1. Collation of water quality models and input datasets
Chris Herold

2. Aim
(1 of 2)

3. Aim • Consolidate: - WQ models - input data • Focus:
(2 of 2)
• Consolidate:
- WQ models
P RSA 2000/00/0804
- input data
P RSA 2000/00/0904
• Focus:
- Historic system analyses

4. Project: Maintenance and Updating of Hydrological and System Software Study - Phase 2
Identification and appropriation of system analysis water quality models
DWAF Report No. P RSA 00/00/0804
Chief Directorate: Integrated Water Resources Planning
Directorate: Water Resource Planning Systems

5. Why? • Valuable resource - Costly - Strategic • Fragile • Access
- Key personnel
- Data loss
- Documentation
• Access
- Inclusion of new users

6. Studies Amatole Berg Breede Upper Crocodile Fish-Sundays
Upper Olifants
Olifants-Doring
Upper Orange
Upper Vaal
Vaal Barrage
Middle Vaal
Lower Vaal
Missing:
- Vaalharts
- Mgeni
- Current studies

7. Models DISA WQS FLOSAL WQ2000 IMPAQ WRPM NACL01 NACL02 NACLBAR NACLS
WQT
WQS
WQ2000
WRPM

8. Limitations
• Model versions
• Incomplete data
• Set-up procedures

9. • Catchment salinity • Catchment sulphate Model categories
(1 of 2)
• Catchment salinity
- WQT (monthly)
- FLOSAL (monthly / daily)
- WQ2000 (monthly)
- NACL01 (daily)
- NACLBAR (daily)
- NACL02 (daily)
• Catchment sulphate
- NACLS (daily)
- WQS (monthly)

10. Model categories • System salinity / sulphate • Irrigation salinity
(2 of 2)
• System salinity / sulphate
- WRPM (monthly)
• Irrigation salinity
- DISA (daily)
• Salinity, phosphate, SS, E-coli, Chlorophyll-a
- IMPAQ (monthly)

11. Models archive
(1 of 2)
What?

12. Models archive Executable code Source code Documentation Example
(2 of 2)
Executable code
Source code
- limited access
Documentation
Example

13. Utilities • Pre-processors x 20 - Patching - Aggregation - Formatting
• Post-processors
x 11
- Statistics
- Plotting
- Conversion

14. Utilities - Historic approach
“In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.” Judges 17:6

15. Utilities example (1 of 2) EFFDAT.NEW un-patched monthly effluent data
(flow and concentration)
CONFWQ
EFFDAT.1
Standardised effluent
(Flow, concentration
and load)
PATCHFWQ
EFFDAT.2
Patched monthly
flow and concentration
EFFDAT.3
Patched monthly flow,
concentration and load
POINT11
B5834
B....
POINT16
EFFDAT.4
effluent flow lines
including aggregated
NACLFWQ
Key:
Logic flow
Data file
RANKDM
Pre- or post-processor
NACL02
Model
Monthly
effluent flow
effluent TDS
WSUPPLY.NEW
water supply data
WSUPPLY.1
Standardised supply
WSUPPLY.2
Patched point supply
WSUPPLY.3
A1711
A....
WSUPPLY.4
supply flow lines
abstraction
B5311
B...
CONVERT2
Files in
WQT
model
format
FILEADD
FILEAVE
FILEDIV
FILEGROW
FILEMULT
FILEPAT
Input to WQT:
Aggregated monthly flow
TDS files
Demand centre demands
and return flows
Salt recharge rate growth
Input to WQT (see Figure 3.5)

16. (flow and concentration)
EFFDAT.NEW
un-patched monthly
effluent data
(flow and concentration)
CONFWQ
EFFDAT.1
Standardised effluent
(Flow, concentration
and load)
PATCHFWQ
EFFDAT.2
Patched monthly
flow and concentration
EFFDAT.3
Patched monthly flow,
concentration and load
POINT11
B5834
B....
POINT16
EFFDAT.4
effluent flow lines
including aggregated
NACLFWQ
Key:
Logic flow
Data file
RANKDM
Pre- or post-processor
NACL02
Model
Monthly
effluent flow
effluent TDS
WSUPPLY.NEW
water supply data
WSUPPLY.1
Standardised supply
WSUPPLY.2
Patched point supply
WSUPPLY.3
A1711
A....
WSUPPLY.4
supply flow lines
abstraction
B5311
B...
CONVERT2
Files in
WQT
model
format
FILEADD
FILEAVE
FILEDIV
FILEGROW
FILEMULT
FILEPAT
Input to WQT:
Aggregated monthly flow
TDS files
Demand centre demands
and return flows
Salt recharge rate growth
Input to WQT (see Figure 3.5)

