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<br />DIGITAL MODELING FOR EVALUATING <br />WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTS <br /> <br />by <br /> <br />Harold E. Kubik <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />A water resource development plan today requires that attention be <br />given to a multitude of considerations. As stated by the Water Resources <br />Council: <br /> <br />Plans for the uses of the Nation's water and land <br />resources will be directed to improved contributions <br />to the multiobjectives of National economic development, <br />environmental quality, social well-being, and regional <br />development. Planning for the use of water and land <br />resources in terms of these multiobjectives will aid <br />in identifying courses of action and will provide the <br />type of information needed to improve the public decision- <br />making process. 6 <br /> <br />The evaluation of the effects of a proposed development plan <br />requires the merging of advanced hydrologic techniques and creative <br />planning concepts. Such techniques require evaluating the effects of <br />many alternative plans, levels of development, and operation criteria. <br />Only by use of the computer can extensive simulation analyses be made <br />within reasonable cost and time limitations. To illustrate the appli- <br />cation of digital computer models, several special assistance projects <br />undertaken by The Hydrologic Engineering Center (BEC) will be described. <br /> <br />North Atlantic Regional Study - North Atlantic Division <br /> <br />Objective. The North Atlantic Regional Water Resources Study was <br />directed towards planning for the optimum development of water and related <br />land resources. It was a framework type of study to provide an overview <br />of regional needs and to furnish guidelines for future developments in the <br />region by illuminating alternative plans of improvement for the decision <br />maker. The HEC assisted the North Atlantic Division office in developing <br /> <br />Hydraulic Engineer, Special Assistance Branch, The Hydrologic Engineering <br />Center. <br /> <br />40 <br />