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Water KnowledgeUniting Community and Technology to
Restore the Santa Fe River
By Will Arnold, Sam Bartlett, Andrew Nelson, and Olivia Richards
•High Water Stress•Low precipitation•Growing population
Source: World Water Council, "Water Crisis," http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/index.php?id=25
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Santa Fe Water: Consumption Vs. Population Vs. River Flow into Reservoirs
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Source: City of Santa Fe, Annual Water Report 2010
Santa Fe Watershed
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March April
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
March April
0.07
0.33
0.84
0.72
Pre
cip
itat
ion
(in
che
s)
Month
Average
This Year
Data Source: weatherunderground.com newspaper article: Santa Fe New Mexican5
Water Data Management
Education
Community Involvement
Currently
Aiding the Watershed
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Our Mission
Water Data
Management
Education
Community Involvement
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Objectives
Water Data Management
Education
Community Involvement
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Objectives
Water Data Management
Education
Community Involvement
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Major Sources of Watershed Information
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City of Santa FeFormat of Data
Received Data GIS Layer Spreadsheet Map Report
Watershed boundary
Buckman wells
River outline
Rio Grande outline
Domestic wells
Stream flow
City Boundary
Precipitation
Upper watershed boundary
Water consumption
Reservoir Water Supply
Water Rights
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Santa Fe County
Format of Data
Received Data GIS Layer Spreadsheet Map
County boundary
Elevation layer
Contour lines
Satellite imaging
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USGS
Format of Data
Received Data GIS Layer Spreadsheet Map
Elevation
Monitoring wells
Well depth to water
Underground Geology
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Visualizing Collected Data
Field work conducted
Recorded
on Paper
Entered into a Google
Spreadsheet
Map of Data is
Publicized on
Website
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Buckman Wells: Monitoring Water Level
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Domestic Wells
Stream Gauges
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Objectives
Water Data Management
Education
Community Involvement
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Watershed Modeling• Shows how variables affect water supply
within the watershed
• A tool for making predictions
• Utilizes GIS layers from the city and USGS
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Watershed Model Variables
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Example Sliders
Watershed Model Layers
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Example Buttons
Objectives
Water Data Management
Education
Community Involvement
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Phone Application Design
•Involves community with data collection
•Creates a public photo library of the river over time
•Provides data visualizations within the application
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Conclusion
• Design of Phone Application possessed by the SFWA
• Watershed Model
• Automated Maps of Collected Data
• Maps Embedded on Websites
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Thank youSpecial Thanks to our Sponsor
Special thanks to:
Felicity Broennan for inspiration and guidance
Claudia Borchert and the city of Santa Fe for their cooperation
And the Santa Fe Complex for resources
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Water KnowledgeUniting Community and Technology to
Restore the Santa Fe River
William Arnold Samuel BartlettAndrew NelsonOlivia Richards
May 6, 2011
Email: sf11-water@wpi.eduProject Website: https://sites.google.com/site/santafewater
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