leone Land Administration Project, Freetown, Sierra Leone and Mohamed Juanah, National Water Resource Management Agency, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Climate-Driven Hydrological Changes and Transboundary Water Security Across the Asian Water Tower (1871224)

Saugat Aryal, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States and Dr. Yadu Pokhrel, Michigan State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, East Lansing, MI, United States

A Dynamic DRASTIC Framework to Analyze the Spatio-temporal Impacts of Human and Climate-Related Drivers on Groundwater Sustainability in the Transboundary Indus Basin (1876328)

Muhammad Umar Akbar¹, Ali Mirchi¹, Arfan Arshad², Abubakarr Mansaray³, Kaveh Madani⁴ and Ahsan Saif Ullah⁵, (1)Oklahoma State University, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Stillwater, United States, (2)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)North Carolina A & T State University, Natural Resources and Environmental Design, Greensboro, United States, (4)United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), Richmond Hill, ON, Canada, (5)Memorial University Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Environmental Systems Engineering and Management, St. John's, NF, Canada

Crop Water Requirements in the US side of the Rio Grande-Bravo Basin (1881716)

Mr. Sameer Dhakal, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Blacksburg, United States, Brian D Richter, Sustainable Waters, Abiquiu, United States, Enrique Prunes, World Wildlife Fund, Washington DC, United States and Landon Marston, Virginia Tech, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Blacksburg, United States

Geo-web downscaling tool for GRACE/GRACE-FO: Advancing global groundwater monitoring & management in observation-constrained transboundary aquifers (1881859)

Arfan Arshad, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, Ali Mirchi, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA, Stillwater, United States, Dr. Cenlin He, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, United States, Ronnie Abolafia-Rosenzweig, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States and Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, United States

Quantifying Renewable Groundwater in Transboundary Groundwater Conflicts using Numerical Models (1886453)

Nimisha Wasankar, University of Alabama, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Tuscaloosa, United States and Prabhakar Clement, University of Alabama, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Tuscaloosa, United States

Modeling Hydropolitical Risk under Large-Scale Dam Development in the Yarlung Tsangpo–Brahmaputra Basin Using AI-Based Geospatial and Hydrological Analytics (1890260)

Yiqian Tan, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China and Jianshi Zhao, Tsinghua University, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Beijing, China

Transcontinental Climate Data Collection and Sharing: A decade of progress with Trans-African Hydro-Meteorological Observatory (Invited) (1899682)

John Steven Selker, Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, United States, Nick Van De Giesen, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft, Netherlands and Frank O Annor, Delft University of Technology & TAHMO, Delft, Netherlands

Assessing the Effectiveness and Limitations of Modelling Downstream Impacts on Nile Hydropower Dams (1908174)

Mohamed Ramah¹, Essam Heggy² and Emmanuel Hanert¹, (1)Earth and Life Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, (2)Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA, Los Angeles, United States

Is Water Security Achievable? Evaluating High Resolution Hydrologic Interbasin Dynamics in the Western United States (1914627)

Thomas Piechota¹, Josh Fuery² and Landon Kauer¹, (1)Chapman University, Orange, CA, United States, (2)Chapman University, Orange, United States

Bridging Nexus and Diplomacy: Integrating the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Transboundary River Governance (1917234)

Yousef Khajavigodellou, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, East Lansing, United States, Emilio F Moran, Michigan State University, Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, East Lansing, MI, United States, Jiaguo Qi, Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States, Jiquan Chen, Michigan State University, Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, East Lansing, United States and Ziba Zarrin, Graduate Student, Ghorveh, Iran

The Shrinking Caspian Sea: Ecological Destabilization under Compound Human and Climate Stressors (1919428)

Jesse Duku, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States and Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, United States

Water Weaponization? Evaluating the Impact of Indus Waters Treaty Suspension on Pakistan’s Water and Food Security (1922372)

Bilal Iftikhar¹, Arif Anwar², Ali Iftikhar³, Babur Wasim Arif², Umer Saeed², Aman Ullah² and Irfan Abid⁴, (1)Irrigation Department Punjab, Govt. of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan, (2)Independent Consultant, Islamabad, Pakistan, (3)Cooperative Environmental Risk Management -CERM, Atlanta, United States, (4)National University of Sciences and Technology, Civil Department, Islamabad, Pakistan

