Data Mining for Water Resource Management Part 1 - Answering Contemporary Questions with Historical Databases

2010 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Science and Policy Challenges for a Sustainable Futur

Optimally Managing Water Resources in Large River Basins for an Uncertain Future

2014 SC Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenge

Data Mining for Water Resource Management Part 2 - Methods and Approaches to Solving Contemporary Problems

2010 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Science and Policy Challenges for a Sustainable Futur

Development of Interential Sensors for Real-time Quality Control of Water-level Data for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network

2010 S.C. Water Resources Conferences - Science and Policy Challenges for a Sustainable Futur

Using Big Data to Optimally Develop Water Quality Temperature

2010 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Science and Policy Challenges for a Sustainable Futur

Estimation of Tidal Marsh Loading Effects in a Complex Estuary

2010 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Science and Policy Challenges for a Sustainable Futur

Data Mining to Predict Climate and Groundwater Use Impacts on the Hydrology of Central Florida

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Managemen

Decision Support System for Optimally Managing Water Resources to Meet Multiple Objectives in the Savannah River Basin

Managers of large river basins face conflicting demands for water resources such as wildlife habitat, water supply, wastewater assimilative capacity, flood control, hydroelectricity, and recreation. The Savannah River Basin, for example, has experienced three major droughts since 2000 that resulted in record low water levels in its reservoirs, impacting dependent economies for years. The Savannah River estuary contains two municipal water intakes and the ecologically sensitive freshwater tidal marshes of the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. The Port of Savannah is the fourth busiest in the United States, and modifications to the harbor to expand ship traffic since the 1970s have caused saltwater to migrate upstream, reducing the freshwater marsh’s acreage more than 50 percent. A planned deepening of the harbor includes flow-alteration features to minimize further migration of salinity, whose effectiveness will only be known after all construction is completed. One of the challenges of large basin management is the optimization of water use through ongoing regional economic development, droughts, and climate change. This paper describes a model of the Savannah River Basin designed to continuously optimize regulated flow to meet prioritized objectives set by resource managers and stakeholders. The model was developed from historical data using machine learning, making it more accurate and adaptable to changing conditions than traditional models. The model is coupled to an optimization routine that computes the daily flow needed to most efficiently meet the water-resource management objectives. The model and optimization routine are packaged in a decision support system that makes it easy for managers and stakeholders to use. Simulation results show that flow can be regulated to substantially reduce salinity intrusions in the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, while conserving more water in the reservoirs. A method for using the model to assess the effectiveness of the flow-alteration features after the deepening also is demonstrated

Quantification of Water-Level Variability Effect on Plant Species Populations Using Paleoecological and Hydrological Time Series Data

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Managemen

Changes in the Availability of Freshwater along the South Carolina and Georgia Coast due to Potential Climate Change Scenarios

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Managemen