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Climate change-s effect on nature, the human population and water resources have become a serious issue. It affects the delicate balance between precipitation, evaporation, discharge and other interactions between the atmosphere and surface, which is represented by the water cycle as we know it. The adaptation of water resources to changing hydrological conditions within basins is crucial. However, the uncertainty of climate change makes it difficult for hydrological models to evaluate future conditions. To suppre...

Reservoir sedimentation is the gradual accumulation of the incoming sediment load from a river. With the increasing inappropriate usage of agricultural land, the amount of sediment is becoming larger due to erosion. This undesired outcome is supported by changing hydrological and climatological conditions within a river basin. Climate change has wide effects on all processes within the water cycle, which directly affects water resources. Water management in the future must be adapted for oncoming extremes accompan...

Hydropower plants still hold globally the first position among the renewable resources in the production of electricity. They are one of the most environment-friendly way to generate electricity and thus waterpower is considered as a renewable resource with good prospects. A disadvantage of producing electricity from renewable resources is its problematic storage. Nevertheless, the water sources have a way to store electricity by water accumulation in the reservoir. This principle is used especially by the pumped ...