SSA10 : Pertuis Charentais

Experiences & Perspectives

Michel Lample4 , Jean Prou1, Cédric Bacher3, Johanna Ballé-Béganton2, Rémi Mongruel2, José A. Pérez
Agúndez2, Alice Vanhoutte-Brunier2, Harold Réthoret6, Françoise Vernier5, Paul Bordenave5, Jacqueline
Candau5, Valérie Deldrève5, François Delmas5 and Julien Neveu7

1 Ifremer, Environment and Resource Laboratory of Poitou Charente,

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2 Ifremer, UMR Amure, Marine Economics Departement

3 Ifremer, Coastal System Dynamics Department
4 UBO, UMR Amure
5 Cemagref Cestas, ADER Unit
6 EPTB Charente
7 Eaucéa
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The Pertuis Charentais

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 Freshwater scarcity in the Charente river catchment

Pertuis Charentais policy issue : freshwater quantitative management

Basic needs in summer :

- the availability of drinking water
- The good ecological status of ecosystem

The policy issue :

quantitative management of the freshwater in the Charente ri
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Main industries :
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- Agriculture (irrigation)
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- Shellfish farming

The Charente river catchment and its coastal zone, ncluding the Marennes-Oléron oyster farming area
 Freshwater scarcity in Pertuis Charentais

The regional plan for water management (SDAGE) and the "Water
shortage Management Plan” (PGE) have led to the hierarchy of the
uses of freshwater :

1) good ecological status of the coastal ecosystems

2) availability of drinking water for households (and tourists)
3) other uses: agriculture, shellfish farming…

This policy issue has been chosen by the stakeholder group around
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the current debate of :

•modifying the “authorized volumes of water” for each uses (drinking
water, irrigation)
•improving restriction rules.
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ExtendSim Integrated model of ecosystem services provided

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by freshwater,
in order to explore conflict mitigation
 Ecosystem services and user conflicts in the Pertuis Charentais region

Provisioning services

Drinking water Household

s
Freshwater for irrigation
Support of transport
Farmers

Cultural services

Recreational fishing Fishermen

Support of local traditional activities association
s
Source of well-being
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Regulating services

Siltation control
Wetland
Hydro. stability and flood mitigation managers
Plankton dynamics 12 m3/s !!!
In the model
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Support services Under

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construction

Primary productivity
Bioturbation (sediment mixing) Shellfish
farmers
Habitat preservation
 Modelling ecosystem services

User interface of the ExtendSim model: a Social System Projection

GOVERNANCE

USAGES
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RESSOURCES
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 Institutional framework : the windows for scenarios

Water policy Agricultural Shellfish Farming

policy policy

Laws Water Common National Decree

Framework Agricultural on Marine
Directive Policy cultures

Local rules Hierarchy of Authorised Structural plan

water uses volumes for (leasing grounds
irrigation allocation)
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Collective Schedule of Irrigation Oyster banks

agreements water releases schedules and and calendar
from dams practices management
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Institutional changes -> scenarios

 Water Management Scenarios irrigation

Annual :

Annual
authorised
Volume
(m3) Irrigation
Dispatch
function

Periodic :
x =
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Annual Periodic
authorised Period
authorised
Volume Volume
(m3) (m3)
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Collaborative :
=
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Periodic + Periodic
authorised M T W T F S S M…
Volume
(m3)
 Well ordered topological model

Database

Bad links
Governance
Governance

High impedance
Component Usages
Usages Usages
Usages Usages
Usages

∫ effect
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Resources
Resources Resources
Resources
Time delay
effect
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Forcing
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Conceptual topological projection

 Governance for irrigation

measurements

model
Restriction threshold
Irrigation flow
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Ban threshold
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Governance always needs regulation procedures and tools as "signal"

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integration in order to increase his own impedance and avoid dramatic

oscillations of the controlled system.

"Measuring is integrating" (Léon lebesgue "theorie de la mesure")

 IHM and OUTPUTS
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Corn yield stress Irrigation bans

Governance
scenarios dialog
-Accessible scenario-dialog
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-build inline forcing conditions

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-stakeholders scenarios for irrigation on the

WS
-Cumulative traffic-lights :
-for irrigation restrictions/bans
-for corn yield stress.
 SOME RESULTS
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► The i-ESE model proves no real advances

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for a "promising" collaborative scenario

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► Where did the 12 m3/s come from ?

 CONCLUSIONS

► At this stage of the project, we were pleased with the positive feedbacks
from the participant stakeholder and scientific group.

•The water management agency (EPTB) for the Charente river

foresees a high potential for exploration of different management
scenarios and is now highly involved in the continuing development
of the model.
•They are also very interested by the communication possibilities of the
tool for future discussions and negotiations with other management
actors and local farmers.

► Perspectives :
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-Appropriation of the model by managers

-Forecasting model for weekly management of irrigation

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Thank you for attention