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HYDROSPHERE Resource Consultants. Severe and Sustained Drought. 29 th Colorado Water Workshop. July 30, 2004. The Project. The beginnings Objectives Hydrology Impacts Responses. What is a drought?. Hydrologic drought Consecutive flows below the mean flow Depends on mean - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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HYDROSPHEREResource Consultants
July 30, 2004
Severe and Sustained Drought
29th Colorado Water Workshop
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The Project
• The beginnings
• Objectives – Hydrology– Impacts– Responses
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What is a drought?
• Hydrologic drought– Consecutive flows below the mean flow– Depends on mean– Mean depends on period of record
• System drought– Low-flow conditions that cause distress– Depends on storage, deliveries, policy
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The Drought
• System context is c. 1992
• 38-year scenario (1579-1616)
• Re-arranged to increase onset intensity
• Low flow period, recovery period
• 2000 - 10000–year return interval
• “Probable extreme drought”
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SSD Drought Trace
SSD Scenario vs Natural Order
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Annu
al Flo
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af Natural Order
Baseline
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Impacts
• Reservoir storage
• Water availability
• Power and energy
• Water quality
• Social
• Economic
• Environmental
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Reservoir Contents
Powell and Mead ContentsSSD Drought
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Mead
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Water Availability
DepletionsSSD Drought
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Deple
tions
, maf
Upper Division
Lower Division
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Energy
System Hydropower GenerationSSD Drought
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10000000
12000000
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Gene
ration
, mWh Baseline
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Water Quality
Salinity Below Hoover DamSSD Drought Baseline
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Mitigation
• Actions identified in gaming
• Intrastate actions
• Interstate actions– Reverse equalization– Relaxation of compact
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Lee Ferry Deliveries
Lee Ferry Depleted FlowsSSD Drought Scenarios
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Annu
al Flo
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Baseline
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
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Powell
Lake Powell ContentsSSD Scenarios
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Cont
ents,
maf
Baseline
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
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Mead
Lake Mead ContentsSSD Scenarios
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Scenario 1
Scenario 2
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Depletions
DepletionsSSD Drought Scenarios
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Drought Year
Deple
tions
, maf
Upper Baseline
Lower Baseline
Upper Scenario 1
Upper Scenario 2
Lower Scenario 1
Lower Scenario 2
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You are hereLee Ferry Natural Flows
SSD Drought vs. Current Conditions
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Annu
al Flow
, maf
Baseline
Current
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Powell: SSD vs. CurrentLake Powell Contents
SSD Drought vs. Current Conditions
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Lee Ferry: SSD vs. Current
Lee Ferry Depleted FlowsSSD Drought vs. Current Conditions
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Mead: SSD vs. CurrentLake Mead Contents
SSD Drought vs. Current Conditions
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The Wisdom of Chairman Yogi
• It’s like déjà vu all over again.
• It ain’t over till it’s over.
• Making predictions is hard, particularly about the future.
• The future ain’t what it used to be.
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Upper Colorado River Compact Issues• Quantification of states’ depletions
• Quantification of PPRs
• Quantification and allocation of channel losses
• Quantification and allocation of reservoir evaporation
• Overdrafts
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Intrastate Issues
• Quantification of entitlement
• Quantification of PPRs
• Avoidance of overdrafts
• Administration of curtailment
• Mechanisms for Subordination/Offsets
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Modeling Issues
• Colorado River Compact
• Upper Colorado River Compact
• Mexico Treaty
• Intrastate rights
• Present Perfected Rights
• Physical models
• Probabilistic Forecasting