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<br />OOuJo5 <br /> <br />South Platte Decision Support, 9 <br /> <br />Development of a DSS should occur incrementally, with close communication between developers <br /> <br /> <br />and end users. The SPWRMS development team points out that some of the features they thought <br /> <br /> <br />most attractive have gone unused, while other routines that were added, almost as afterthoughts, <br /> <br /> <br />have become important tools to the Division I Engineers. Northern's Point Flow model is an <br /> <br /> <br />example of an incremental step that will lead to a better understanding of South Platte basin <br /> <br /> <br />hydrology. And, finally, the completed DSS must be accessible to basin water managers and users. <br /> <br />CONCLUSIONS <br /> <br />The increasing pressures on the South Platte system are well known and well documented. <br />Colorado's population growth is making national news, agricultural water is being transferred to <br />municipal uses, and the consequences to local economies and other water users are matters of grave <br />concern. Added to these problems are mandates for instream environmental flows and water quality <br />requirements. While it might be argued the South Platte is efficiently managed and used today, the <br />situation is clearly changing rapidly. <br /> <br />A Decision Support System for the South Platte could help Colorado address these problems. <br /> <br />0411 1/95 <br />