2008 RiverWare User Group Meeting
University Memorial Center - University of Colorado at Boulder
August 13-14, 2008
 

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Final Agenda/Presentations
2008 Annual RiverWare User Group Meeting
Final Agenda and Presentations
Wedneday - August 13, 2008
7:30 - 8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:40 Welcome, Introductions and Overview
Introductions of CADSWES team and attendees; meeting information
Review of licensing, and current RiverWare users and applications - CADSWES
8:40 – 9:40 Overview of New and Upcoming RiverWare

Overview of what is new in Version 5.0; status of Qt port; descriptions and demos of new GUI utilities and features; upcoming work – CADSWES
Open forum discussion and suggestions regarding areas of development or specific needs; questions about future work – Users, sponsors and developers (All)
9:40 – 10:00 BREAK– Snacks and drinks provided

New and Evolving Applications of RiverWare: Part I

10:00 – 10:20 Raw Water Operations Modeling for North Texas Municipal Water District – Andres Salazar and Jon Albright (Freese and Nichols, Ft. Worth)
10:20 – 10:40 Clark Fork Hourly Operations – Marc Baldo and James VanShaar (Riverside Technology, Inc.) and Heidi Heath (Avista Corp)
10:40 - 11:00

Rulebased Simulation and RPL: New and Upcoming Features - CADSWES
Questions, suggestions and expression of needs/ interest for Rulebased Simulation – All
11:00 - 11:20

Water Accounting: New and Upcoming Features and Training - CADSWES
Questions, suggestions and expression of needs/ interest for Water Accounting – All

New and Evolving Applications of RiverWare: Part II
11:20 – 11:40 URGWOM Runs for the Middle Rio Grande ESA Collaborative Program – Craig Boroughs (BH and H Engineering)
11:40 – 12:00 Advanced Water Accounting Transactions for the Truckee River Operating Agreement – Shane Coors (Reclamation, Lahonton Area Office)
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch – Provided

New and Evolving Applications of RiverWare: Part II (continued)

1:15 - 1:35 RiverWare and the 2008 Truckee Canal Breach – Shane Coors and Jeff Rieker (Reclamation, Lahonton Area Office)
1:35 - 1:50 Recent Additions and Enchancements to Engineering Algorithms - CADSWES

USACE - Southwest Division Methods and Applications

1:50 – 2:05 Overview of SWD Multi-objective Modeling and Updates – CADSWES
2:05 – 2:35 USACE Initiatives and CWMS Integration; Modeling Results for the Trinity, Neches and Brazos Rivers – Allen Avance (USACE, Ft. Worth District)
2:35 – 2:50 Kemp Lake Reallocation and upcoming projects at Tulsa District – John Daylor (USACE, Tulsa District)
2:50 – 3:10 BREAK– Snacks and drinks provided

DMIs and Direct Data Connections
3:10 - 3:25 Data Utilities Toolkit – Overview and Demo of tools created by Dave King (Reclamation Technical Services Center)
3:25 - 3:45 Overivew of DMIs; Description and demo of direct data connections from RiverWare to DSS and HDB - CADSWES
Questions/suggestions/needs forDMI and Direct Data connections – All

Water Rights Priority Allocation

3:45 – 4:05 RiverWare’s Water Rights Solver and the new lagged timestep version – CADSWES
4:05 – 4:25 LCRA RiverWare Modeling Activities; LCRA's RiverWare Modeling Activities in the Lower Colorado River Basin in Texas – Ron Anderson (LCRA) and Kirk Kennedy (TRC/Brandes)
4:25 – 4:40 LCRA’s Flexible Water Rights Planning Model: A Comparison of Monthly vs. Daily Time Steps - Kevin Wheeler (AMEC)
4:40 – 4:55 Water Rights in LCRA Model: Rules vs WRA Solver – Brad Vickers (Wave Engineering)
Evening
Starting ~6:30 		Group dinner - optional (not hosted)
Location to be announced

 
Thursday - August 14, 2008
7:30 - 8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:20

Optimization and Upcoming Integer Programming

Overview of RiverWare’s optimization capabilities and upcoming Integer Programming development – CADSWES
Questions, suggestions and expression of needs/ interest in RiverWare optimization – All

New and Evolving Applications of RiverWare: Part III

8:20 - 8:30

Updates on TVA Applications - Tim Magee (CADSWES)

8:30 - 8:50

An Update on El Dorado Irrigation District Daily Operations Model and Forecasting Tools – Steve Setzer and John Carron (AMEC)

Multiple Run Management

8:50 - 9:05

Enhancements to MRM and Iterative MRM – CADSWES
Questions, suggestions and expression of needs/interest in RiverWare MRM – All

9:05 - 9:20

Demonstration of Iterative MRM for South Africa Yield Study – Heather Pry (CADSWES)

9:20 - 9:40

Graphical Policy Analysis Tool

Overview of GPAT, including updates, and how to use it with MRM output - CADSWES
Questions, suggestions and expression of needs/ interest for GPAT – All
9:40 – 10:00 BREAK - Snacks and drinks provided

10:00 - 10:35

New and Evolving Applications of RiverWare: Part IV

Implementing the Interim Guidelines for Colorado River Operations and Assessing the Sensitivity of Hydrologic Variability in the System – Russ Callejo and Carly Jerla (Reclamation, Boulder Canyon Operations Office), and Jim Prairie (Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office)
10:35 - 10:50

Plotting and Statistical Slots – CADSWES

Questions, suggestions and expression of needs/interest in RiverWare plotting and statistical post-processing – All

10:50 - 11:05

Performance
Discussion of recent and upcoming performance improvements and review of the RiverWare Performance Tip Sheet – CADSWES
Questions/suggestions/needs regarding recent and upcoming performance improvements – All
11:05 - 11:30

Software Development and Maintenance, Releases and Tech Transfer
Overview of CADSWES software development processes and standards; software maintenance; user support procedures; release processes; bug tracking; and training schedules - CADSWES
Questions/suggestions/needs – All
11:30 - 12:00

Open Mic and General Discussion

Comments, questions, issues, needs for RiverWare functionality; feedback on meeting; requests – All

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