A FOSS approach to Integrated Water Resource Management

C.Arias, M.Brovelli, S.Corti,

M. Micotti, R. Soncini-Sessa and E. Weber

A FOSS approach to Integrated Water Resource Management. The case study of Red-Thai Binh rivers system in Vietnam

The IWRM paradigmThe IWRM paradigm

Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is a process which promotes the

coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources in order to maximise economic

and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of

vital ecosystems. (...)

source: http://www.gwp.org/

IWRM in the Red River basinIWRM in the Red River basin

IWRM in the Red River basinIWRM in the Red River basin

IWRM in the Red River basinIWRM in the Red River basin

Hydropower production

Water Supply

Floods Protection

Navigation

Environment

IMRR projectIMRR project

improving the efficiency, effectiveness and environmental sustainability of water management in this basin

advance modelling tools development

multi-stakeholder dialogue, coordination and negotiations support

Promoting sustainable and effective water management Red-Thai Binh River system:

IMRR projectIMRR project

improving the efficiency, effectiveness and environmental sustainability of water management in this basin

advance modelling tools development

multi-stakeholder dialogue, coordination and negotiations support

water management

Promoting sustainable and effective water management Red-Thai Binh River system:

Alternative regulation policies for

reservoirs management

IMRR projectIMRR project

improving the efficiency, effectiveness and environmental sustainability of water management in this basin

advance modelling tools development

multi-stakeholder dialogue, coordination and negotiations support

water management

Promoting sustainable and effective water management Red-Thai Binh River system:

modelling tools

Alternative regulation policies for

reservoirs management

System components models

IMRR projectIMRR project

improving the efficiency, effectiveness and environmental sustainability of water management in this basin

advance modelling tools development

multi-stakeholder dialogue, coordination and negotiations support

water management

multi-stakeholder

Promoting sustainable and effective water management Red-Thai Binh River system:

modelling tools

Alternative regulation policies for

reservoirs management

System components models

Criteria and indicators

IMRR GeoportalIMRR Geoportal

How to manage all this information and data?

IMRR GeoportalIMRR Geoportal

The Geoportal allows to

visualize, analyse and compare

different planning alternatives for the management of

the Red River water system in Vietnam, as a result of

the Multi Criteria Decision Analysis

methodology applied in the IMRR project.

How to manage all this information and data?

visualize, analyse and compare

Multi Criteria Decision Analysis

Geoportal functionalitiesGeoportal functionalities

Time series visualization and analysis:

22 model components (reservoirs, gauge stations, diversions..)Water level, flow, rainfall timeseries related to: – Historical data– Unregulated reference simulation – Reservoirs management alternatives simulation, computed for different scenarios:• Standard inflow • Climate change inflow

Geoportal functionalitiesGeoportal functionalities

Alternatives effects estimation: criteria and indicators

Project hierarchy identify 5 sectors;24 indicators, computed for: – for the reference timeseries: BAU and unreg– for each management alternative and each scenario– related to specific components/location

Different temporal frequency: – daily– yearly– horizon

Geoportal functionalitiesGeoportal functionalities

Management alternatives simulation

Geoportal is connected with a lumped model of the whole system, written in Octave: – Custom period and inflow inputs definition;– On demand update of all variables and

indicators;– Drupal-based user interface to simulator – Simulation results integrated inside geoportal

WMS

WFS

WMS - T

Web ClientWeb

Client

OGC Web Services OGC Web Services

ServersServersDatabaseDatabase

Public Schema

SOS

WFS - T

istSOS Schema 3

SQL Views

Drupal istSOS moduleDrupal istSOS module

Drupal OpenLayers moduleDrupal OpenLayers module

Drupal GeoServer moduleDrupal GeoServer module

istSOS Schema 2

istSOS Schema 1

OctaveOctave

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Drupal core modulesDrupal core modules

