ponds and dams in the pedernales river basin john middleton ce 394k.2 may 2005
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Ponds and Damsin thePedernales River Basin
John MiddletonCE 394K.2May 2005
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Project Goal
Develop a simple water balance model to predict water levels in various storage structures. Simple to use Data readily available Works
Challenges How to calibrate
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Motivation
Ponds and dams on family property
Roy Bedichek’s idea of “little waters” as habitats
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Approach
Analyze a progression of storage systems Cistern Tank Dam on intermittent
creek Dam on river
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Pedernales Watershed
Pedernales River Basin: 1294 mi²
You Are Here
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Upper Fall Creek
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Tools and Data
Tools ArcGIS
Watershed areas Landcover estimates
Mathcad Infiltration model
Excel Water balance
calculations
Data Precipitation
NCDC, TWDB
Evaporation TWDB
Wells TWDB
Flow USGS
Miscellaneous – LCRA pubs, textbooks, Dad
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Plan A
Develop a monthly water balance in Excel Infiltration – Mathcad Green-Ampt 2-layer
model Runoff estimates using SCS curve Estimate demand based on published
livestock consumption numbers Assume storage volumes have uniform depth
and vertical sides
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Water Balance
Cistern P - E - D
Earthen Tank P - E - I - D + R
Dam on Creek P - E - I - D + R + B
P = Precipitation E = Evaporation D = Demand I = Infiltration R = Runoff B = Base Flow In
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Plan B
Use daily rain data
1st Approach used mean monthly data Problems with SCS model – single rain value
not representative of the rain distribution
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Tank Catchment
Drainage: 235 acres
Tank depth: 8ft Tank area: 1000
ft2
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Google Maps is Cool
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Spreadsheet Model
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Cistern/Tank Model
Spicewood Cistern/Tank 2000 - 2002
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Drainage: 235 acresDepth: 8ftArea: 1000 ft2
Start Depth: 8ft
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Cistern/Tank Model
Spicewood Cistern/Tank 2000 - 2002
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Drainage: 235 acresDepth: 8ftArea: 1000 ft2
Start Depth: 0ft
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Cistern/Tank ModelDrainage: 235 acresDepth: 8ftArea: 1000 ft2
Start Depth: 0ft
% of Runoff Detained
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Upper Fall Creek
Dam Catchment Drainage: 3852 acres Depth: 6ft Tank area: 23,774 ft2
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Dam Model
Spicewood Lower Dam 2000 - 2002
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Drainage: 3582 acresDepth: 6ftArea: 23,774 ft2
Start Depth: 6ft
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Conclusions
Cistern/Tank model appears reasonable Dam model
Difficult to calibrate Creek baseflow not known Runoff/infiltration model may be overly
simplistic Excel is good, but I’m tired of it
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Model Improvements
Infiltration model – convert to VB routine SCS method needs daily data Spring flow estimates Shape of storage structure NARR for evaporation Doppler for rainfall Improved runoff method
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Questions?
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Pedernales Basin
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Tank ModelP = Precipitation
Input Parameters E = EvaporationStorage Area Demand D = Demand
Area 1000 ft2 Number Horses 10 I = Infiltration 262500 m2Depth 8 ft Total demand 402 gal/mon R = Runoff 2824500
Volume 8000 ft3
Starting Depth 0 ft Infiltration 12 in/mon
Drainage area 1.02E+07 ft2 235.13 acres
CisternCistern with demand Earthen tank
