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• • <br />groundwater use. Identify the number of separate augmentation plans and develop a <br />methodology for representing their augmented junior well diversions in the SPDSS <br />StateMod model. Recommend the methodology for including ground water diverted under <br />an alternate point of diversions into the StateMod model. Investigate the unique rules <br />associated with pumping in designated basins, and recommend a method for representing <br />this use in future modeling efforts. <br />Deliverables: <br />7.3 An updated Task 7.2 technical memorandum including descriptions of up to 17 new <br />augmentation plans. The memorandum will include a history of their ground water use, <br />augmentation sources, operations, and accounting procedures. The memorandum will <br />include recommendations for the inclusion of the plans into HydroBase and the SPDSS <br />StateMod Water Resources Planning model. <br />7.4 Anew section in the Task 7.2 technical memorandum that provides a modeling approach <br />for the SPDSS StateMod Water Resources Planning Model to represent augmentation of <br />additional groundwater use not included in the larger augmentation plans described in <br />Phase 3 (10 plans)and in Phase 4 (17 additional plans). The memorandum will include <br />consideration of ground water diversions that occur as alternate points to surface water <br />rights and the unique rules associated with pumping in a designated basin. <br />Task 76 -Phase 4 StateCU Enhancements <br />Background: <br />The SPDSS Feasibility Study identified the need to simplify the StateCU interface (StateCUI) <br />and input files to allow potential consumptive use estimates at climate stations to be quickly <br />generated. The StateCU FORTRAN code and StateCUI were simplified and upgraded to <br />provide climate station CU estimates in Phases 1 and 2. <br />As a result, the StateCU and StateCUI tools have been utilized more widely. This expansion of <br />use and the subsequent user feedback have highlighted further enhancements that would benefit <br />users and increase the CU analysis capabilities. Some enhancements were added in Phase 3 such <br />as a simplified report generator for viewing and saving model results, enhanced graphical <br />viewing options, addition of the ASCE Standardized Penman Monteith methodology, a method <br />to estimate reservoir water use, and the development of a state-wide unfilled climate data set for <br />both the modified Blaney-Griddle and ASCE Standardized Penman Monteith methodologies. <br />The efforts in Phases 1, 2, and 3 yielded StateCU and StateCUI tools with significantly improved <br />CU modeling and analysis capabilities. As the tools evolved and improved over the years, <br />computer hardware and software technology has also evolved. Software (like the CDSS <br />components) with an intended life measured in decades has to evolve and adapt to this rapidly <br />changing computer environment to remain viable. <br />The StateCU model is developed using FORTRAN, which remains a viable technology for a <br />stand-alone batch mode model without a GUI. StateCUI was originally developed using Visual <br />Basic 6 (VB 6) in the Windows environment. Visual Basic has seen several iterations in <br />versions, resulting in the current version, VB.NET. VB 6 is no longer sold or supported by <br />Page A-7 <br />