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<br /> <br />, <br /> <br />SPM~ and CU Model i <br />Development ! <br /> <br />Water ~n.\ger\ In the South Platte RI....er B.uln ~ <br />ill e.l5Y dnd efficient process for auurately computing Ildd <br />IIld farm consumptive use and augmentation requlremcn~ <br />or eJlllstlng wells. Thl~ research and softwolfe dNelop~n~ <br />lJilllmprove the quantity and quality 01 spdtLtI data avaUa1fe <br />o w.lfcr ~s In the South Platte RIver BAsin fOI modeling <br />IJld dnal)'1ls. <br />Thoe ddt.l c.lIl be used by water man"8l":IS to <br />letermlne the amount of IrrIgation water cOflsumptlvety <br />I\ed In the South Platte, the source of the wale, (surface <br />I <br />""dter or groundwater), and the effects th.at this water us<: I <br />las on the river. I <br />TIle South P10ltte Ad....lsory Commlttee h.u ~n <br />>rOOlOflng ~modul.u- develo~nt b..uE'd on a data. <br />:entercd .approadt.. ThIs meMS that data should tMe: gem-fit <br />Uld developed In such a way thai .all moctt":lIng efforts un . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />,"- <br />"" <br /> <br />l <br />, <br />\ <br />, <br />, <br />y <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />r <br /> <br />, <br />, <br />< <br /> <br />use the same data. Based on InlormdUon provided by lhe .dvbory <br />c.ommltt<< mem~ls, th~ development of GIS themes for wellloutlon <br />and streamflow depletion factors (SOh) WM ~art<<t and hAS now been <br />expand<<t to Include other useful map th~mes. <br />^lcVlew venlon 3.0 wa~ selected fOI the model pl....lfolm; .,l/l <br />extensIon to ArcVlew using the ^venue scripting Jangu.g~ was <br />constructed. TIle South rt.tte Mapping and An.ll}')1s Program ISPMAP) <br />c.ould eventually be merged W'ilo a more general system (Of the South <br />Pfatte that Is comp.uable 10 Decision Support Syst~m COSS) for other '" <br />. <br />basins In eololddo. Since mld-I997. efforts have focused on developIng. &: <br />c.omumptlve use (eU) model In the South Platte. ~. <br />The eu model will allow water managers to estlm.ate the ~, <br />cOll.'lumptlve use from fafms and link each farm to wells on that {arm. s: <br />B~d on surface water supplle.s and consumptive use estimates ~ <br />computed using weather dat.l .loti wte.lllte Im.lgery-derlv<<t field <br />boufldartes a... shown at left. m.ln.lgefs can estlmate the CU of <br />groundwater. ' <br /> <br />- <br />c <br /> <br />, <br />" <br />v <br />