TY - JOUR
T1 - Collaborative Modeling to Evaluate Water Management Scenarios in the Rio Grande Basin
AU - Sandoval-Solis, Samuel
AU - Teasley, Rebecca L.
AU - Mckinney, Daene C.
AU - Thomas, Gregory A.
AU - Patiño-Gomez, Carlos
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - This article describes the collaborative modeling process and the resulting water resources planning model developed to evaluate water management scenarios in the transboundary Rio Grande basin. The Rio Grande is a severely water stressed basin that faces numerous management challenges as it crosses numerous jurisdictional boundaries. A collaborative process was undertaken to identify and model water management scenarios to improve water supply for stakeholders, the environment, and international obligations of water delivery from Mexico to the United States. A transparent and open process of data collection, model building, and scenario development was completed by a project steering committee composed of university, nongovernmental, and governmental experts from both countries. The outcome of the process was a planning model described in this article, with data and operations that were agreed on by water planning officials in each country. Water management scenarios were created from stakeholder input and were modeled and evaluated for effectiveness with the planning model.
AB - This article describes the collaborative modeling process and the resulting water resources planning model developed to evaluate water management scenarios in the transboundary Rio Grande basin. The Rio Grande is a severely water stressed basin that faces numerous management challenges as it crosses numerous jurisdictional boundaries. A collaborative process was undertaken to identify and model water management scenarios to improve water supply for stakeholders, the environment, and international obligations of water delivery from Mexico to the United States. A transparent and open process of data collection, model building, and scenario development was completed by a project steering committee composed of university, nongovernmental, and governmental experts from both countries. The outcome of the process was a planning model described in this article, with data and operations that were agreed on by water planning officials in each country. Water management scenarios were created from stakeholder input and were modeled and evaluated for effectiveness with the planning model.
KW - Decision support systems
KW - Geographic information system
KW - Planning
KW - Rio Grande
KW - Water resources management
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U2 - 10.1111/jawr.12070
DO - 10.1111/jawr.12070
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84878924144
SN - 1093-474X
VL - 49
SP - 639
EP - 653
JO - Journal of the American Water Resources Association
JF - Journal of the American Water Resources Association
IS - 3
ER -