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<br />c;~<??n <br />UU1~~"J <br /> <br />UNIVERSITY WATER NEWS <br /> <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />RTVCSU TEAM SELECfED FOR COLORADO RIVER STUDY <br /> <br />by Greg SUU".." <br /> <br />The Colorado Department of Natural Resources has selected the <br />project team of Colorado State University and its prime <br />contractor, Riverside Technology, inc, (RTi), to develop an <br />advanced computer-based decision support system for the <br />Colorado River .- the Colorado Rivtr Decisio" Support System <br />(CRDSS), RTi and CSU submitted a proposal for the design <br />and development of the system, and were rewarded with the <br />fItst-year contract of approximately $1.2 million. <br /> <br />Recent developments among the seven Colorado River Basin <br />stales (one example being the Roan Creek Proposal) illustrate <br />the increasing need f"r an effective tool by which stale water <br />officials and other water users and interests can administer. <br />manage, and account for waler supply and use along the <br />Colorado River, The complexity of water rights transfers, <br />augmentation plans. exchanges, and number of water rights on <br />the river is inunense. <br /> <br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board's (CWCB) annual <br />appropriations bill for 1992 authorized the expenditure of funds <br />by the CWCB to undertake a feasibility study of developing and <br />implementing a CROSS, The study report determined that a <br />data~entered decision support system was feasible to address <br />the stale's needs, and recommended that the CROSS be <br />developed over a four-year period. The initial focus in years I <br />and 2 will be on database design and construction, analysis of <br />the capability 10 utilize the Cll1Tenl version of the USBR's <br />Colorado River Simulation Model, and the development of <br />conswnptive use and water rights planning models, Years 3 and <br /> <br />4 include completion of the consltUction of the database and <br />remaining models and other relaled activities, The proposed <br />CROSS will likely be an open system and data-<:entered to <br />promote information sharing among government agencies and <br />water users. Expectations are that the system will be efficient, <br />easy to use by a wide range of interests, and employ a Graphic <br />User Interface (GUI), <br /> <br />When complete, the system should have the capability of <br />addressing a multitude of issues on the Colorado River such as: <br />improved water use efficiency, exchanges between water users. <br />construction of new reservoirs (or enlargement of existing <br />facilities), augmentation and replacement plans, and the <br />development of additional beneficial uses (such as the state's <br />minimum streamf10w program). Development of the CROSS <br />will make it possible to address these issues and evaluate <br />alternative "whal if' scenarios in the planning process before the <br />change occurs. <br /> <br />Riverside Technology, inc, (RTi), a Fort Collins fltm led and <br />staffed by CSU graduates, is the prime contractor, Lany Brazil, <br />RTi's Director of Water Resources Engineering, will be project <br />manager, RTi's Steve Maiers will also be a team member. <br />The RTi team also consists of personnel from W,W, Wheeler <br />and Associates, Jon Behrens & Associates, and Water Resources <br />Management, Ine, (WRMI). The core project team is comprised <br />of CSU engineering faculty ml"'lbers Neil Grigg, John Labadie, <br />Luis Garci.. Dazrell Fontane, Jose Salas, and Lynn Johnson of <br />the UniverIDty of Colorado-Denver. <br /> <br />EVAN VLACHOS RECEIVES AWRA AWARD <br /> <br />by Jennifer Roberts <br /> <br />Dr, Evan Vlachos, jointly appointed 10 the Sociology and Civil <br />Engineering Departments of Colorado State University, has been <br />selected to receive the 1993 Icko Iben award from the American <br />Water Resources Association (A WRA), The A WRA created the <br />Icko Iben Award in 1971 to recognize persons who have made <br />outstanding contributions to the promotion of cornmunications <br />among the various disciplines of water resources, This award <br />honors the late Icko Iben, one of the co-founders of the A WRA. <br /> <br />Dr. Vlachos has worlced on a variety of projects nationally and <br />abroad dealing with aspects of naturaJ resources management, <br />water resources planning, forecasting and futurism, technology <br />assessment and demography, Specific recent contributions and <br />projects include preparation of a 3-voJume snu:tY of waler <br />resources planning in Southern Portugal; climate and water <br /> <br />.. ..-.... .._,_..--..-.....__.'..n.~... <br /> <br />resources (NATO); managing droughts (NS!'); and <br />transboundary water problems (Ford Foundation), <br /> <br />Currently, Dr. Vlachos is the Associate Director of the <br />International School of Water Resources, Vlachos served as <br />Director of the Environmental Resources Center at Colorado <br />State University between 1979.1984. In addition, he served as <br />a Member and Olainnan of the Enviromnental Advisory Board, <br />U,S, Army Corps of Engineers between 1982-1987 and the <br />Committee on hrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems of the <br />National Research Council. <br /> <br />,,' <br /> <br />. , <br />Dr, Vlachos was honored at the awards luncheon, 29th Annual <br />A WRA Conference and Symposium, September 1st in Tucson, <br />Aoizona, ' <br /> <br />'I <br />