Grantee Research Project Results
Final Report: Integrating Water Supply Management and Ecological Flow Requirements
EPA Grant Number: X3832386Title: Integrating Water Supply Management and Ecological Flow Requirements
Investigators: Smith, Mark P. , Vogel, Richard , Huber-Lee, Annette , Joyce, Brian , Apse, Colin , Sieber, Jack , Archfield, Stacey , Gao, Yongxuan
Institution: Nature Conservancy, The , Stockholm Environment Institute , Tellus Institute , Tufts University
EPA Project Officer: Packard, Benjamin H
Project Period: May 1, 2005 through April 30, 2008 (Extended to October 31, 2009)
Project Amount: $287,434
RFA: Collaborative Science & Technology Network for Sustainability (2004) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Sustainable and Healthy Communities , Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development
Objective:
This project developed tools and methods to assist water resource managers balance the use of water to meet both human and environmental needs. The project developed a Reservoir Yield model that can easily integrate ecological flow requirements, conservation and demand management requirements, and reservoir operations into a decision-oriented framework that promotes sound ecological and water supply management. The Reservoir Yield model allows water resource managers to simultaneously maximize use of water storage capacity, strategically use drought management measures to optimize their effectiveness, and meet key ecological flow needs based on real-time environmental conditions.
Summary/Accomplishments (Outputs/Outcomes):
A series of three papers, Homa et al., (2005), Vogel et al. (2007) and Gao et al. (2009) performed controlled computer experiments to evaluate various issues relating to our overall objective of developing a decision support system for balancing human and ecological flow needs.
Conclusions:
Journal Articles on this Report : 3 Displayed | Download in RIS Format
Other project views: | All 21 publications | 3 publications in selected types | All 3 journal articles |
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Gao Y, Vogel RM, Kroll CN, Poff NL, Olden JD. Development of representative indicators of hydrologic alteration. Journal of Hydrology 2009;374(1-2):136-147. |
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Smith MP. Defining sustainability: new tools for water management. Journal of the American Water Works Association 2007;99(10):20-23. |
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Vogel RM, Sieber J, Archfield SA, Smith MP, Apse CD, Huber-Lee A. Relations among storage, yield, and instream flow. Water Resources Research 2007;43, W05403, doi:10.1029/2006WR005226. |
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Supplemental Keywords:
RFA, Scientific Discipline, Sustainable Industry/Business, Sustainable Environment, cleaner production/pollution prevention, Technology for Sustainable Environment, Urban and Regional Planning, sustainable development, sustainable water use, water evaluation and urban planning tool, decision making, ecological design, sustainable urban environment, water conservationRelevant Websites:
http://www.ct.gov/dep/streamflow
Progress and Final Reports:
Original AbstractThe perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.