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The Role of Decision Support Systems and Other Tools in Watershed PlanningThe Role of Decision Support Systems
and Other Tools in Watershed Planning
Rick Farnsworth Bernie Engel Jon Bartholic Rich Zdanowicz
Watershed Planning in the Great Lakes Region:
Exploring Future Collaborative Opportunities
and Partnerships
October 26, 2004
Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center
OutlineOutline
1. e-Decision Support Systems 1. e-Decision Support Systems
2. Midwest Partnership Approach 2. Midwest Partnership Approach
3. New Components 3. New Components
4. Summary 4. Summary
What is e-DDS?What is e-DDS?Information TechnologyInformation Technology
++Decision Support SystemDecision Support System
Information TechnologyInformation Technology++
Decision Support SystemDecision Support System
• DatabasesDatabases
• Simulation modelsSimulation models
• Decision modelsDecision models
• User interfaces User interfaces
Decision support system (DSS) consists of Decision support system (DSS) consists of
that decision makers use to evaluate the that decision makers use to evaluate the economic and environmental impacts of economic and environmental impacts of competing alternatives.competing alternatives.
Role
e-DSS: Key Elementse-DSS: Key Elements
• Client-based (problem driven)Client-based (problem driven)
• Internet-basedInternet-based
– User-friendly interfaceUser-friendly interface
– Decisions in a few clicks or screens Decisions in a few clicks or screens
• GIS-based (thin client)GIS-based (thin client)
• Science-basedScience-based
Midwest Partnership ApproachMidwest Partnership Approach
• Development and implementation of a standard Development and implementation of a standard for other watershed management DSSfor other watershed management DSS
– Promoting data initiativesPromoting data initiatives
– Relating specific tools to planning process phases and Relating specific tools to planning process phases and learning objectiveslearning objectives
– Creating systems where outputs of tools can be plugged Creating systems where outputs of tools can be plugged
into other modelsinto other models
• Development, promotion, and use of web-based, Development, promotion, and use of web-based, user-friendly, geo-spatial watershed management user-friendly, geo-spatial watershed management data, decision support tools, and systemsdata, decision support tools, and systems
Midwest Partnership ApproachMidwest Partnership Approach
Universities
Organizations
EPA diagram
Midwest Partnership: ExampleMidwest Partnership: Example
Purdue
Michigan State
Region 5 EPA
Digital Digital WatershedWatershed
L-THIA L-THIA and and
support support toolstools
Coordination Coordination & network& network
New DSS Components: Optimized L-THIANew DSS Components: Optimized L-THIA
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~sedspec/LTHIA7/lthia/arunoff6.htmhttp://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~sedspec/LTHIA7/lthia/arunoff6.htm
Optimized L-THIA (cont.)
Optimized L-THIA (cont.)
Select the land that Select the land that can changecan change
Identify new land use Identify new land use and amountand amount
Optimized L-THIA (cont.)
Optimized L-THIA (cont.)
MinimumMinimum
MaximumMaximum
Optimized L-THIA (cont.)Optimized L-THIA (cont.)
Detailed Output
New DSS Components: WHATNew DSS Components: WHAT
Web-based Hydrograph
Analysis Tool
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~what/http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~what/
New DSS Components: WHATNew DSS Components: WHAT
New DSS Components: WHATNew DSS Components: WHAT
Next step: Calibration of Next step: Calibration of models (L-THIA)models (L-THIA)
New DSS Components: EQIPNew DSS Components: EQIP
Environmental Quality
Incentives Program
http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~what/http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~what/
New DSS Components: EQIPNew DSS Components: EQIPhttp://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~eqip/DEMO/main_menuhttp://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~eqip/DEMO/main_menu
New DSS Components: EQIPNew DSS Components: EQIP
Methodology Methodology transferable to transferable to other programs other programs such as TMDL such as TMDL implementationimplementation
Methodology Methodology transferable to transferable to other programs other programs such as TMDL such as TMDL implementationimplementation
New DSS Components: Data SharingNew DSS Components: Data Sharing
http://watershed.agriculture.purdue.edu/
New DSS Components: Data SharingNew DSS Components: Data Sharing
Access to all our Access to all our databases. Our databases. Our data layers can data layers can be added to your be added to your data layers. data layers.
Access to all our Access to all our databases. Our databases. Our data layers can data layers can be added to your be added to your data layers. data layers.
New DSS Components: Data SharingNew DSS Components: Data Sharing
Watershed Decision Support SystemWatershed Decision Support System
DataData ModelsModels SystemSystem
Yes, and we Yes, and we are sharingare sharing
Several models Several models and we are and we are linking themlinking them
Building a small Building a small system using system using available toolsavailable tools