• GEX-3100 – Projet de gestion par bassin versant
• GEX-3000 – Analyse hydro-économique
• GEX-2001 - Interventions en bassin versant

Innovative tools and solutions for governing the water-energy-food ecoystems NEXUS under global change (GoNEXUS)

• New Frontiers Research Fund (Canada) and Fonds de recherche du Québec
• 2021-2025
   

Amélioration de la connaissance de la disponibilité des ressources hydriques et des risques hydrologiques dans un contexte de changements climatiques

• United Nations - FAO
• 2020-2021
   

Adaptation de la gestion des barrages des systèmes hydriques du Kénogami et de la rivière du Lièvre à l'impact des changements climatiques

• Ministère de l’environnement et de la lutte contre les changements climatiques (Québec)
• 2017-2021
   

Optimiser l’usage de l’eau pour réduire la vulnérabilité aux changements climatiques du secteur de la production alimentaire de la vallée du fleuve Sénégal

• United Nations - FAO
• 2019-2020
   

The robustness of decentralized regional water systems under climate change 

• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
• 2017-2021
   

Enhanced cross-boundary water resource management in the Senegal River Basin    

• United Nations - FAO
• 2016-2017
   

Adaptation de la gestion des barrages du système hydrique du Haut-Saint-François à l’impact des changements climatiques

• MDDELCC - Centre d'Expertise Hydrique du Québec
• 2016-2017
   

Integrated analysis of freshwater resources sustainability in Jordan

• G8 Research Councils Initiative on Multilateral Funding
• 2013-2016.
• Partners: Stanford University (lead), University College London, Leipzig University and UFZ (Germany), University of Jordan (Jordan)
• Website
   

FloodNet

• NSERC Strategic network
• http://www.nsercfloodnet.ca
• 2014-2018
• Parterns: 20+ academic and governmental agencies
   

Assessment of approximate dynamic programing in hydropower systems optimization

• Rio Tinto Alcan & NSERC
• 2013-1016
   

Mesopotamia Project

• United Nations - FAO
• 2014-2015
   

Water accounting

• CAPES-CNPQ (Brazil)
• 2014-2017
• Partner: Rio Grande do Sul University (UFGR)
   

Multireservoir system optimization using ensemble forecasts

• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
• 2011-2016
   

Hydropower-to-environment water transfers in the Zambezi River basin (Power2Flow)

• Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UNESCO-IHE Partnership Research Fund)
• 2009-2013
• Partners: UNESCO-IHE (The Netherlands, lead), Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique), WaterNet (Zimbabwe), WWF (Zambia), ETH-Z (Zurich)
   

Water and benefit sharing in international river basins

• Hydro-Quebec Institute for Environment, Development and Society (U. Laval)
• 2011-2013

This section shares results and or data of some research projects.

Stochastic hydro-economic model.  The model can be used to determine allocation policies in large-scale, regional, water resources systems. The optimization problem is solved using SDDP (stochastic dual dynamic programming). The model has been used to (i) analyze the impact of new dams (Eastern Nile River Basin), (ii) study hydropower-to-environment water transfers (environmental flows) (Zambezi and Parana River Basin), (iii) optimize hydropower generation (Saguenay, Québec), (iv) assess the benefit of cooperation and coordination (Nile and Parana River Basins), etc.

The model is a Matlab toolbox. Note that Matlab must have access to either CLP or GUROBI (LP solvers).

To get a copy of the SDDP toolbox, please contact me.

A horizontal approach to assess the impacts of climate change on water resources systems

Simulation results of the hydropower system in the Gatineau River Basin that were used in the paper entitled "A horizontal approach to assess the impact of climate change on water resources systems" submitted to the Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management can be found here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzL_iME0teHceTk1el9RZkZvLWc

Euphrates-Tigris River basin

Data and results of the hydro-economic model the of the Euphrates-Tigris River basin can be found here: https://drive.google.com/<wbr />drive/folders/<wbr />0BypJKT7cDrTfMW9CZk56bUQ1QjQ?<wbr />usp=sharing

