Cooperative Water Resources Modeling in the Middle Rio Grande Basin

摘要: The watersheds in which we live are comprised of a complex set natural and social systems that interact over range spatial temporal scales. These continually evolving response to changing climatic patterns, land use practices, the increasing intervention humans. Sustainable management their water resources benefits from development application models offer comprehensive integrated view these demands placed upon them. utility is greatly enhanced if they developed participatory process incorporates views knowledge decision-makers, resource managers, special interest groups, public. System dynamics provides unique mathematical framework for integrating processes important watershed providing an interactive interface engaging We have employed system modeling assist communitybased planning three-county region north-central New Mexico. centered on Middle Rio Grande (MRG) Basin includes greater Albuquerque metropolitan area. Model included close collaboration between Water Assembly, Mid-Region Council Governments, Utton Transboundary Resources Center at University Mexico School Law, numerous regional agencies experts, Sandia National Laboratories. challenge MRG Basin, common other arid/semi-arid environments, balance highly variable supply among posed by urban development, irrigated agriculture, river/reservoir evaporation, riparian/in-stream uses. A description model given along with results perspectives drawn both.