Digital Watershed Intelligent River PSA Remote Data Acquisition Network Planning Committee Linking Water, Land Use, Energy, and Global Climate Change Research.

Digital Watershed Intelligent River

PSA Remote Data Acquisition Network Planning Committee

Linking Water, Land Use, Energy, and Global Climate

ChangeResearch Funding Sponsor:


•Land, water, and energy are being impacted by unsustainable human demands. •Evidence is mounting that competing demands for water resources worldwide are resulting in both economic and ecological challenges. •This explosive demand is caused by population growth, economic development, and coastal urbanization.

Watershed-scale river experiments are needed to define ecosystem needs for informed policy development

Our nation’s watersheds are at risk

The Research Drivers:

DroughtNon-point source

pollutantsMicro-pollutants

BiodiversitySustainability

Economy Ecology


Water quantity and quality will determine economic vitality and future patterns of economic growth.

Is it time to shift the water resources management paradigm to the digital watershed and intelligent river?

Water Policy will shape the Economic Future of South Carolina


•real-time data will be necessary to optimize water withdrawal, wasteload allocation, and hydropower generation while preserving the ecology of our rivers and streams

•remote data acquisition system will be essential to establish long-term water quality trends, monitor flow, track land-use changes, document pollution impacts, and effectively manage major rivers using real-time data

Within the next decade


Cyber Infrastructure: Remote Monitoring Initiative6 December 200716 November 2007 PSA Remote Data Acquisition

Network Planning CommitteeLinking Water, Land Use, Energy, and Global Climate Change•Bannockburn Project – Baruch•Savannah River Project – 200 River Mile SRAR Collaboration•Clemson Forest – Lake Issaqueena

Source: WATERS Network cyberinfrastructure, NSF


How do we link watershed research throughout the state


Bannockburn

Clemson University Cyberinfrastucture Network

Savannah River

Lake Issaqueena


Demonstration Project: Savannah River


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Betty’s Branch

Stevens Creek

North Augusta

Augusta Diversion Dam

Horse Creek

Nutrasweet

NSB Lock & Dam

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Stan’sButler Creek

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International Paper

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Clyo•Continuous Physical Parameters•Monthly Chemical and Biological Monitoring

Technology-based Lagrangian Scheme

JST Dam


Integrated Water Quality/Water Quantity Models

Savannah River Water QualityModel Components

ImpoundmentsDam ReleaseCanal Operations

Point Source Discharges

Stream Discharge

Non-Point Source Discharges

Stochastic Events

Atmospheric Deposition

EvaporationTranspiration

Water Withdrawal

Interbasin Transfers

Municipality

Industry

AgricultureForestry ConstructionGroundwater


Demonstration Project: Bannockburn


Hydrologic and Water Quality Monitoring

Water level recorders Open canopy rain gages Flow gages for culverts

Event-based samplingSoil moisture and water table measurements


Forest Visualization



The Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forestry SciencePISCES: Program of Integrated Study for Coastal Environmental Sustainability




PSA Remote Data Acquisition Task ForceGene Eidson, Chair, Jeff Allen, Bob Becker, Nathan Bohlmann, Richard Brooks, William Conner, Sam Esswein, Jill Gemmill, Sebastien Goasguen, John Hains, Jason Hallstrom, Dan Hitchcock, Anand Jayakaran, Tim Kelly, Steve Klaine,, Larry Murdoch, Chris Post, Bruce Rafert, Cal Sawyer, Dan Schmiedt, Bo Song, Steve Stevenson, KC Wang, Caroline Weilhamer, Mike Weilhamer, and Oscar Flite, SNSA, Ralph Nichols, SRNL

Project Managers and Task ForcePSA Remote Data Acquisition Project Managers

PROJECT RESOURCE INFORMATION

Project Manager Tim Howard Project Sponsor Gene Eidson

Business Units Involved Core Team Members (FTE) Role Responsible Manager

PSA Jon Van Bergen PSA Project Coordinator Gene Eidson

PSA Cal Sawyer CWE Project Manager Gene Eidson

PSA Chris Post Project Technical Leader

CITI David White CITI software implementation Jill Gemmill

CRLT Tim Howard Project Manager Carla Rathbone

PSA Will Conner/Dan Hitchcock Bannockburn Project Manager

PSA/SNSA Gene Eidson/Oscar FliteSavannah River Project Manager

PSA Steve KlaineClemson Forest/CLUE Project Manager

Digital Watershed Intelligent River PSA Remote Data Acquisition Network Planning Committee Linking Water, Land Use, Energy, and Global Climate Change Research.

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