WWRC 97-05j
Water Div-II GIS: Prototype Toolbox for Dynamic Water Planning in Wyoming
Abstract
While many studies have addressed various water
resource issues in Wyoming's basins over the last
20 years, a comprehensive update of basin water
availability and use has not been undertaken since
the Wyoming Water Planning Program basin reports
of the early 1970s. As a means of evaluating water
supply and demand in each basin individually and in
relation to the overall water resource needs of the
State, an update is needed to understand how
surface and ground water resources are currently
being utilized. Maintaining up-to-date water
resource documentation requires powerful and
flexible planning tools which can manage and utilize
basin inventory data in a timely and efficient
manner. The primary objective of this project was
to construct a geographic information system (GIS)
for the purpose of developing a water resources
inventory for Wyoming Water Division II in
northeastern Wyoming. The project has resulted in
development of a spatial digital database and
associated text- and tabular-based descriptive
information providing a detailed inventory of water
and related land resources within the region. A
second objective of the project addressed
development of a customized, interactive graphical
user interface for query and display of mapped and
tabular information. The interface provides an
infrastructure for development of tools for analyzing
and modeling existing and potential water supply
and demand. Finally, the project will result in an
evaluation of the overall utility of GIS as a decision
support tool for basin planning and the feasibility of
expanding this GIS-based inventory methodology to
a statewide water planning effort.
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