Parsons Engineering Science has been hired to provide technical management oversight. Other contractors have been hired to perform the actual modeling and produce related reports. A WAM Stakeholder Group of various water interests was formed in September 1997 to provide input on the modeling project. The model evaluation was on-time and complete. Of 22 models identified, the three contractors were unanimous in their recommendation of the model to be used.
Modifications are necessary to both systems.
The recommendations from the contractors also identified modifications essential for WRAP to satisfy the evaluative criteria developed by both WAM Stakeholders and the WAM Management Team. There are currently three contracts in place to model five river basins. The Sulphur River Basin will be the first basin to be modeled. R J Brandes Company has been selected to calculate naturalized streamflows and apply WRAP to the Sulphur River Basin. The final water availability report for the Sulphur River Basin will be available in February 1999.