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The Big Creek hydrographic system covers
roughly 1,650 square miles of the upper San
Joaquin River watershed in the central High
Sierra region of California and is the source
for much of the state’s potable water supply.
When Water Equals Power:
Using Simulation Tools to Better Manage Water Flow
In its management of the upper San Joaquin River
Dewberry was tasked with developing a real-time
watershed in Fresno County, California, as part
simulation (RTS) program to simulate the hydrology
of its Big Creek hydroelectric program, Southern
and hydraulics of the watershed. The RTS integrates
California Edison operators typically relied on limited
metereological data, hydrologic models, reservoir
meteorological and streamflow data. While years of
operation simulation models, and hydraulic models into
experience had taught operators that a rainfall event of
a comprehensive and standardized program. Operators
a certain size or a winter snowpack containing a certain
can either release water into the streams below the
amount of snow water equivalent (SWE) would require
dams directly; or divert water into turbines for power
operational decisions regarding when to release or
production or into pipes, flumes, aqueducts, or canals for
store water, this institutional knowledge was difficult
water deliveries.
to pass along. Even when put into spreadsheets, the
Dewberry has also helped train staff on how to use
information did not support prompt and readily
the models and make more informed decisions both in
available data for efficient decision-making.
real-time and as future condition forecasts.
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Contents
Spotlight on the Staff: Richard Cawley
Radnor Heights Substation Powers Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall
Conquering New Ventures: Q&A with Katie Jones
Impacts on Infrastructure: A Quick Look at Issues Likely to Affect Utility Providers
Bringing a Higher Quality of LiDAR Data to Transmission Line Mapping
Performance Briefs
Salt Storage Facility Opens at Tulsa Port of Catoosa
Dimensions - Winter 2013 - Dimensions - Winter 2013
Dimensions - Winter 2013 - Contents
Dimensions - Winter 2013 - Spotlight on the Staff: Richard Cawley
Dimensions - Winter 2013 - Radnor Heights Substation Powers Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall
Dimensions - Winter 2013 - Conquering New Ventures: Q&A with Katie Jones
Dimensions - Winter 2013 - Impacts on Infrastructure: A Quick Look at Issues Likely to Affect Utility Providers
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Dimensions - Winter 2013 - 6
Dimensions - Winter 2013 - 7
Dimensions - Winter 2013 - Bringing a Higher Quality of LiDAR Data to Transmission Line Mapping
Dimensions - Winter 2013 - Performance Briefs
Dimensions - Winter 2013 - Salt Storage Facility Opens at Tulsa Port of Catoosa
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