CEE 6490 - Integrated River Basins/ Watershed Planning and Management

Instructor	Office Hours	Location
Dr. David E. Rosenberg	Tu/Th 3-4pm, or by appointment (confirm location)	UWRL 205, ENGR 226, phone (435-797-8689), or by Zoom (see connect info)

Class Date/Time: T/Th 1:30 - 2:45 PM (In person or asynchronous)

Course Syllabus

Schedule of Topics and Assignments

Text: Free access from the Schedule of Topics and Assignments

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Materials to help prepare reports for Individual Learning Opportunities (ILOs)

Individual Learning Opportunities

Group Learning Opportunities

Materials to help prepare, give, and understand grading of technical presentations

Short Guide to Prepare and Give Technical Presentations
Oral Presentation Grading Rubric
Oral Presentation Feedback Form
Group and Self Rating Form (pdf) (doc)

Materials to help prepare, write, and understand grading of technical reports and supporting materials

Short Guide to Writing Papers, Thesis, and Reports (pdf)
Directions to Set up a HydroShare Account, Resource, and Add your Resource to Class Projects Collection (pdf)
Additional Resources to make your work more findable, accessible, interoperable, and reproducible (FAIR)
- Stagge et al (2024) Update to the Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management’s Reproducible Results Policy. (Follow Steps #1 and #2 for the course project report).
- Stagge et al (2024) Reproducibility Review Program: Accomplishments, Lessons, and Next Steps.
- Rosenberg et al (2020) The Next Frontier: Making Research More Reproducible.
Format for Technical Note for Final Project Report: Alminagorta et al (2013)
Group and Self Rating Form (pdf) (doc)
Peer Review Form (MS Word)

Student Projects

- 2022 (on Hydroshare)
  - Creating and Evaluating CRSS Metrics that Report Conditions for Native Fish of the Grand Canyon
  - Impacts of Alternative Hydrological and Demand Scenarios in the Upper Colorado River Basin on Lake Powell Storage
- 2021 (on Hydroshare)
  - Exploring Alternative Management Scenarios for the Upper Colorado River Basin
- 2020 (All on Hydroshare)
  - Restoring the Colorado River Delta.
  - Evaluation of Decreased Flows in the Grand Canyon to Benefit Native Fish Species
  - Going with the (Fish) Flow: Contrasting Implementation of Additional Environmental Fish Flows and Natural Flows in Select Reservoirs of the Upper Colorado River Basin
  - The Impact of Local Hydrology and Irrigation Practices on Inflows to the Salton Sea
- 2019
  - Increasing Lakes Powell and Mead's Available Storage by Accounting for Evaporation Losses - https://www.hydroshare.org/resource/6bcdd5667f3b41439d63ee939d844402/
  - Ensuring Long-Term Viability of the Colorado River System Through Early, Proportional Cuts to Water Deliveries During Low Water Years - https://www.hydroshare.org/resource/51c963a16c9d46c4b091364a8b206269
  - Postponing Equalization to Retain Accumulated Sediment in the Grand Canyon Ecosystem - https://www.hydroshare.org/resource/8860d75de30747e2a06e06f2d9783a8e/
  - Evaluating the Effects of Climate Change on Maintaining Current Environmental Flow Operating Rules: Flaming Gorge Dam - http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/d42bd7b5ba604a61b23c12eb46db8e05
  - Optimization of Lake Powell Releases to Sustain Flow for Benthic Invertebrates - https://www.hydroshare.org/resource/44ff441e341b436bb6307155528a75ae/ (was not Riverware work)
- 2017 - HydroShare
  - In-stream flows for restoring and maintaining riparian forests - lower Bear River, Utah
  - Developing A Platform for Finding the Optimal n-point Hedging Rule of the Agricultural Reservoir using Genetic Algorithm
  - Investigating the Interaction between Reliability and Vulnerability for Performance Assessment of Hyrum Reservoir in an Optimization Model
- 2016 - Git Hub Repositories
Grading Rubric for Reports

Materials to Get Going with Riverware and CRSS

DirectionsToInstallRiverwareCRSS-Aug2023.docx (Word)
- Google Form to submit computer info to obtain Riverware license
Within Riverware: Help menu => RiverWare Help...

Colorado River Video and Photo Tours

The Colorado River's 1,400-mile journey through the West, explained (Denver 7)
Rafting the Grand Canyon: 10-Day Photo Tour (Adam Shallau Photography)