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Management of water supply system in case of high seasonal demand

Water supply systems in tourist coastal areas of Croatia have extremely seasonal water consumption resulting from tourism and climate characteristics of the area. The consequence of such water supply system operation regime is fully exploited system in July and August and extremely non-exploited in winter. The largest consumers are households, tourism and agriculture. Since system capacities are limited, there is a shortage of water for agricultural purposes in summer period with no alternative water supplies because natural water resources of this area are scarce. It usually results in conflicts among water supply system users and greater pressure of agricultural lobby to use the system for agriculture. Therefore, there is a need for water supply system use for agriculture in a manner to carry out redistribution of available water quantities in time by construction of a reservoir. In this paper, the problem is analyzed on an example of the island of Brač. Based on carried out analyses it was determined that this solution is feasible if certain conditions are satisfied that would provide safe water supply. Proposed solution could help to solve irrigation problem and thus, contribute to safer and more efficient agricultural production on the island and also development of tourist areas.

irrigation; water supply system; tourist areas; variable consumption; reservoir

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