Ribasim

Introduction

An integrated approach to the water system and its surroundings is the basis for long-term, sustainable
management of environment. Multi sector planning to allocate scarce resources at the river basin level is
increasingly needed in the water sector, as water users and governmental agencies become more aware of the trade-offs occurring between quantity, quality, costs and reliability. The RIBASIM (RIver BAsin SIMulation) model package provides an effective tool to support the process of planning and resource analysis.

Since 1985 RIBASIM has been applied in more than 20 countries world-wide and is used by a wide range of national and regional agencies.

RIBASIM is a generic model package for simulating the behaviour of river basins under various hydrological conditions. The model package is a comprehensive and flexible tool which links the hydrological water inputs at various locations with the specific water-users in the basin.

RIBASIM enables the user to evaluate a variety of measures related to infrastructure, operational and demand management and to see the results in terms of water quantity, water quality and flow composition. RIBASIM can also generate flow patterns which provide a basis for detailed water quality and sedimentation analyses in river reaches and reservoirs.

RIBASIM is a WINDOWS-based software package and includes a range of DELFT Decision Support Systems.

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