Completion Report on Techniques for Evaluating the Effects of Water Resources Development on Estuarine Environments

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dc.call-noQH 105.T4 T5 1978 GBAY
dc.creatorTexas Water Development Board
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-11T00:42:20Z
dc.date.available2010-11-11T00:42:20Z
dc.date.issued1978
dc.description134 pagesen
dc.description.abstractThe research project was designed to provide a set of analytical techniques for use by water resources planners and decision-makers to assist in measuring and evaluating the effects of water resources development on estuarine environments. The techniques are designed to be sufficiently flexible to analyze many types of water development and management policies. This report describes: (1) the techniques developed by the Texas Water Development Board to measure the environmental impact of water resources development on estuarine environments, and (2) the application of these techniques to a prototype Texas River basin - estuarine system to demonstrate the methodology. At this time, results are not definitive but serve as valuable learning tool. Environmental effects of water development and management are examined by simulation models of stream, reservoir, and estuarine environments, and placed within a flexible analytical framework for evaluating a wide range of alternatives. An estuarine ecological model (ESTECO) and an estuarine model (MOM) for migratory organisms (Gulf shrimp) were developed for use with existing Board models that were designed to simulate stream, reservoir, and river basin conditions as water use demands increase on projected scales. The test case was executed on the Guadalupe Estuary and its major contributing drainages, the San Antonio and Guadalupe River Basins. Year 2000 simulations indicate water use projections would increase frequency of low flow events with varying environmental effects.en
dc.history2/11/11 ksws
dc.identifier.otherAccession # 10872
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/27389
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.locationGBAY Circulating Collection
dc.publisherTexas Water Development Boarden
dc.relation.ispartofseries;LP-75
dc.subjectfresh water inflowen
dc.subjectmodelingen
dc.subjectsimulationen
dc.subjectecologyen
dc.subjectalterationsen
dc.subjectmarsh habitatsen
dc.subjectaquatic habitatsen
dc.subjectoperations researchen
dc.subjectregionalen
dc.subjectsystems analysisen
dc.subjectlong-termen
dc.subjectmethodologyen
dc.subjectwater allocation (policy)en
dc.subjectwater resourcesen
dc.subjectwater resources developmenten
dc.titleCompletion Report on Techniques for Evaluating the Effects of Water Resources Development on Estuarine Environmentsen
dc.typeTechnical Reporten

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