RiverWare User Group Meetings

2026 RiverWare User Group Meeting

Wednesday, August 26, 9:00AM – 5:00PM
Thursday, August 27, 8:30AM – 12:30PM

Wednesday, August 26, 2026
8:30 - 9:00	Registration and check-in with coffee, tea, and light snacks
9:00 - 9:15	Welcome, CADSWES Introductions, and logistics CADSWES
9:15 - 10:10	Keynote Panel: State of RiverWare, Challenges, Major Developments and Visions for the Future CADSWES
10:10 - 10:30	Using RiverWare and Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty Analyses to Support the Colorado River Basin Post-2026 EIS Logan Callihan, Sarah Baker, and Nathan Bonham — U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
10:30 - 10:50	Break and networking
10:50 - 11:10	New Features: RPL Debugger, Assignment Viewer, RPL Set Saving CADSWES
11:10 - 11:35	Great Salt Lake Basin Study: Characterizing Uncertainty in Future Hydroclimate Conditions Maribeth Kniffin — U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Services Center Jake Serago — Utah Division of Water Resources
11:35 - 12:00	Great Salt Lake Basin Study: Survey of the RiverWare Planning Model (RPM) Development Process Steve Setzer — Hydros Consulting Shane Coors — Precision Water Resources Engineering
12:00 - 1:30	Lunch — Provided
1:30 - 1:50	Role of Artificial Intelligence CADSWES
1:50 - 2:10	2025 TRWD Integrated Water Supply Plan Modeling Approach Using RiverWare Vini DeOliveira — Tarrent Regional Water District Nick Mander — Hydros Consulting
2:10 - 2:30	Expanding a USACE Flood Control RiverWare Model for Municipal Water Supply Planning: The LRR-SA Model for Oklahoma City Patrick Noe — Precision Water Resources Engineering Amber Spriggs — Precision Water Resources Engineering
2:30 - 2:50	Flexible Modeling for Future Reliability - Zone 7's Water Supply Portfolio Model Nadia Maher — Hazen & Sawyer James Carney — Zone 7 Water Agency
2:50 - 3:00	New Features: SCT and Plotting CADSWES
3:00 - 3:30	Break and networking
3:30 - 3:40	New Features: DMIs, Scripts, MRM CADSWES
3:40 - 4:00	Klamath Natural Flow Study - Episode III: Revenge of the Scripts Tim Clarkin — U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center
4:00 - 4:20	The CUWCD Natural Flow Model: A RiverWare Framework for Naturalized Flow Development in Central Utah Todd Vandegrift — Precision Water Resources Engineering
4:20 - 4:40	Data Management and Accounting in the Central Utah Project: Leveraging RiverWare as a Computational and Reporting Hub Will Garner — Central Utah Water Conservancy District Tony Powell — Precision Water Resources Engineering
4:40 - 5:00	New Features: Objects, Slots, Subbasins CADSWES
5:30	Happy Hour

Thursday, August 27, 2026
8:00 - 8:30	Coffee, tea, and light snacks
8:30 - 9:00	Upcoming Features: Borg-RiverWare CADSWES
9:00 - 9:30	FIRO and Risk Informed Dynamic Seasonal Forecasting CADSWES
9:30 - 9:50	RiverWare Ensemble Simulations for Hydroelectric Unit Outage Scheduling on the Tennessee River System Tim Stephens — Tennessee Valley Authority
9:50 - 10:10	Practical Considerations for Developing RiverWare Models for Hydropower Operations Abby Watson — RTI International
10:10 - 10:30	Break and networking
10:30 - 10:50	RiverWare Planning Model for Deerfield and Pactola Reservoirs: Scenario Analysis for Potential Modifications to Multi-Objective Operations Susan Behery — Barr Engineering Co. Benjamin Abel — Precision Water Resources Engineering
10:50 - 11:10	From Field- to Basin-Scale: Linking GIS Analysis to Administrative Modeling in RiverWare for Drought Mitigation Planning in the Colorado River Basin in Utah Amber Spriggs — Precision Water Resources Engineering
11:10 - 11:30	TROA Model Unification and Verification Caleb Erkman — U.S. District Court Water Master's Office
11:30 - 11:45	Licensing, Issue-Tracking, Releases, and Software Maintenance CADSWES
11:45 - 12:15	Feedback from Users and Open Mic CADSWES
12:15	Adjourn