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DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE Feasibility Study (November 1992 - January 1993). A CRDSS needs analysis and feasibility study has been completed which provides a plan for the development and continuing operation and maintenance of the CRDSS. It contains an inventory of the various needs for such a system as communicated by a wide variety of water users, and describes the models, data, user interfaces, and system architectures required to support these needs. Preliminary cost estimates for the CRDSS were also made. Design and Development (1994-1998). Phase I (January 1994 - May 1994). Phase I was the discovery, evaluation, and preliminary design period of the CRDSS project, and was approximately 4 months in duration. Phase I involved an inventory of existing databases, basin simulation models, water resource planning models, and consumptive use models. After the inventory was complete, databases and models were evaluated. The products of Phase I were a database roadmap, and recommended models for basin simulation, water resource planning, and consumptive use. The data required for the models were identified and cross-referenced against the database road map. Phase IIa (May 1994 - January 1995). Phase II consists of the remainder of Years 1 (Phase IIa) and 2 (Phase lIb). The early part of Phase II consists of detailed design and model porting. The latter part involves implementation of the models and population of the databases. The CRDSS database will be designed with the flexibility to incorporate additional types and amounts of data. A prototYpe system will be designed to demonstrate "proof of concept" for the following models (and associated databases): a) USBR "Colorado River Basin Simulation Model (Big River Model)", b) Water Resource Planning Model, and c) Consumptive Use Model. The Water Resource Planning Model and the Consumptive Use Model will be implemented for the Gunnison River Basin in the prototype system by the Year 1. Also during this period, data collection will be initiated in other river basins to facilitate Year 2 model development. A key component of the user involvement program is establishment of a prototype computer system in a Briefing Room at the CWCB. This system will allow potential users to test the CRDSS as it is being developed and provide feedback to the CRDSS Project Team. Phase lIb (2nd Year. 1995/1996). Database and model development efforts will continue in Year 2. Operational water resource planning and consumptive use models will be developed for the Yampa, Upper Colorado, San Juan, White and Dolores Rivers. It is also expected that the USBR Colorado River Basin Simulation Model will be operational at the end of the second year. <=> c::J C.;J C,;) --...J CJl Phases III and IV (3rd and 4th Year. 1996/1998). The last two years of the CRDSS project will include real time data collection, the development of a water rights and administrative model, river forecasting model, stochastic flow model and demand forecast model. 10