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Development of a distributed hydrological model representing the relationship between the water cycle and human activities for whole river basin environmental assessment

TOMOYA KAWAGUCHI¹ & TOSHIHARU KOJIRI²

1 Nihon Suido Consultants Co., Ltd., 6-22-1, Nishishinjyuku, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

kawaguti_t@nissuicon.co.jp

2 Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji-shi, Kyoto, Japan

Abstract This paper presents a study on possible effects of water facilities operation on flow behaviour, water temperature and water quality of water bodies by use of the distributed hydrological model developed specially for the whole river basin.

Key words distributed hydrological model; environmental assessment; reservoir operation; water cycle; whole river basin