• Yoon J.,Klassert C., Selby P., Lachaut T., Knox S., Avisse N., Harou J., Tilmant A., Klauer B., Mustafa D., Sigel K., Talozi S., Gawel E., Medellín-Azuara J., Bataineh B., Zhang H., Gorelick S., 2021. A coupled human–natural system analysis of freshwater security under climate and population change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (14) e2020431118; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2020431118
• Tariku T. B., K. E. Gan, X. Tan, T. Y. Gan, H. Shi and A. Tilmant, 2021, Global warming impact to River Basin of Blue Nile and the optimum operation of its multi-reservoir system for hydropower production and irrigation, Science of Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144863
• Bof, P.H., G.F. Marques, A. Tilmant, A.P. Dalcin and M. Olivares, 2021. Water–Food–Energy Nexus Tradeoffs in the São Marcos River Basin. Water, 13, 817. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/w13060817
• Tilmant A., J. Pina, M. Salman, C. Casarotto, F. Ledbi and E. Pek, 2020. Probabilistic trade-off assessment between competing and vulnerable water users – The case of the Senegal River basin. Journal of Hydrology 587. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124915
• Avisse N., A. Tilmant, D. Rosenberg and S. Talozi, 2020. Quantitative Assessment of Contested Water Uses and Management in the Conflict-Torn Yarmouk River Basin. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 146(7). DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001240
• Negash Kahsay T., D. Arjoon, O. Kuik, R. Brouwer, A. Tilmant, P. van der Zaag, 2019. A hybrid partial and general equilibrium modeling approach to assess the hydro-economic impacts of large dams – The case of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in the Eastern Nile River basin. Environmental Modelling & Software 117: 76-88. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.03.007.
• Rougé C., A. Tilmant,  B.F. Zaitchik,  A.K. Dezfuli and M. Salman., 2018. Identifying key water resource vulnerabilities in data‐scarce transboundary river basins. Water Resources Research. DOI: 10.1029/2017WR021489
• Marques G. and A. Tilmant, 2018. Cost Distribution of Environmental Flow Demands in a Large-Scale Multireservoir System. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 144(6). DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000936
• Fadel A., G. Marques, J.A. Goldenfum, J. Medellin-Azuara and A. Tilmant, 2018. Full Flood Cost: Insights from a Risk Analysis Perspective. Journal of Environmental Engineering 144(9).DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001414
• Avisse N., A. Tilmant, M.F. Muller and H Zhuang, 2017. Monitoring small reservoirs' storage with satellite remote sensing in inaccessible areas. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 21(12). DOI: 10.5194/hess-21-6445-2017
• Pina J., A. Tilmant and P. Côté, 2017. Optimizing Multireservoir System Operating Policies Using Exogenous Hydrologic Variables. Water Resources Research. DOI: 10.1002/2017wr021701
• Muller M., J. Yoon, S. Gorelick, N. Avisse and A. Tilmant. Impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on land use and transboundary freshwater resources. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), doi :10.1073/pnas.1614342113
• Pina, J., A. Tilmant and F. Anctil, 2016. A horizontal approach to assess the impact of climate change on water resources systems. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, doi : 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943- 5452.0000737
• Zhang, H., S. M. Gorelick, N. Avisse, A. Tilmant, D. Rajsekhar and J. Yoon, 2016. A New Temperature-Vegetation Triangle Algorithm with Variable Edges (TAVE) for Satellite-Based Actual Evapotranspiration Estimation. Remote Sensing, 8, 735; doi:10.3390/rs8090735
• Arjoon,
  D., A. Tilmant, and M. Herrmann, 2016. Sharing water and benefits in
  transboundary river basins, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 20, 2135-2150,
  doi:10.5194/hess-20-2135-2016
• Rougé,
  C., and A. Tilmant, 2016. Using stochastic dual dynamic programming in problems with multiple near-optimal solutions, Water
  Resour. Res., 52, doi:10.1002/2016WR018608
• Macian-Sorribes H., M.
  Pulido-Velazquez and A. Tilmant, 2015. Definition of efficient
  scarcity-based water pricing policies through stochastic
  programming. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss.,12, 771-779
• Tilmant A., G. Marques
  and Y. Mohamed, 2014. A dynamic water accounting framework based on
  marginal resource opportunity cost. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.
  Discuss.,18, 1-28
• Arjoon D, Y. Mohamed and
  A. Tilmant, 2014. Hydro-economic Risk Assessment in the Eastern
  Nile River Basin. Water Resources and Economics. doi:10.1016/
  j.wre.2014.10.004
• Marques G. and A.
  Tilmant, 2013. The Economic Value of Coordination in Large Scale
  Multireservoir Systems: the Parana River case. Water Resources
  Research. 49, doi:10.1002/2013WR013679
• Mertens J., B. Wehrli,
  A. Tilmant, A.J. Schleiss, T. Cohen and J.P. Matos, 2013. Adapted
  reservoir management in the Zambezi river basin to meet
  environmental needs. Hydropower & Dams (2): 80-84
• Tilmant A., D. Arjoon
  and G. Marques, 2012. The economic value of storage in
  multireservoir systems. Journal of Water Resources Planning and
  Management, ASCE, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000335
• Tilmant A. and W.
  Kinzelbach, 2012. Le partage de l'eau et des bénéfices dans les
  bassins hydrographiques internationaux. Liaison Energie-Francophonie
  92: 22-26
• Tilmant A. and W.
  Kinzelbach, 2012. The cost of noncooperation in international
  river basins, Water Resources Research, 48, W01503,
  doi:10.1029/2011WR011034
• Tilmant A., W.
  Kinzelbach, D. Juizo, L. Beevers, D. Senn and C. Cassarotto, 2012.
  Economic Valuation of Benefits and Costs Associated with the
  Coordinated Development and Management of the Zambezi Basin. Water
  Policy 14: 490-508.
• Tilmant, A., L. Beevers,
  and B. Muyunda, 2010. Restoring a flow regime through the
  coordinated operation of a multireservoir system: The case of the
  Zambezi River basin, Water Resources Research, 46, W07533,
  doi:10.1029/2009WR008897
• Goor, Q., R. Kelman and
  A. Tilmant, 2010. Optimal multipurpose-multireservoir operation
  model with variable productivity of hydropower plants, Journal of
  Water Resources Planning and Management (ASCE),
  doi:10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000117
• Goor, Q., C. Halleux, Y.
  Mohamed and A. Tilmant, 2010. Optimal operation of a multipurpose
  multireservoir system in the Eastern Nile river basin, Hydrology
  and Earth System Sciences, 14, 1895-1908
• Annor F.O., N. van de
  Giesen, J. Liebe, P. van der Zaag, A. Tilmant and S.N. Odai, 2009.
  Delineation of small reservoirs using radar imagery in a semi-arid
  environment: A case study in the upper east region of Ghana. Physics
  and Chemistry of the Earth 34: 309-315
• Tilmant A., Q. Goor, and
  D. Pinte, 2009. Agricultural-to-hydropower water transfers: Sharing
  water and benefits in hydropower-irrigation systems, Hydrology and
  Earth System Sciences, 13, 1091-1101
• Lamei A., A. Tilmant, P.
  van der Zaag and E. Imam, 2009. Dynamic progrmming of capacity
  expansion for reverse osmosis desalination plant: Sharm El Sheikh,
  Egypt. Water Science & Technology 9(3): 233-246
• Tilmant A., D. Pinte,
  and Q. Goor, 2008. Assessing marginal water values in multipurpose
  multireservoir systems via stochastic programming, Water Resources
  Research, 44, W12431, doi:10.1029/2008WR007024
• Van Cauwenbergh N., D.
  Pinte, A. Tilmant, I. Frances, A. Pulido-Bosch and M. Vanclooster,
  2008. Multi-objective, multiple participant decision support for
  water management in the Andarax catchment, Almeria. Environmental
  Geology 54(3): 479-48
• Tilmant A., J. Lettany,
  and R. Kelman, 2007. Hydrological risk assessment in the
  Euphrates-Tigris river basin: A stochastic dual dynamic programming
  approach. Water International 32(2): 294-309
• Tilmant A., and R.
  Kelman, 2007. A stochastic approach to analyze trade-offs and risks
  associated with large-scale water resources systems. Water Resources Research, 43, W06425, doi:10.1029/2006WR005094
• Tilmant A., P. van der
  Zaag and P. Fortemps, 2007. Modeling and analysis of collective
  management of water resources. Hydrology and Earth System Science
  (11):711-720
• Tilmant A., L.
  Duckstein, E. Persoons and M. Vanclooster, 2002. Comparison of
  Fuzzy and Non-fuzzy Optimal Reservoir Operating Policies. Journal of
  Water Resources Planning and Management (ASCE) 128(6): 390-398
• Tilmant A., E. H. Faouzi
  and M. Vanclooster, 2002. Optimal Operation of Multipurpose
  Reservoir Operation Using Flexible Stochastic Dynamic Programming.
  Journal of Applied Soft Computing 32(2): 1-14
• Tilmant A., P. Fortemps
  and M. Vanclooster, 2002. Effect of Averaging Operators in Fuzzy
  Optimization of Reservoir Operation. Journal of Water Resources
  Management 16(1): 1-22

