Real-Time Management of Water Resources

There is an abundance of competitive water uses in any water basin. These can arise from the need for water for agriculture, industrial use, public water supply, cooling, protecting the ecology, recreation and hydropower. There are methods to accurate model water basins using weather and historical flow data, along with water quality variables of concern. One can use non-mechanistic, machine-learning models to achieve a multitude of competing objectives.

Unlike water resource systems in use today, whether we are thinking of lakes, hydro-reservoirs, rivers, groundwater, etc., we are going to have to be much smarter with how resources are allocated and consumed to minimize impacts. Our company has developed numerous decision support systems to activate models to meet competing interests. If there is an interest, please let me know and I'll be glad to send you a copy of some of our research in this area.

Kind regards,

John B. Cook, PE

Advanced Data Mining Intl

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1. I am interested to know more about water quality monitoring tools, pl share some idea.

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   1. Bob, Are you interested in in-situ water quality monitoring in real-time? If that is the case, there are a host of instruments which can collect data and upload via satellite or cellular framework. For example, pH, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyl-a, temperature, ORP, and some nitrogen species, although that becomes more difficult. But please check out the YSI, ATi, Hach, and many others who do this well. In the US, the US Geological Survey is the best at collecting real-time data from the field.

2. Jason, It really includes both quantity and quality. See the following Box link that contains the paper with the tag SCWRC2014. It demonstrates optimization of water quantity for drought but also protection of the estuarine water quality to prevent excessive salinity intrusion. Please let me know if you have questions. https://app.box.com/files/0/f/438835253 Kind regards, John

3. Hi John: Are you talking about water quantity (flow) or water quality (chemical analysis)? From your note it sounds like you're focused on quantity. If you have any insights into water quality (chemical analysis), that might be interesting to share. - Jason