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0 <br />with the Basin Needs DSS database at some future time. To achieve this we will <br />consider identifiers that can relate drought information to, for example, Water <br />Conservation Plan data. Potential overlaps and linkages between conservation, <br />drought mitigation, and water supply development will be highlighted and <br />reported. <br />* Add status /tracking information and tools, consistent with internal CWCB <br />business processes. For example, add report that indicates all plans that require <br />CWCB attention and the specific status of each plan. <br />* As appropriate, utilize the imaged document system (LaserFiche) to display <br />documents associated with the mitigation plans. It may also be appropriate to <br />utilize the revision control features of this system to track changes to documents. <br />* If appropriate, implement map displays to indicate spatial distribution of plans. <br />Basin Needs DSS data could be overlaid on such a map to indicate areas of <br />greatest concern. For example, providers having the greatest potential water <br />supply gap could be indicated. Historical average and seasonal drought indices <br />could also be displayed to further indicate areas of concern. Analysis of drought <br />vulnerability using the parameters of Exposure, Sensitivity, Potential Impact, and <br />Adaptive Capacity could be facilitated by the map display and other information. <br />Percentage of people covered by a Drought Plan might also be displayed for <br />comparison with, for example, their economic output. <br />* Utilize CDSS components, including HydroBase and other data, model data sets <br />and TSTool software, to produce indicators of drought for historical and current <br />conditions. For example, a "dashboard" of information could be displayed on the <br />web site showing drought indices, reservoir conditions, snowpack. Much of this <br />information is actually of interest to other DSS efforts such as the Flood DSS and <br />coordinated implementation of tools could reduce costs to the CWCB <br />* Formulate a methodology by which drought mitigation efforts could be studied <br />using CDSS modeling tools. For example, drought mitigation might utilize <br />adaptive management of agricultural resources and reservoirs in drought years. <br />Although the cost of full modeling studies may be prohibitive to include in this <br />project, investigation of the approach and its integration with the current project <br />may be feasible. <br />The main goal of this aspect of the project is to develop the data handling mechanism to <br />track and integrate key drought information in local drought plans and water supply <br />master plans into existing CWCB databases. While some of the aforementioned ideas <br />(bullets) may be outside of the scope of this project, this work creates an important <br />opportunity to consider how the tools developed for this might assist integration and co- <br />analysis of other drought related data in the future (e.g. data within the Basin Needs <br />DSS, and data in existing multi- hazard and municipal drought plans). AMEC will thus <br />review components of the Basin Needs DSS (as it currently stands) and existing multi - <br />hazard and municipal drought plans in order to identify and extract data to support this <br />project, but also to identify and report on opportunities for more complete database <br />assemblage and use for future drought analysis. <br />