Watershed Assessment Model WAM Evaluation of the Suwannee River Basin

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Watershed Assessment Model (WAM) Evaluation of
the Suwannee River Basin

• Presented by
• Del Bottcher
• Soil and Water Engineering Technology, Inc.

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WAM Development History

• 1984 - 1st GIS watershed model Basin developed
  for
• Kissimmee River, FL (UF / COE)
• 1988 - Basin New Zealand (BNZ) GIS watershed
  model
• (UF/SWET/NIWA)
• 1988-96 - Multiple upgrades of BNZ (UF/SWET)
• 1997 - First release of the Watershed Assessment
  Model - WAM for Suwannee River WMD
  (SWET/MockRoos)
• 1998 - Daily routing option of WAM released
  SJR-WAM
• 2000 - WAMView Release (ArcView version of WAM
  Model)
• 2000 - WAM-O(Okura Catchment) release in New
  Zealand
• 2001-04 Multiple upgrades of WAM

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How the Model Works!
Depression
GW
Overland
Stream
GW
Surface Routing
Wetland
Groundwater Routing
Grid Cell
(1 ha)
Basin Outlet
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RUNNING the INTERFACE
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Suwannee River _at_ US 27
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Suwannee River _at_ US 27
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Suwannee River _at_ US 27
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Fanning Springs Flow
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Fanning Springs Nitrogen
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WAM Applications in Florida
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Dynamic Modeling Process