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Historical changes in water use in Czech third-order catchments and indications of potential trends based on new regional climate models by the CHMI

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The article presents the results of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI) obtained when addressing the sub-objectives “Scenarios of future water needs for different climate scenarios and individual sectors of water use” (DC 1.1) and “Identification of areas with deficient water resources” (DC 1.2), which are part of TA CR project No. SS02030027 “Water systems and water management in the Czech Republic in conditions of climate change (Water Centre)” and constitute specific tasks within the work package WP1 focusing on the future of water. The aim of the CHMI was to calculate and analyse how river flows upstream of gauging stations in Czechia are influenced by water use and to determine how this influence may change in relation to climate change.

The “Water Centre” project is in its second half and presents its results

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The Environment for Life programme, funded by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, has created research centers focused on environmental issues. One of them is the “Change4Water”, which is the acronym of the “Water Management in the Czech Republic in the Context of Climate Change” project. The lead organization is T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, p. r. i. (TGM WRI). Other seven partner organizations are the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic (NCA CR), Czech University of Life Sciences (CZU), Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering (FCE CTU), Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI), CzechGlobe, The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p. r. i. (VÚKOZ), and the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (UCT). The project duration is from July 2020 to December 2026, so currently halfway through its duration.