2006
Annual RiverWare User Group Meeting – Preliminary Agenda
Tuesday
- March 7, 2006 |
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| 7:30 - 8:00 |
Continental Breakfast -
Montrachet Foyer |
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Welcome, Introductions and Overview – Montrachet
A&B |
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| 8:30 – 9:40 |
New GUI Features in RiverWare and Qt versions of Existing Features |
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Description and demos of new features
in RiverWare, including Open Slot dialogs, Output Manager and
output to Excel, Selector, Workspace and Link Groups, Qt RPL Interface,
Diagnostics Window, SCT Enhancements, Statistical Slots, Scenario
Manager Enhancements, Qt Migration benefits, status and timeline
for completion - CADSWES
staff |
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| 9:40 – 10:00 |
BREAK– snacks
and drinks provided |
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Policy Modeling and Stakeholder Involvement |
| 10:00 – 10:20 |
Upper Rio Grande Water Operations Review and EIS and URGWOM stakeholder testing/acceptance - Nabil Shafike, New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission |
| 10:20 – 10:30 |
The Graphical Policy Analysis Tool (GPAT) updates
and future Work - Tim Magee and Neil Wilson, CADSWES; Dave
King, BOR-Technical Services Center |
| 10:30 – 10:40 |
New Features of Multiple Run Management - Bill
Oakley, CADSWES |
| 10:40 – 11:15 |
Shortage Negotiations on the Colorado River - Russell Callejo and Carly Jerla, Reclamation-Boulder Canyon Operations; Don Gross, Arizona Department of Water Resources; Karen Murphy, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California |
| 11:15 – 11:35 |
Evaluating alternatives for the Carlsbad Project Water Operations and Water Supply Conservation DEIS with the Pecos River RiverWare model – Craig Boroughs, BH&H Engineering, Inc. |
| 11:35 – 11:50 |
Investigation of hydrologic variability on the Colorado River using prehistoric tree-ring data and the Reclamation CRSS long-range planning model – Jim Prairie, BOR-Upper Colorado Regional Office and Kevin Wheeler, Hydrosphere Resource Consultants |
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| 11:50 – 1:15 |
LUNCH – provided |
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Hydropower Modeling and Optimization |
| 1:15 – 1:35 |
New optimization policy language and
expression editor in RiverWare: Presentation of design and demos
- Tim
Magee, Patrick Lynn and David Neumann, CADSWES |
| 1:35 – 1:40 |
CPLEX issues and investigation of an alternative
solver - Tim Magee, CADSWES |
| 1:40 – 2:00 |
Hydropower management at TVA
with RiverWare- Suzanne
Biddle, TVA |
| 2:00 – 2:10 |
New Hydropower methods for the Corps of Engineers - David
Neumann, CADSWES |
| 2:10 – 2:35 |
Hydropower relicensing studies with RiverWare
- James
Reilly, Stetson Engineers, Inc |
| 2:35 – 2:45 |
Stochastic optimization in RiverWare -
Tim Magee,
CADSWES |
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| 2:45 – 3:05 |
BREAK– snacks
and drinks provided |
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Physical Process Modeling in RiverWare |
| 3:05 – 3:10 |
Pipeline modeling enhancements - David
Neumann, CADSWES |
| 3:10 – 3:25 |
Tarrent Regional Water District’s Transmission System Model – Laura Blaylock, TRWD |
| 3:25 – 3:45 |
Corps
of Engineers – Southwest Division modeling and RiverWare enhancements - John Daylor, Tulsa District, Corps of Engineers |
| 3:45 – 4:00 |
Integrated Surface
and Ground Water Modeling using RiverWare: Examples from New Mexico
-
John Carron, Hydrosphere Resource Consultants |
| 4:00 – 4:10 |
Groundwater and Surface Water Simulation in the Middle Rio Grande Valley
- Mike Roark, U.S. Geological Survey, Albuquerque District |
| 4:10 - 4:20 |
Options for Groundwater-surface water modeling in RiverWare - CADSWES |
| 4:20 – 4:35 |
TBA |
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Software Development and Maintenance, Releases and Tech Transfer |
| 4:45 – 5:00 |
Software development processes, software maintenance,
user support, release processes, bug tracking, training schedules
- CADSWES
staff |
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Evening
Starting ~6:30 |
Group dinner optional (not hosted)
Zolo Grill
(just across the parking lot from the Marriott) |
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Wednesday
- March 8, 2006 |
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| 7:30 - 8:00 |
Continental Breakfast -
Montrachet Foyer |
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Water Accounting and Water Rights Modeling |
8:00 – 8:15 |
New Accounting Visualization Tools in
RiverWare - David
Neumann, CADSWES |
8:15 – 8:45 |
New Tool Development and Implementation
in the Truckee Basin - Shane Coors and Jeff Rieker,
BOR Lahonton Basin Area Office |
8:55 – 9:05 |
Water Rights on the Lower Neches - Scott
Hall, Lower Neches Valley Authority |
9:05 – 9:15 |
Linking an External Water Rights Solution Method to a RiverWare Model – Ted Shannon, Natural Resources Consulting Engineers |
9:15 – 9:25 |
RiverWare’s new priority water rights allocation
function - Nancy Hall, CADSWES |
| 9:25 – 9:40 |
Water Rights Modeling on the Lower
Colorado River in Texas - Brad Vickers, Wave Engineering,
and Lower Colorado River Authority |
| 9:40 – 9:45 |
Upcoming Water Accounting Class -
CADSWES |
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| 9:45 – 10:00 |
BREAK– snacks
and drinks provided |
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Data Management Interfaces and Direct Data Connections |
| 10:00 – 10:20 |
Update on the integration of RiverWare into the Corps Water Management System (CWMS) - Joan Klipsch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center |
| 10:20 - 10:35 |
Direct DSS connection, including demos,
and plans for direct connections to Oracle and HDB - Bill Oakley, CADSWES |
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| 10:35 – 10:45 |
Upcoming RiverWare Enhancements in 2006 |
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Edie Zagona, CADSWES
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| 10:45 – 12:00 |
Open Forum |
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Reserve 5 to 10 minutes to discuss: |
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Your model; |
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Technical issues of special interest to you; or |
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Your agency or company and its interest or experience
in RiverWare. |
(let us know if you would like to reserve some time) |
| Discuss needs, problems and wishes |
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