CRDSS_Task1_15-2_WaterRightsPlanningModelEvaluationCriteria

• Title: CRDSS Task 1.15-2 - Water Rights Planning Model - Model Evaluation Criteria
• Description: In order to select a suitable water rights planning model that will address the goals and objectives of the CRDSS, an objective methodology to evaluate model functionality and performance was developed.
• Decision Support - Doc Type: Task Memorandum
• Date: 5/10/1994
• DSS Category: Surface Water
• DSS: Colorado River
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Contract/PO #: C153658, C153727, C153752
• Grant Type: Non-Reimbursable
• Bill Number: SB92-87, HB93-1273, SB94-029, HB95-1155, SB96-153, HB97-008
• Prepared By: Riverside Technology inc.

functionality of the selected model will satisfy the intended purposes of the CRDSS, including the
specific water rights issues identified in the Project Feasibility Report.
TABLE 1
LEVEL ONE DECISION CRITERIA FOR
EVALUATION OF THE CRDSS WATER RIGHTS PLANNING MODEL
1.Availability of model for use in the CRDSS project:
a)Availability of the executable and source codes.
b) Access to code in order to make changes or modify.
c) If model is available, conditions of licensing agreement or other restriction s
of use.
2.Model functionality relative to the intended purposes of the CRDSS projec t.
The model must be capable of simulating the following essential features:
a) Water rights (Priorities).
b) Reservoir operation and accounting.
c) Water rights exchanges.
d) In-stream flow requirements.
e) Monthly time-step.
f) Model return flows.
3.The model must have a satisfactory history of past applications in which th e
essential features of the model have been thoroughly tested.
4.The model must have acceptable documentation, including a current user 's
manual describing the model's basic solution logic, data requirements, fil e
structure, output capabilities, and error messages.
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