2025 RiverWare User Group Meeting Wednesday, February 5, 9am–5pm
Thursday, February 6, 8:30am–12:30pm
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
8:30–9:00 Registration, Check-in, and Continental Breakfast
9:00–9:15 Welcome, CADSWES introductions, and Logistics — CADSWES
9:15–9:50 Keynote Address: State of RiverWare, who's using it, and future plans — CADSWES
9:50–10:10 The Colorado River Basin Post-2026 Operations Exploration Tool: A Web-Based Modeling Interface and Interactive DMDU Analysis
   Rebecca Smith and Nathan Bonham—U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
10:10–10:30 Enabling Strategy Creation and Modification Through an Intuitive User Interface
   Natalie Coston Daniels—Virga Labs
10:30–10:50 Break and Networking
10:50–11:10 New Features: Windows and Workspace — CADSWES
11:10–11:30 Rio Grande Integrated Model - Linking RiverWare with two MODFLOW Models
   Steve Setzer—Hydros Consulting Inc.
11:30–11:50 Utilizing RiverWare accounting to calculate depletions from ESA actions on the Pecos River
   Lucas Barrett—U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
11:50–12:10 Overview of the TROA Planning Enabled Operations Project in the Truckee River Basin
   Caleb Erkman—U.S. District Court Water Master's Office; Patrick Noe—Precision Water Resources
   Engineering
12:10–1:30  Lunch - Provided
1:30–1:50 Borg-RiverWare — CADSWES
1:50–2:10 A Multi-Reservoir Testbed in Borg-RiverWare to Aid Multi-Objective Simulation-Based Optimization
   Joseph Kasprzyk—CU Boulder
2:10–2:30 Optimization of Operational Policies for Tarrant Regional Water District’s West Fork System
   Vini de Oliveira—Tarrant Regional Water District; John Craven—Hydros Consulting, Inc.
2:30–2:50 The dams are gone, but salmon and natural flow study are back
   Tim Clarkin—U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
2:50–3:10 New Features: Settings Manager, Outputs and Data Analysis — CADSWES
3:10–3:30 Break and Networking
3:30–3:50 New Features for Operations: Snapshots, Notes and the SCT — CADSWES
3:50–4:00 Water Management Direction of USACE-SWF
   John Hunter—U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
4:00–4:20 Filling the Gap: Building the Upper Red River Period of Record Model
   Matt Wunsch—U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
4:20–4:40 Lake Whitney Water Supply Reallocation
   Tim Helms—U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
4:40–5:00 Training, Licensing, Issue-Tracking, Releases — CADSWES
5:30 happy hour
Thursday, February 6, 2025
8:00–8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30–8:50 Overview of RiverWare Optimization and Hydropower Modeling — CADSWES
8:50–9:10 Building Better Models Through Collaboration: Lessons from Alabama Power Company’s RiverWare Development
   Josh Free—Alabama Power; Abby Watson—RTI International
9:10–9:30 Optimizing Storage: Using RiverWare Modeling to Enhance Strawberry Reservoir Operations
   Troy Ovard—Central Utah Water Conservancy District; Tony Powell—Precision Water Resources
   Engineering
9:30–9:50 RiverWare as a Planning Tool for Drought Mitigation: Implementing Administrative Processes at Basin Scales
   Leland Dorchester and Shane Coors—Precision Water Resources Engineering
9:50–10:10 New Features - Scripts, DMIs, Slots and RPL — CADSWES
10:10–10:30 Break and Networking
10:30–10:50 Should Egypt be afraid of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam?—The consequences of adversarial water policy on the Blue Nile
   Kevin Wheeler—University of Oxford
10:50–11:10 Modeling Reservoir and Canal Operations for Irrigation Projects in Saskatchewan, Canada
   Patrick Noe—Precision Water Resources Engineering; Eric Hersh – Stantec Engineering
11:10–11:30 A Daily-Timestep Planning and Administration Model of the San Juan River, New Mexico
   Nick Mander—Hydros Consulting Inc.
11:30–11:50 Upcoming Features and Enhancements — CADSWES
11:50–12:15 Feedback from Users and Open Mic — CADSWES
12:15 Adjourn
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