DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

ENVIRONMENTAL HYDROLOGY AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING

CEE 595W

“Real-time Water Management”

Jim Stiman

Chief of the Water Control Section

Rock Island (IL) District

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Abstract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District operates 20 navigation locks and dams on the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers and 3 major flood control reservoirs in the State of Iowa. In order to effectively manage these projects, the Water Management Section analyzes hydro-meteorological information provided by a real-time gage network and utilizes a variety of modeling and forecasting tools. This presentation will provide an overview of the process used to manage the District’s water resource projects and describe the data acquisition system and modeling tools employed to optimize project objectives.

Wednesday, April 6, 2005

4:00 p.m.

Room 1518 Hydrosystems Lab

Everyone Welcome

http://cee.uiuc.edu/areas/hydro/EHHE_Seminar.htm