Construction of a Rio Grande Schematic Model

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Construction of a Rio Grande Schematic Model

Jason FialkoffGIS in Water Resources

Image Source: Team Ten, 2004

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OUTLINE• Objective• Background• Data Collection• Model Construction• Future Research• Questions

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OBJECTIVE

To construct a Rio Grande schematic water model that encompasses agricultural,

municipal, and reservoir demands.

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BACKGROUND

• Location

• Prior research

• Why do this?

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DATA COLLECTION1) Agricultural Demands (IBWC, TCEQ, CNA)

2) Municipal Demands (IBWC)

3) Reservoir Demands (IBWC, CNA)

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MODEL CONSTRUCTION

1. Create Rio Grande schematic

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MODEL CONSTRUCTION

2. Add Demand Nodes

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MODEL CONSTRUCTION

To Complete:

• Add US Irrigation Districts and IBWC Stream Gages

• Finish Linking Attribute Tables

• Assign Flow Direction

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FUTURE RESEARCH

OASIS ArcGIS

Statdata.mdb

NODE, ARC DATA

SPATIAL COORDINATES

COMBINED DATA

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FUTURE RESEARCH

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

• Carlos Patino• Cindy Green and Nishesh Mehta• Helpful Classmates• Dr. Maidment

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QUESTIONS?