1. 1. 50 Years of History at the Utah Water Research Laboratory Mac McKee, Director Utah Water Research Laboratory
2. 2. An economically, politically, and socially viable society requires a dependable water supply, and it typically must be able to successfully manage a number of other simultaneous water-related problems. McKees 5th Axiom of Water Resources Engineering
3. 3. Jericho
4. 4. Reqqim (Petra)
5. 5. Reqqim (Petra)
6. 6. Reqqim (Petra)
7. 7. Many of these same things happened in antiquity at other locations.
8. 8. Development of hydraulic cultures: Unpredictable water supply Domesticated crops and animals Trade opportunities
9. 9. Lessons from history.
10. 10. Monitoring Modeling Management
11. 11. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Failure in:
12. 12. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Failure in: (Walsh 1980; Cary et al. 1980)
13. 13. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n Failure in:
14. 14. Utah water history.
15. 15. (Courtesy USU Special Collections, Merrill-Cazier Library)
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18. 18. The Utah Water Research Laboratory.
19. 19. What have we been up to?
20. 20. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t If you dont measure it, you cant manage it. McKees 2th Axiom of Water Resources Engineering
21. 21. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Then...
22. 22. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Then...
23. 23. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Then...
24. 24. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Now.
25. 25. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Now.
26. 26. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Now.
27. 27. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Now.
28. 28. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Now.
29. 29. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Now.
30. 30. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Now.
31. 31. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Now.
32. 32. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Now.
33. 33. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Then...
34. 34. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Then...
35. 35. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Then...
36. 36. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Now.
37. 37. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n t Now.
38. 38. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n Then...
39. 39. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n Then...
40. 40. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n Then...
41. 41. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n Now.
42. 42. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n Now.
43. 43. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n Now.
44. 44. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n Now.
45. 45. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n Now.
46. 46. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n Now.
47. 47. M o n i t o r i n g M o d e l i n g M a n a g e m e n Now.
48. 48. Challenges for Utahs water future
49. 49. CHALLENGE: Emerging Contaminants CHALLENGE: Nano-particles in the Environment CHALLENGE: Environmental Services And there are many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, others.
50. 50. CHALLENGE: Climate Change
51. 51. CHALLENGE: Climate Change
52. 52. Reservoir and water system operational changes? QUESTION:
53. 53. Impacts on environmental systems? QUESTION:
54. 54. New storage/import systems vs. intensive management/con servation? QUESTION:
55. 55. How to best handle uncertainty? QUESTION: Yellowstone River Forecast, 12 months ahead
56. 56. Water rights implications vs. political expediency? QUESTION:
57. 57. It is easy to make the desert bloom if you can do it with water you have stolen from someone else. McKees 1st Axiom of Water Resources Engineering
58. 58. Thanks. Any Questions?