• American Geophysical Union
• Fédération Royale d'Associations Belges d'Ingénieurs
• Institut EDS (U. Laval)
• Canadian Water Resources Association

Maitrise en génie des eaux: production hydroélectrique

Dans le cadre d’un projet sur les inondations au Canada, le département de génie civil et de génie des eaux recherche un(e) candidat(e) pour une maitrise sur l’utilisation des prévisions hydrologiques en production hydroélectrique. Le projet se déroulera dans le bassin de la Madawaska en Ontario et se réalisera en partenariat avec Ontario Power Generation, les hydrologues de l’Université Laval et de l’Université de Waterloo.

PhD students

• Hajar Nikghalb Ashouri (2016 - ...). Real-time Optimization of Multireservoir Systems Operation
• Diane Arjoon (2012 - 2016). Water and Benefit Sharing in Transboundary River Basins
• Thibault Lachaut (2013 - ...). Risk Analysis in Decentralized Water Systems 
• Nicolas Avisse (2014 -...). Modelling Water Management in Conflict Prone Areas
• Jasson Pina (2014 -...). The Value of Hydrologic Information in Multireservoir Systems Operation
   

MSc students

• Frédéric Boulay-Côté (2016 - ...). To be determined
• Fatemeh Movahedinia (2012 - 2014). Assessing hydro-climatic uncertainties on hydropower generation
• Aida Thiam (2012 - 2015). Allocation optimale de l'eau dans le bassin du fleuve Sénégal

Ing., Ph.D. (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique)