WSP01765

• File Number: 8131.600
• Description: Southeastern Colorado Water conservancy District - SECWCD
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 1/1/1972
• Title: Brochure No 7 - Scientific Water Management Arkansas Valley Colorado - 1969-2050 -- The Future of the Arkansas Valley is It's Water---
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

""I
' ,

:/

.-' ~,
,\....:

,',

,.".

.~,

.:"

;..:..j
,',j

....:

.. ,
-.";
,01
.;-1
....J

..'C
,".1
::.;~
":" ..~
. .~

.~

"1
:";:..<
:~. .~
::~:'~.1
"t:?

'~
....:'")
N
o
0)
w

,..

",':"

.:>

":/::-':',

-,....:

(i-i"
'"

:.'-

:" ..

SCIENTIFIC, lONG-RANGE WATER MANAGEMENT
A REALITY IN 1969111

Due to the complexities and the newness of the
use of Computers in long-range water management,
the majority say yes, and some say no. Those who are
doubtful are generally the ones who questioned
whether man would ever orbit the moon; airplanes
fly without propellers and wings; instant television
pictures transmitted across entire oceans and conti-
nents; complex mathematical problems solved in
seconds, rather than hours; medical diagnosis and
treatment resolved by Computers; long-range food
production, processing, and distribution evaluated,
and complete programs developed; insurance com-
panies projecting death rates and computing long-
range premiums based upon realistic projections into
the .future; and water management programs re-
,olved by Computers during the 1960'"

These and many other "nevers" are now real-
ities. Water Management by Electric-Analog-Digital
Computers is truly a reality. Need and necessity will
require even greater advances in the water manage~
ment field in the 21st Century. This is particulary
true because of the fact there is the same amount of
water on the face of the Earth today as when it was
formed billions of years ago no more THANK-
FUllY, no Ie".

.
,

.
.

. . .
PRECIPITATION
. . .
.

,
.
.

.
.

.
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION,
CROPS
,

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION,
PHREATOPHYTES
t

t EVAPORATION
t
t
~
~

~
~
~ "-
.

SIDE ....
INFLOW ~
" ~
'"

t

,

.

. ,
. .

FLOW TOWA/fiJ..: . :.,.._ ... .'
8'!1f.~. .~..: '.R87'VNII.F40W .....
. rp. STREAM. ...
::"'.,.

This artist's concept describes a typical River
Basin, such as the Arkansas River Basin in Colorado,
where a portion of the "hydrologic cycle" is depicted.
The same procedure exists between the oceans and
major bodies of water, which evaporate large a-
mounts of water each year. This moisture then forms

~

"

'::'~: ':".... ...'."

.:-.'.,..:--: -.:..

;:

..~, ..

"
~'.
.......

.-,'

.,.,5.;" .<-"