Simulation pageSimulation page

Database

Red River Geoportal

Geoportal Architecture

ServersDatabase

Red River Geoportal

Geoportal Architecture

WMS

WFS

WMS - T

OGC Web Services

ServersDatabase

WFS - T

Red River Geoportal

Geoportal Architecture

WMS

WFS

WMS - T

OGC Web Services

ServersDatabase

SOS

WFS - T

Red River Geoportal

Geoportal Architecture

WMS

WFS

WMS - T

OGC Web Services

ServersDatabase

SOS

WFS - T

istSOS Schema 3

istSOS Schema 2

istSOS Schema 1

Red River Geoportal

Geoportal Architecture

WMS

WFS

WMS - T

Web ClientOGC Web Services

ServersDatabase

SOS

WFS - T

istSOS Schema 3

Drupal istSOS module

Drupal OpenLayers module

Drupal GeoServer module

istSOS Schema 2

istSOS Schema 1

Red River Geoportal

Geoportal Architecture

WMS

WFS

WMS - T

Web ClientOGC Web Services

ServersDatabase

Public Schema

SOS

WFS - T

istSOS Schema 3

Drupal core modules

Drupal istSOS module

Drupal OpenLayers module

Drupal GeoServer module

istSOS Schema 2

istSOS Schema 1

Red River Geoportal

Geoportal Architecture

WMS

WFS

WMS - T

Web ClientOGC Web Services

ServersDatabase

Public Schema

SOS

WFS - T

istSOS Schema 3

SQLViews

Drupal core modules

Drupal istSOS module

Drupal OpenLayers module

Drupal GeoServer module

istSOS Schema 2

istSOS Schema 1

Red River Geoportal

Geoportal Architecture

WMS

WFS

WMS - T

Web ClientOGC Web Services

ServersDatabase

Public Schema

SOS

WFS - T

istSOS Schema 3

SQLViews

Drupal core modules

Drupal istSOS module

Drupal OpenLayers module

Drupal GeoServer module

istSOS Schema 2

istSOS Schema 1

Red River Geoportal

Geoportal Architecture

WMS

WFS

WMS - T

Web ClientWeb

Client

OGC Web Services OGC Web Services

ServersServersDatabaseDatabase

Public Schema

SOS

WFS - T

istSOS Schema 3

SQL Views

Drupal istSOS moduleDrupal istSOS module

Drupal OpenLayers moduleDrupal OpenLayers module

Drupal GeoServer moduleDrupal GeoServer module

istSOS Schema 2

istSOS Schema 1

OctaveOctave

Red River GeoportalRed River GeoportalR

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Geoportal ArchitectureGeoportal Architecture

Drupal core modulesDrupal core modules

Simulation pageSimulation page

Why a CMS ?

Administration: user account, permissions and

roles

Extendibility: modules or plugins

Data and content management: organize,

structure, find and re-use content

Previous experience

Most popular, well documented, large community

CMS between joomla and wordpress

More advanced geospatial functionalities

(Geoserver and OpenLayers modules)

Why Drupal ?

How we manage geospatial data using Drupal?

Drupal PostGIS and GDAL Modules

GDAL: Read and import vector data in all formats

supported by the GDAL/OGR library.

PostGIS: This module provides a field for

geospatial data that can be added to entities.

https://www.drupal.org/project/gdalhttps://www.drupal.org/project/postgis

Drupal Geoserver and Openlayers Modules

Connect with Geoserver via url

Define a workspace

Add and manage layers

Add and manage layers styles

Publish Drupal data using the PostGIS

module.

Seamless user authentication.

Add marker manually

: Add content/ Add

marker ->create point with

Openlayers editor

User case

https://www.drupal.org/project/geoserver https://www.drupal.org/project/openlayers

Add, edit and manage layers

Add and manage maps (OpenLayers

instances)

Add and manage map projections

Add and manage map styles

Add behaviors – Clustering Behavior

IstSOS Management from Drupal

Connect with a istSOS installation via url

Associate a content type with the istSOS module

Add a service in the IstSOS service and set the EPSG

code

Choose a service from a list of already connected

services

Add observed properties

Add the units of measure of a property

Upload observational data ( all types of files)

https://www.drupal.org/sandbox/istsos/2149739

Add (associate) time series

data (observations) to the

marker: Add content/import

observations from csv file

User case

Charts libraries

Final RemarksIWRM in real world case study: huge amount of data, that need to be organized,

stored and accessible

Open Source: no lock-in and portability of the results (i.e. torough Virtual

Machines)

CMS to manage different user: decision makers, analyst, stakeholders, general

public

Stardard and well-known technologies adopted: Drupal, Geoserver, D3.js,

PostGIS, Gdal..

New module developed to implement IstSOS management trough Drupal

Test it yourself!

http://131.175.143.146/development/Vietnam

User: demo

Pwd: DemoPwd15

http://hydroinformatics.polimi.it/http://nrm.deib.polimi.it/

Aknowledgements

The IMRR project is funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affair as part of its development cooperation program.