South Platte NRD Board Looks At Modeling Possibilities

The South Platte Natural Resources District (SPNRD) Board of Directors (Board) held their monthly meeting Feb . 13 at the South Platte NRD Conference Room.

Jim Schneider, Ph.D., from Olsson Associates presented the Western Irrigation District Model/Groundwater Evaluation Toolbox (GET). This model was created through a contract with the Twin Platte NRD. Using data from the Western Water Use Management Model (WWUMM) and the Cooperative Hydrology Study (COHYST) the model can create a simulation of what could happen to a given set of canal diversions under different water development scenario...