Workshop Agenda

9:00 a.m. Components of Water Resource Management Systems

• Dynamic Operation of Reservoirs and Water Resource Systems
• Real-time Data Networks
• Historic Hydrometeorological Databases
• Web Based Modeling Software: Simulation and Optimization
• Interactive Graphical Modeling

10:00 a.m. A Web-Based Reservoir Management System

Web Based Operations

• System Components and Linkages
• Hydrometeorological Data Preparation
• Forecasts: Short Term Deterministic and Long Term Probabilistic/Stochastic
• Ensemble Forecasts

Examples: Tuolumne River Watershed, Turlock Irrigation District, Seattle Public Utilities

12:30 noon Lunch

1:45 p.m. Reservoir Analysis

• Reservoir Operations-Expected Water Supplies
• Traditional and Actual “Safe-Yield”
• 75 year, Alternate Futures Run with Historic Maximum-Minimum and Probabilistic Outputs
• Dynamic Development of Reservoir Operations

3:00 p.m. Optimization in Reservoir Management

• Optimization Methods
• Objectives and Constraints
• Decisions and Tradeoffs
• Future Trends and Discussion

5:00 p.m. Adjourn