WSPC07314

• File Number: 8283.200
• Description: Colorado River Basin-Colorado River Computer Models-Colorado River Decision Support System-Ray
• State: CO
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/3000
• Title: South Platte Water Rights Management System- Informational Bulletin
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Project Overview

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SOUTH PLATTE WATER RIGHTS MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM

The South Platte Water Rights Management System (SPWRMS) is
designed to facilitate water rights administration and river management
decisions in the South Platte basin. The application will not only aid in real
time administration of water rights, but will enhance the transfer and
exchange of data between agencies and water users by providing direct
access to the data. The application will also allow spatial monitoring and
analysis of water use in the basin and will perfonn a variety of administrative
analyses, such as a curtailment and allocation analysis.

SPWRMS was initiated in June 1990 by many South Platte water users and
the Colorado Division. of Water Resources (DWR). Since June 1993,
private and public sponsors have funded the project The University of
Colorado, Center for Advanced Decision Support Systems (CADSWES),
has designed and developed the spatial and relational databases for the
system and the PC Interface for Water Commissioners.

. Application and Database Development: CADSWES has developed
the application and the spatial and relational databases on the UNIX
platfonn. CADSWES has also provided training to DWR staff on the use
of the South Platte application.

. Wide Area Network (WAN) Connection between Greeley and Denver:
DWR staff have developed a WAN between DWR's Division office in
Greeley and main office in Denver. This WAN allows for efficient
computer communication and data transfer between PC's and the UNIX
workstation in Greeley and the UNIX workstations in Denver where data
is maintained.

. Personal Computer (PC) Interface for Water Commissioners: The PC
interface accesses infonnation and data from a UNIX workstation in
Denver. The primary application within this PC interface is the "Daily
Water Infonnation Sheet" (WIS). Water Commissioners will use WIS's
developed for their areas to input estimates of flow at key locations
within a given district (gages, headgates, and inflow points). Water
Commissioners will also input diversions by type (i.e. in priority,
exchanges, delivery, etc.) and river calls within a district on the WIS.
The water commissioners will transmit the WIS infonnation daily, via
modem, to the workstations in Greeley or Denver. Once this data is
committed to the database on the workstation, it can be viewed by other
water commissioners, water users, or DWR personnel by either logging
on to the application from a workstation or via modem from a PC. As a
part of this development, DWR staff are looking to allow at least one
outside municipal user to access the application and data contained
therein during the testing phase from a workstation via the Internet