Project Description
MK3 worked to develop systems to coordinate and equitably manage cascades of reservoirs by using hydrological and hydraulic modeling. This modeling was designed to focus on multi-use, optimization, and benefit sharing at the catchment level. It models all water uses and options as part of a comprehensive assessment of opportunities and risks posed by the operation of many Water Storage Infrastructure (WSI) projects in one catchment.
An e-book was developed which presents MK3‘s findings between 2010 and 2013 in two river basins, both of which are tributaries of the Mekong – the Nam Theun/Nam Kading in Lao PDR and the Sesan river in Vietnam and Cambodia, divided into the Upper Sesan and Lower Sesan respectively.
Access e-book/website: www.optimisingcascades.org
Partners
MK3 was led by the International Centre for Environmental Management, working together with the Institut de Technologie du Cambodge (Cambodia), the Department of Engineering, National University of Laos (NUOL), the Western Highlands Agro-Forestry Scientific & Technical Institute (Vietnam), and the Water and Development Research Group, Aalto University (Finland).
Sesan River trade-offs: hydropower and irrigation development and their cumulative hydrological impacts.
Basin Profiles
Upper Sesan River
Truong Hong, Tran Thi Minh Hue, Pham Cong Tri, Vo Nhu Phuc, Nguyen Quang Ngoc, Đao Thi Linh Uyen; 2013.
MK3 – Optimising cascades of hydropower – Basin Profile
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Lower Sesan River
Truong Hong, Tran Thi Minh Hue, Pham Cong Tri, Vo Nhu Phuc, Nguyen Quang Ngoc, Đao Thi Linh Uyen; 2013.
MK3 – Optimising cascades of hydropower – Basin Profile
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Nam Theun / Nam Kading
Khamfeuane Sioudom; 2013.
MK3 – Optimising cascades of hydropower – Basin Profile
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Agriculture & Irrigation
Model-Based Assessment of Water, Food, and Energy Trade-Offs in a Cascade of Multipurpose Reservoirs: Case Study of the Sesan Tributary of the Mekong River
Timo A. Räsänen, Olivier M. Joffre, Paradis Someth, Cong Tran Thanh, Marko Keskinen, and Matti Kummu; 2014
MK3 – Optimising cascades of hydropower – Agriculture and Irrigation
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Land use suitability for agriculture in the Sesan catchment: potential for irrigation development
Olivier Joffre, Paradis Someth, Truong Hong, Timo Räsänen and Tran Thanh Cong ; 2013.
MK3 – Optimising cascades of hydropower – Agriculture and Irrigation
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Annexes A and B: Methodology and data source for agro-ecological zoning
Olivier Joffre, Paradis Someth, Truong Hong, Timo Räsänen and Tran Thanh Cong; 2013.
MK3 – Optimising cascades of hydropower – Agriculture and Irrigation
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Trade-offs between hydropower and irrigation development and their cumulative hydrological impacts
Timo A. Räsänen. Olivier Joffre, Paradis Someth and Kummu Matti; 2013.
Case study from the Sesan River
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Annex: Methodology for trade-off paper
Timo A. Räsänen. Olivier Joffre, Someth Paradis and Kummu Matti; 2013.
Case study from the Sesan River
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Fisheries & Environment
Fish and fisheries in the Sekong, Sesan and Srepok River Basins
Eric Baran, Saray Samadee, Teoh Shwu Jiau and Tran Thanh Cong; 2013.
3S Rivers, Mekong Watershed, with special reference to the sesan river
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Fish passage opportunities for the Lower Sesan 2 Dam in Cambodia
Pelle Gätke, Eric Baran, Helio Martins Fontes Jr, Sergio Makrakis, Maristela Cavicchioli Makrakis, Timo A. Räsänen, Saray Samadee; 2013.
Lessons from South America
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Creating wetlands within reservoirs
Peter-John Meynell; 2013.
Developing the concept
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Hydrology & Flood Control
Catchment hydrology and its modelling in Nam Theun / Nam Kading (Lao PDR) and Sesan (Cambodia and Vietnam) River catchments
Timo A. Räsänen and Matti Kummu; 2013.
In Nam Theun-Nam Kading (Lao PDR) and in Sesan (Cambodia and Vietnam) River catchments
Annex 1: VMod hydrological modelling – Nam Theun / Nam Kading
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Annex 2: VMod hydrological modelling – Sekong-Sesan-Srepok
Timo A. Räsänen; 2013.
Sesan-Srepok-Sekong VMod hydrological modelling report
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Flood control challenges for large hydroelectric reservoirs
Peter R.B. Ward, Timo A. Räsänen, P.J. Meynell, and T. Ketelsen; 2013.
Examples from Nam Theun-Nam Kading Basin, Lao PDR
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Conclusions
Conclusions and recommendations
Peter- John Meynell; 2013.
Optimising multiple-use of water in cascades or systems of reservoirs in small catchments
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Funding
MK3 was funded by a grant from core CPWF funds.
Duration
2010 – 2013
Contact the team:
Project leader: Dr. Peter John Meynell – peterjohn.meynell@gmail.com
In Cambodia: Mr. Paradis Someth – someth@gmail.com
In Lao PDR: Professor Khamfeuane Sioudom – khamfeuane@fe-nuol.edu.la
In Vietnam: Ms. Mr. Truong Hong – truonghong.wasi@gmail.com[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section]
