Sponsor
This research received funding from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, Room E-1815, Division of Acquisition Services, Regional Office, Mid-Pacific Region, Sacramento CA 95825, USA (Contracts 140R2020P0085 and 140R2024P0058).
Published In
Water
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-13-2025
Subjects
Water supply, Water demand management, Water quality
Abstract
The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) supports water temperature management for fishery species protection in downstream river reaches below Central Valley Project (CVP) reservoirs in the Sacramento, American, and Stanislaus River systems. The Water Temperature Modeling Platform (WTMP) Project was initiated to modernize and enhance modeling capabilities to predict summer–fall water temperature through reservoir cold water pool management using temperature control facilities designed for temperature management. The WTMP supports forecasts, historical analyses, and long-term planning efforts and advances previous modeling approaches by using an integrated modeling platform. This platform includes a data management system that acquires real-time data, provides quality assurance methods, and yields model-ready data for simulations; a modeling framework that manages model input file construction for multiple models, controls selected model simulation for reservoir and/or river reaches, and manages model output; and an automated reporting feature providing efficient and comprehensive reporting of tabular and graphical output for assessment and analysis by technical teams and decision-makers. The WTMP takes advantage of technological advancements in simulation models, available software, and databases to support Reclamation’s short- and long-term water temperature management needs. The platform is also adaptive for future integration with new or improved models and tools.
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© 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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DOI
10.3390/w17182714
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/44163
Citation Details
Deas, M., Sun, Y.-H., DeGeorge, J., Saenz, B. T., Evans, T. A., Burdick-Yahya, S., Andrews, S., Schuyler, J., Candy, W., Zheng, L., Hancock, E., Addley, C., Martinez, V., Wells, S., Basdekas, P., Sogutlugil, I., Cai, Y., Vaughn, J., Tanaka, S., … Field, R. (2025). Development of a Water Temperature Modeling Platform to Support Short- and Long-Term Water Temperature Management in Reservoir–River Systems. Water, 17(18), 2714.