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Publication Details
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2008 |
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Climate Change Impacts on Hydroelectric Water Resource Management - October 8-9, 2008 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Workshop Proceedings)
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Hydropower plays an important role in the future supply of renewable energy. Climate change can have a profound impact on small and large scale hydroelectric power production. Therefore water managers must be informed of the potential impacts of climate change on their river system. What changes can we expect and what impact will these have on hydroelectric power production and the users of the water system? Would water supplies remain as experienced over the past years or will the hydrologic pattern shift or/and change? Will these changes create opportunities or vulnerabilities? There is a need to foster increased relationships between water managers and the scientific community studying climate change in an attempt to “bridge the gap of uncertainty” and increase our knowledge of changes to regional water supplies.
The goal of this workshop was to bridge the gap between scientists and practitioners studying climate change impacts on short, medium and long term water resource planning. Environmental specialists, scientists, researchers, water managers, planners and operators, project owners, regulating agency representatives, compliance experts, public information specialists, consultants and equipment manufacturers were invited to Montreal, Quebec in October 2008 to share their experiences in the challenging field of managing, adapting and projecting regional water supplies in the face of climate change.
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