Decision Support for Water Resource Management: Integration of Water Control and Water Quality Data
Abstract
In recent years, there has been increased focus by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies on a system-wide approach to watershed management as a means to enhance stewardship and protect the Nation's water resources. Because of this, new approaches to decision support that integrate across political, technological, social, economic, and physical considerations are needed. This will require development of tools and techniques to evaluate management operations for multiple objectives (e.g., economic development and environmental quality) and multiple purposes (e.g., flood control, navigation, hydropower, and fish and wildlife habitat) and to establish trade-offs among competing objectives. A critical element of these system-wide tools will be the ability of the water resources manager to access and utilize diverse spatial and temporal information. Results of initial efforts to integrate water control and water quality data into a spatially explicit decision support tool are described here.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA380353
Entities
People
- E. Ochs
- J. Schiagel
- R. H. Kennedy
- T. Pangburn
- W. Boyd