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Abstract
Using GIS to Manage Water Development Plans
Track: Water Resources
Author(s): Michael Sughru, Kevin Koon
Due to the growing demand for future water supply in central Oklahoma and in the emerging northern Texas region, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board has been compelled to assess the potential use of abundant, high-quality waters in southeast Oklahoma to satisfy these needs. Potential plans for the interbasin and/or interstate transfer of waters from the Kiamichi River Basin has generated much controversy, both socially and politically. GIS provides a tool that allows the agency to express extremely complicated hydrologic information through general imagery that is easily understood by citizens as well as key decision makers. This paper demonstrates how GIS is used to assess and relay data on stream flows, reservoir storage, permitted water use, endangered species and related environmental factors, and engineering plans for water transfer.
Michael Sughru
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
3800 N. Classen Blvd.
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
USA
Phone: 405.530.8800
Fax: 405.530.8900
E-mail: mpsughru@owrb.state.ok.us