WSP12894

• File Number: 8483
• Description: SPDSS
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Date: 1/1/2001
• Author: CWRRI
• Title: South Platte Mapping and Analysis Program ‎(SPMAP)‎ Decision Support Tools for the Lower South Platte
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

I. Table of Contents

Section II. Project Summary

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Section III. Introduction 2
1.0 Water Issues in the Lower South Platte Basin .................................3

2.0 Project Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

3.0 South Platte Advisory Committee ..........................................5
4.0 Tool Development Philosophy - Use and Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.0 Project History and Progress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Section IV. Software Application and Use 8
1.0 Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (NCWCD) ......................8
2.0 Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District (LSPWCD) .....................8
3.0 Groundwater Appropriators of the South Platte (GASP) ........................ .9
4.0 Central Colorado Water Conservancy District (CCWCD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.0 South Platte Lower River Group, Inc. (SPLRG) .............................. 10
6.0 City of Fort Collins (Fort Collins) ......................................... 10
7.0 City of Greeley (Greeley) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . q

Section V. Description of Data and Software 12
1.0 South Platte Geographic Information System (SPGIS) ......................... 12
1.1 Spatial Data Collected and Developed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.2 Data Analysis Tools ................................................. 15
1.3 Specialized Tools ................................................... 16
2.0 South Platte Consumptive Use Model (SPCU) ............................... 17
2.1 Background and Compatibility with Other Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2 Overview of Consumptive Use Calculation ............................... 17
2.3 Development of Graphical User Interfacefor Windows 95/98/NT/2000 . . . . . . . . . 17
2.4 Functionality Developedfor South Platte Modeling Needs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.5 Description ofSPCU Model Functionality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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