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<br />..; Zl;-J <br />'1' <br />,. . <br /> <br />GENERAl IZF.n RIVER BASIN NhTWORK <br />SIMULATION MODEL: <br />PROGRAM MODSIM <br /> <br />by <br />John W. Labadie <br />Department of Civil Engineering <br />Colorado State University <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Increasing complexity of river basin management requires use <br />of generalized computer models as aid to water resources <br />managers and engineers. <br /> <br />complexity aggravated in those Western U.S. states operating <br />under some form of Appropriation Doctrine of water law <br /> <br />A generalized model river basin network model MODSIM <br />has been developed at Colorado State University for priority- <br />based river basin simulation <br /> <br />Advantages of MODSIM include: <br /> <br />- simulation of wide variety of river basin water supply <br />configurations and operating conditions by data file entry <br /> <br />- includes consideration of surface water and groundwater <br />interactions <br /> <br />- incorporates complex institutional water rights inflows <br />structure governing priorities for river diversions, storage, <br />and exchanges. <br /> <br />- designed for implementation on IBM PC or compatible <br />microcomputers [Advanced UNIX Workstation version <br />under development] <br /> <br />1 <br />