1. Christian Michaelson Joe Anderson
The Water Bandits
Christian Michaelson Joe Anderson

2. UTAH’S PRESENT WATER SUPPLY
Basin
(acre-feet/yr)
Present*
2020†
2050†
Jordan River
332,000
449,000
650,000
Weber River
170,000
267,000
358,000
Utah Lake
134,000
207,000
338,000
Bear River
50,000
71,000
103,000
TOTAL
686,000
923,000
1,346,000
Basin
Developable Supply
(acre-feet/yr)*
Bear River
250,000
Jordan River & Utah Lake
50,000
Weber River
25,000
325,000
Total available Supply=
1,011,000

3. PROBLEM
By the year 2024 Utah’s demand for water will not be met by the present water supply

4. Bring water from the Colorado River
SOLUTION
Bring water from the Colorado River
(70,000 acre*ft/year)

5. MOVING WATER FROM GREEN RIVER DRAINAGE TO THE WASATCH FRONT
Tasks
Use GIS to choose optimal alignment of the transmission system
Do hydrologic study to determine water quantities
Identify cost items
for diversion and transmission facilities
for pipes, pump stations, turbines, and construction
Benefits of the project
Institutional and environmental concerns
Conclusion

6. ALIGNMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
Where to find data
What kind of data
How to process the data
Results of the data processing
Objectives met
Objectives not met

7. WHERE TO FIND THE DATA AGRC University of Wyoming’s GIS website
USGS seamless website

8. WHAT KIND OF DATA Raster data
because of abilities of the raster calculator
Vector data
shape files converted to raster data

9. MAKING THE MAP
Using Grid Pig 8 DEM’s were into 1

10. STUDY AREA

11. BUILDING COST GRID GIS chooses path with least amount of points
POINT SYSTEM
Slope x = degrees
Wetlands (50 ft buffer) points
Other points
National Park points
Forest Service points
Private Land points
Public Land points
Elevation elev/100 (m)
GIS chooses path with least amount of points

12. SLOPE MAP
Was created using Spatial Analyst

13. LAND OWNER AND NATIONAL PARKS

14. WETLANDS
Wyoming Wetlands
Utah Wetlands

15. COST DIRECTION GRID

16. HILLSHADE AND COST DISTANCE MAP

17. The final project path –
Not exactly what we had expected.

18. QUESTIONS?