Relevant
Studies, Analyses, and Reports - The Middle Rio
Grande Region (Sandoval, Bernalillo and Valencia Counties) and Basin
(Cochiti Reservoir to Elephant Butte Reservoir) have been the
beneficiaries of lots of applicable studies, analyses, and reports
which should not be ignored. Links to selected documents appear
below.
ET Toolbox - Evapotranspiration Toolbox
for the Middle Rio Grande
West-Wide
Climate Risk Assessment - West-Wide Climate Risk
Assessment: Upper Rio Grande Impact Assessment. Bureau of
Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, Albuquerque Area Office,
Albuquerque, NM. (Llewellyn, D., and S. Vaddey.
2013)
Executive Summary
Full Report
Appendix A - Upper Rio
Grande System and Operations
Appendix B - Literature
Review of Observed and Projected Climate ChangesAppendix C - Observed Climate
Trends in the
Upper Rio Grande Basin
Appendix D - Development of
Hydrologic Projections
Appendix E - The Upper Rio
Grande Simulation Model (URGSiM)
Middle Rio
Grande Water Supply Study (MRGWSS) - The Middle Rio Grande Water Supply Study
was initiated in June 1999 as a joint project of the New Mexico
Interstate Stream Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The
study was conducted as the first step of a broad regional water
planning process, addressing the question, "What is the water
supply for the region?" To answer this question, the study
quantified the conjunctive groundwater-surface water supply for the
region from Cochiti Dam to Elephant Butte Reservoir, considering the
constraints of the Rio Grande Compact. An Executive Steering Committee
comprised of water resource engineers and scientists, and major
stakeholders in the study area provided technical advice and guidance during
the project.
These products provide an up-to-date integration of past
and on-going technical studies that can be used in the regional water
planning process. This
study builds on the previous Water Supply Study, providing planners
with improved analysis of water supply conditions and Compact
compliance under both current and potential drought scenarios, and
provides a clear assessment of the potential impacts of the Middle Rio
Grande, Socorro-Sierra, and Jemez y Sangre planning region water
planning alternatives on Compact deliveries to Elephant Butte
Reservoir.
Middle Rio Grande
Water Supply Study, Phase 3
November 24,
2004
Prepared for:
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Albuquerque District
and
New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission
Prepared
by:
S.S. Papadopulos
& Associates, Inc.
MRGWSS
Phase 3 Final Report
Executive Summary
Final Report
Figures
Tables
Appendix A
- Metadata Database
Appendix A
- Metadata Files - Spatial Data
Appendix A
- Metadata Files - Time Series
Appendix B
- Summary of Flow Data and Compact-Based Flow Indices
Appendix C
- Summary of Consumptive Use Data
Appendix D
- Probabilistic Analysis of Water Budget Terms
Appendix E
- Groundwater Modeling of Present and Alternative Conditions
Appendix F
- Model Output
Appendix G
- Middle Rio Grande Planning Region Supporting Documents
Appendix H
- Socorro-Sierra Planning Region Supporting Documents
Project Technical
Memoranda - Several
technical memoranda may be relevant. They include:
New Mexico
Climate Memorandum - Link to a technical memorandum
analyzing the paleo-climate and climate-forcing information for New
Mexico and the resulting implications for probabilistic modeling in the
Middle Rio Grande Water Supply Study.
1950's Drought Analysis
Memorandum - Link to a technical memorandum analyzing the
severity of the 1950's drought.
Preliminary Analysis of
Hydrologic Impacts of Alternatives Proposed by the Socorro-Sierra
Regional Water Planning Group - Link to a technical
memorandum providing a preliminary hydrologic evaluation of water
planning alternatives proposed for the Socorro-Sierra region.
SSPA/SNL Joint Statement
- Link to a joint statement by SS Papadopulos
and Associates and Sandia National Lab on the similarities and
differences of each parties' respective models
and the role of the models in the regional water planning process.
Reevaluation of Hydrologic
Statistical Distributions - Link to a
technical memorandum providing a reevaluation of the probability
distribution functions for several of the inflow components of the
probabilistic modeling performed during Phase 2 of the Middle Rio
Grande Water Supply Study.
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