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Watershed Parameters for Water Rights in the Trinity River Basin. Melissa Figurski CE 394K. Project Goal. Determine Watershed Parameters for Water Rights in the Trinity Basin Upstream Area Average Upstream Precipitation Average Upstream Curve Number. Purpose. Water Availability Modeling
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Watershed Parameters for Water Rights in the Trinity River Basin Melissa Figurski CE 394K
Project Goal • Determine Watershed Parameters for Water Rights in the Trinity Basin • Upstream Area • Average Upstream Precipitation • Average Upstream Curve Number
Purpose • Water Availability Modeling • State Mandated • Resource Planning and Management • TNRCC, CRWR, and Contractor
Data Requirements • 30-meter Digital Elevation Model (DEM) • Stream Network • Water Right Locations • Curve Number Grid • Precipitation Grid
Previous Method • Wrap1117.apr Developed by Brad Hudgens • 6 Basins completed with Wrap1117
Why not use the old method? • 237 million grid cells • 11-day processing • 1649 water rights
New Idea • Separate the Trinity into smaller watersheds (HUCs) • Use Wrap1117 on individual HUCs • Account for upstream contributions with ArcInfo 8
Delineate HUC Watersheds • Burn stream network into DEM • Locate outlet points for each HUC • Buffer each HUC • Clip burned DEM to buffered HUC • Run ArcInfo workstation ‘fill’, ‘flowaccumulation’, and ‘watershed’ commands on each buffered HUC
Outlet Points • Locate Outlet Points for each HUC
5000 meter buffer Clipped DEM Buffer HUCs and Clip DEM
ArcInfo Workstation Functions • Fill burned DEM • Determine flow direction and flow accumulation • Delineate HUC watershed Flow Direction + Outlet Cells = Watershed
Select water rights and stream network in HUC 12030102 Gather Data
WRAP1117 • Flow direction stream network
WRAP1117 • Snap Points to Stream Network
Average Precipitation Average Curve Number WRAP1117
WRAP1117 • Create Network Schematic
WRAP1117 • Delineate Incremental Watersheds
WRAP1117 • Read Water Right Parameters
ArcInfo 8 • Create network
ArcInfo 8 • Set flags at inlet and outlet • ‘Find Path’ between outlets • Export water rights on path • Add upstream data in table
Summary • New method needed • Segment basin into HUC units • Run Wrap1117 on individual HUCs • Use ArcInfo 8 to account for upstream data