Earthen tankwith demand Dam
Dam with Demand
PPrecipitation
(in)
EEvaporation
(in)
IInfiltration
(in)
DDemand
(ft3)
RRunoff
(in)
BBaseflow
ft3
RRunoff
(ft3) P-E (in)P-E Level
(ft)P-E-D Level
(ft)P-E-I+R Level
(ft)
P-E-I+R-D Level
(ft)
P-E-I+R+B Level
(ft)
P-E-I+R-D+B Level
(ft)
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00Jan-2000 1.27 3.98 12 402.00 0 0 0 -2.71 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00Feb-2000 1.75 4.03 12 402.00 0 0 0 -2.28 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00Mar-2000 2.55 4.73 12 402.00 0.07945739 0 67,691 -2.18 0.00 0.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00Apr-2000 1.97 5.52 12 402.00 0 0 0 -3.55 0.00 0.00 6.70 6.30 6.70 6.30
May-2000 3.75 7.36 12 402.00 0.306640388 0 261,233 -3.61 0.00 0.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00Jun-2000 3.71 8.82 12 402.00 0.059153155 0 50,394 -5.11 0.00 0.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00Jul-2000 0.28 10.31 12 402.00 0 0 0 -10.03 0.00 0.00 6.16 5.76 6.16 5.76
Aug-2000 0.83 9.98 12 402.00 0 0 0 -9.15 0.00 0.00 4.40 3.60 4.40 3.60Sep-2000 1.14 7.05 12 402.00 0 0 0 -5.91 0.00 0.00 2.91 1.70 2.91 1.70Oct-2000 2.86 4.49 12 402.00 0 0 0 -1.63 0.00 0.00 1.77 0.17 1.77 0.17Nov-2000 7.58 4.67 12 402.00 0.76820835 0 654,452 2.91 0.24 0.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00Dec-2000 1.55 2.52 12 402.00 0.000360092 0 307 -0.97 0.16 0.00 7.23 6.82 7.23 6.82Jan-2001 3.3 2.49 12 402.00 0.04333872 0 36,921 0.81 0.23 0.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00Feb-2001 1.51 2.01 12 402.00 0.005800189 0 4,941 -0.5 0.19 0.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00Mar-2001 7.32 2.82 12 402.00 1.215378081 0 1,035,404 4.5 0.56 0.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00Apr-2001 2.71 3.61 12 402.00 0.130569521 0 111,235 -0.9 0.49 0.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00
May-2001 4.14 5.88 12 402.00 0.059607979 0 50,781 -1.74 0.34 0.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00Jun-2001 1.05 7.21 12 402.00 0 0 0 -6.16 0.00 0.00 6.49 6.08 6.49 6.08Jul-2001 0.75 7.92 12 402.00 0 0 0 -7.17 0.00 0.00 4.89 4.09 4.89 4.09
Aug-2001 3.33 8.52 12 402.00 0.002758885 0 2,350 -5.19 0.00 0.00 5.81 4.60 5.81 4.60Sep-2001 2.27 5.2 12 402.00 0 0 0 -2.93 0.00 0.00 4.56 2.95 4.56 2.95Oct-2001 4.27 3.96 12 402.00 0.593879432 0 505,937 0.31 0.03 0.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00Nov-2001 11.79 2.3 12 402.00 5.133433154 0 4,373,271 9.49 0.82 0.39 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00Dec-2001 1.91 1.88 12 402.00 0 0 0 0.03 0.82 0.00 7.00 6.60 7.00 6.60Jan-2002 0.89 1.91 12 402.00 0 0 0 -1.02 0.73 0.00 5.92 5.11 5.92 5.11Feb-2002 0.77 2.53 12 402.00 0 0 0 -1.76 0.59 0.00 4.77 3.56 4.77 3.56Mar-2002 1.29 3.04 12 402.00 0 0 0 -1.75 0.44 0.00 3.63 2.02 3.63 2.02Apr-2002 0.45 5.08 12 402.00 0 0 0 -4.63 0.06 0.00 2.24 0.23 2.24 0.23
May-2002 1.8 4.96 12 402.00 0.072393497 0 61,673 -3.16 0.00 0.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00Jun-2002 4.91 7.55 12 402.00 0.830267276 0 707,321 -2.64 0.00 0.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00Jul-2002 9.91 5.52 12 402.00 1.709034674 0 1,455,960 4.39 0.37 0.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00
Aug-2002 0.87 6.21 12 402.00 0 0 0 -5.34 0.00 0.00 6.56 6.15 6.56 6.15Sep-2002 3.17 6.13 12 402.00 0.302487326 0 257,695 -2.96 0.00 0.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00Oct-2002 6.44 4.51 12 402.00 0.239539602 0 204,068 1.93 0.16 0.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00Nov-2002 2.91 3.95 12 402.00 0.051287948 0 43,693 -1.04 0.07 0.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00Dec-2002 4.5 3.44 12 402.00 0.194187525 0 165,432 1.06 0.16 0.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00
mon avg 37.17 60.70 144 4824 3.93
CisternCistern with demand Earthen tank
Earthen tankwith demand
Earthen tankwith demand Dam
Dam with Demand
Earthen tankwith demand
Spicewood Cistern/Tank 2000 - 2002
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Runoff and Spill Flows
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Drainage: 235 acresDepth: 8ftArea: 1000 ft2
Start Depth: 0ftCistern/Tank Model