Inclusive Hydroclimatic Modeling and Debt Relief Can Resolve Disputes on Transboundary River Resources in Developing Nations (1922428)

Essam Heggy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Mohamed Ramah, Earth and Life Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, Emmanuel Hanert, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium and Abotalib Farag, University of Southern California, Electrical Engineering, Los Angeles, United States

Assessment of Springs as Rural Water Resources in the Fergana Valley of Southwest Kyrgyzstan (1924521)

Alan E Fryar¹, Sagynbek Orunbaev², Baktyiar Asanov², Gulnaz Jalilova³ and Karen Rignall⁴, (1)University of Kentucky, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lexington, KY, United States, (2)American University of Central Asia, Department of Applied Geology, Department of Environmental Sustainability and Climate Sciences, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, (3)Kyrgyz State University, Institute of Natural Sciences and Tourism, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, (4)University of Kentucky, Department of Community and Leadership Development, Lexington, United States

Building Trust in Data Sources Used to Govern Transboundary Aquifers (1929335)

Davis Manshardt, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT, United States and Christine Kirchhoff, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, United States

Coordinating and Advancing Multinational Monitoring and Modeling Systems for Global Transboundary Water Resources Management (1948605)

Andrew Gronewold¹, Hazem Abdelhady², Rohan Athreya³, Patricia Bye⁴, Anna Gossard⁵, Rohini S Gupta⁶, Rachel Hoops⁷, Mohammed Ombadi⁸, Vianey Rueda⁹, Belinda Saint Louis¹⁰, Scott Steinschneider¹¹ and Yolanda Ming⁵, (1)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, School for Environment and Sustainability, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)Purdue University, Lyles school of civil engineering, West Lafayette, IN, United States, (3)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States, (4)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, School for Environment and Sustainability, Ann Arbor, United States, (5)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, (6)Cornell University, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Ithaca, NY, United States, (7)University of Michigan, School of Environment and Sustainability, Ann Arbor, United States, (8)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Science and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, (9)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States, (10)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, SEAS, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (11)Cornell University, Ithaca, United States

Remote Sensing-Based Analysis of Long-Term Surface Water Spread in the Indus River Basin, India (1954168)

Ankita Sharma and Chandan K Singh, National Institute of Technology Raipur, Civil Engineering, Raipur, India

Evaluating Transboundary Water Cooperation in Central Asia: From Rapid Assessment to Template Development (1960075)

Bunyod Holmatov, International Water Management Institute, Silverton, South Africa, Jonathan Lautze, International Water Management Institute, Pretoria, South Africa, Matthew McCartney, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka, Iskandar Abdullaev, International Water Management Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan and Botir Abdurakhmanov, Aeroport, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

A Global Assessment of Water Resource Vulnerability and Coping Capacity (1974113)

Debora Yumi de Oliveira^1,2, Annika Hjelmstad³, Charlotte Anne Love⁴, Dalal Najib⁵, David Lewis Feldman⁶, Ali Mirchi⁷, Daniel Placht⁵ and Amir AghaKouchak³, (1)University of California Irvine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, United States, (2)Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Sao Paulo, Brazil, (3)University of California, Irvine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, United States, (4)University of California, Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, United States, (5)National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, United States, (6)University of California Irvine, Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy, Irvine, CA, United States, (7)Oklahoma State University, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Stillwater, United States

Social Network Analysis of Transboundary Water Governance in the Kura-Aras Basin (1985797)

Saira Erfan, United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), Ontario, Canada; University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States and Sogol Jafarzadeh, United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU- INWEH), Ontario, Canada

Navigating The Water Footprint of AI Data Centers in Transboundary River Basins: Risks, Governance, and Per-Workload Footprint Analysis (1989077)

Aniya Dogra, San Jose State University, CEE, San Jose, CA, United States and Ali Mehran, San Jose State University, CEE, San Jose, United States

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Water and Society: Innovations in Transboundary Water Resources Management