Presentations
Quantifying Water User Trade Offs at Yali Reservoir, Vietnam
This presentation was given by ICEM’s GIS and Environment Specialist, Nguyen Viet Anh at a meeting of government officials and researchers in Danang in September 2013. The presentation shows the findings of an ICEM study which reveals that the drought suffered by some communities in the Central Highlands of Vietnam could be substantially avoided, if they are given access to the vast resources of the Yali Reservoir. ICEM analysed the potential trade-offs in terms of energy production.
This significant research by ICEM established that community water needs could be met relatively cheaply. Allowing the nearby communities to access the water would mitigate the impact of drought, support local livelihoods and communities, underpin the local economy and ensure food security for more than 33,200 people, with a loss of just 1% in power output.These findings have important repercussions for other potential multi-use reservoirs, where surrounding communities also face water shortages, causing economic and social deprivation.