# Presentation: 398094

## Sevier River Basin 

- Water Resource Management Network

## Brought to you by.....

- Roger Hansen
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Ivan Cowley
- Sevier River Water Users Association
- Bret Berger
- Stonefly Technology

## Sevier River Basin

## Sevier River Basin

## Sevier River Basin

- Arid Environment
- 1/7 of Utah
- Very Rural, Irrigated Agriculture
- Closed Basin
- Water Totally Used (most years)
- Complex Water Rights

## Sevier Bridge Reservoir

## Rural Area

## Project Consortium

- Water Users
- Government
- Private Enterprise
- Universities

## Automatic Remote Control Site

## Old Way

## Sevier River Network

- Automated Storage Structures			4
- Automated Diversion Structures	       15
- Canal and River Monitoring Sites	       28
- Weather Stations				        _ 4_
- Total						       51

## Monitoring Site

## Data Collection Device

- CR10X datalogger made by Campbell Scientific in Logan, Utah

## Radio Communication

- On Site Antenna and
-        Solar Panels

-     RF95 Radio Modem
- and Maxon 5-Watt Radio

## Sensors

- Pressure Transducer

- Float and Pulley

## Data Collection Platform

- Weather-proof boxes
- protect the dataloggers,
- and communication
- equipment

## Information Flow

**Control Site**

**Internet**

**Others**

**Water Users**

**Monitor**

**Repeater**

**Datahut**

**      ****Radio**

## Repeater Site

## Internet and Web Server

- The unmanned “Datahut” in Richfield, Utah

## Inside Datahut

- Location of computers and communications equipment

## Web Site

- www.sevierriver.org

## Benefits

- More Reliable Water Supply
- Improve Crop Production

## The Future of Water Management?

**The Future of Water Management?**

## Benefits

- More Reliable Water Supply
- Improve Crop Production

- Conserve Water

- Faster Response to Emergencies

## Richfield City

## Steep Canyon Walls

## Benefits

- More Reliable Water Supply
- Improve Crop Production

- Conserve Water

- Faster Response to Emergencies

- Build Trust

## Automation/Internet Projects

- _Automation/Internet Projects_

## Reasons

- Technology – More Sophisticated
- Water User Needs - Evolving

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## The Aleph

- The Aleph

## Tour of the Website

- Rivers/Canals
- Reservoirs
- Weather
- Snow-pack
- Diagnostics
- Webcams

## Rivers

## Read this Disclaimer.

- Submit _[Comments](http://www.sevierriver.org/phorum/post.php?f=1)_ about this site.
- Created and maintained by _[StoneFly](http://www.stoneflytech.com/)__[ Technology](http://www.stoneflytech.com/)_, Saint George, Utah
- Funded by US Department of Commerce's _[Technology Opportunities Program](http://www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/top/index.html)_ & USBR _[Provo Area Office](http://provo.uc.usbr.gov/)_

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## Reservoirs

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## Weather Stations

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## Snow Pack

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## Diagnostics

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## Webcams

- Web cameras help monitor trash
- accumulation in front of the gates,
- height of the gates, and vandalism.

## The Vision

- Create a real-time visual representation of the watershed
- Make information available to everyone over the Internet
- Enhance decision making

## 		We have only 

**  ****scratched the surface**
** ****of what we would like to**
**        ****accomplish**

## THE END