GIS Support For Water Resource Management in the Tecate, California and Tecate, Baja California Section of the United States

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GIS Support For Water Resource Management in the
Tecate, California and Tecate, Baja California
Section of the United States Mexico Border
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Overall Project Goal

• To Assist Stakeholders in Managing Scarce Water
  Resources in the Ambos Tecates section of the
  border region
• Goal will be accomplished through the development
  of a water-focused GIS database and web-based
  tools

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U.S. Mexico Border
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Urban Pairs in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region
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Tijuana River Watershed
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Ambos Tecates in the Tijuana River Watershed
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Ambos Tecates Project Area
Population Tecate, MX 78,000 in 2000Tecate,
US gt200 (2,000 in larger area)
Border Crossings 2.7 Million in 200257 Million
in S.D. B.C.(only 5 of S.D. B.C total)
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Ambos Tecates
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Ambos Tecates

• An inadequate GIS infrastructure for supporting
  government decision-making is a characteristic
  shared by most urban pairs along the United
  States Mexico border

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Relation to Recent Existing Projects/Programs

• Tijuana River Watershed Binational Vision
• Tres Californias
• Integrated U.S.-Mexico Geographic Information
  System for Transboundary Watershed Management
• Identification and Mapping of Potential Ground
  Water Contamination Sources in Urban Tecate,
  Mexico

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Tijuana River Watershed Bi-national Vision

• Purpose
• To develop a bi-national vision for the Tijuana
  River Watershed and devise strategies and options
  for achieving the vision based on stakeholder
  participation
• Origins
• Tijuana River Watershed GIS, 1994-2000
• San Diego-Tijuana International Border Planning
  Atlas, 2000
• Tijuana River Watershed Atlas, 2005

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Integrated U.S. Mexico Geographic Information
System for Trans-boundary Watershed Management

• Purpose
• To develop and implement a strategy for a
  bi-national water resources GIS in the
  U.S.-Mexico border region
• Project is led by Chris Brown, Jean Parcher, and
  Fabian Lozano
• The Ambos Tecates project is one of the pilot
  projects of this program

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Tres Californias

• Purpose
• To increase university and stakeholder
  cooperation, technology transfer, and the
  enhancement of local and regional planning
• Anticipated Results
• Collection of new data, increased access to
  existing data, improved ability to create maps,
  and better tools to analyze spatial and tabular
  data
• Geographic Focus
• Two southernmost counties of California, Baja
  California, and Baja California Sur
• Targeted Users
• State and municipal government planners and
  decision makers
• University Partners
• San Diego State University
• The Autonomous University of Baja California,
  Ensenada
• The Autonomous University of Baja California Sur

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Identification and Mapping of Potential Ground
Water Contamination Sources in Urban Tecate,
Mexico

• Purposes
• To create a GIS data storage and analysis tool
  for water resources in Tecate, Baja California,
  Mexico
• Inventory Possible groundwater contamination
  sources
• Provide GIS training to employees of the State
  Commission in Tecate and the Tecate Municipal
  Planning Department

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Modeling Flood Risk
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Flood Risk Evaluation Model
FRI HI VI

• HI Sli Sti(0.5) Gi and VI Lui

FRI Flood Risk Index Hi Hazzard index Sli
Slope index Sti Stream index Gi
Geomorphology index
Vi Vulnerability index Lui Land use index
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COMPONENTS OF THE AMBOS TECATES WEBSITE
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Ambos Tecates Internet Web Page
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Ambos Tecates Project Overview
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Ambos Tecates Introduction to IMS
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Ambos Tecates Internet Map Service
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Ambos Tecates Metadata
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Ambos Tecates Project Contact List
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Future Work

• Improve the web site
• IMS design and symbology
• Data download and metadata
• Continue to develop additional applications
• Refine the methods and application of technology
  transfer which can them be applied to Baja
  California and Baja California Sur.