17. Utilities example (2 of 2) WQT Key: Logic flow Data file
RANKDM
Pre- or post-processor
NACL02
Model
WQT
parameters
for each node
Word
compatible
Time series
plot
Summary
file
MOVEREG
(or FLUX 4.2, TDSGEN,
Spreadsheet 1)
Regressed
daily TDS
DAYMONW
Patched
monthly TDS
Daily river
TDS
flow
DAYMON
(or FLUX 4.2)
monthly flow
STD
Monthly
rainfall
Return flow factors
increase in TDS
through use
(Used in WQT Demand
Centre sub-model)
PATCHTDS
Observed
daily flows
monthly
observed TDS
observed flow
Monthly data
supplied in single
column format
FLAT-WRU
data in
WQT format
System
command file
network file
Naturalised
monthly flows
(from WRSM90)
Monthly abstraction,
point inflow, effluent
flow and TDS
(from Figs 3.1, 3.2,3.4)
Debug
Flow
concentration
load
Reservoir
storage
deficit
Simulated monthly values for specified routes, reservoirs washoff modules, irrigation blocks and demand centres
Time
series plot
GRAPHCNV
TIMEPLT
Percentile
values
Duration
curves
Duration curves
Word compatible
From Figure 3.4:
Aggregated monthly flow
TDS files
Demand centre demands
and return flows
Salt recharge rate growth

18. WQT Key: Logic flow Data file Pre- or post-processor Model parameters
RANKDM
Pre- or post-processor
NACL02
Model
WQT
parameters
for each node
Word
compatible
Time series
plot
Summary
file
MOVEREG
(or FLUX 4.2, TDSGEN,
Spreadsheet 1)
Regressed
daily TDS
DAYMONW
Patched
monthly TDS
Daily river
TDS
flow
DAYMON
(or FLUX 4.2)
monthly flow
STD
Monthly
rainfall
Return flow factors
increase in TDS
through use
(Used in WQT Demand
Centre sub-model)
PATCHTDS
Observed
daily flows
monthly
observed TDS
observed flow
Monthly data
supplied in single
column format
FLAT-WRU
data in
WQT format
System
command file
network file
Naturalised
monthly flows
(from WRSM90)
Monthly abstraction,
point inflow, effluent
flow and TDS
(from Figs 3.1, 3.2,3.4)
Debug
Flow
concentration
load
Reservoir
storage
deficit
Simulated monthly values for specified routes, reservoirs washoff modules, irrigation blocks and demand centres
Time
series plot
GRAPHCNV
TIMEPLT
Percentile
values
Duration
curves
Duration curves
Word compatible
From Figure 3.4:
Aggregated monthly flow
TDS files
Demand centre demands
and return flows
Salt recharge rate growth

19. Departmental archive
• Initial layout

20. D:\
Report (project report)
Models
Model name
Code (source and executable)
Document
Example
Model name
Code (source and executable)
Document
Example
Pre_processors
Processor name
Code (source and executable)
Document
Example
Models
Processor name
Code (source and executable)
Document
Example
Models
Post_processors
Processor name
Code (source and executable)
Document
Example
Models
Processor name
Code (source and executable)
Document
Example
Models

21. Recommendations • Model improvements • User Support System
• Documentation

22. Systems analysis water quality datasets acquisition
Project: Maintenance and Updating of Hydrological and System Software Study - Phase 3
Systems analysis water quality datasets acquisition
DWAF Report No. P RSA 00/00/0904
Chief Directorate: Integrated Water Resources Planning
Directorate: Water Resource Planning Systems

23. Objective • Acquire key water quality datasets - System analyses
• Data types
- Processed model input
- Limited external source data
• Documentation

24. Data obtained System Models External data Amatole Berg Breede
Upper Crocodile
Fish-Sundays
Upper Olifants
Olifants-Doring
Upper Orange
Upper Vaal
Vaal Barrage
Middle Vaal
Lower Vaal
WQT, IMPAQ
FLOSAL
WQT
WQT, WRPM
WQS,WRPM
WQT, WRPM, NACL
Yes

25. Report on data collection
CD-ROM Layout
(1 of 2)
Wqdata
D:\
Fish-Sundays
WRPM
WQS
Raw data
Upper Crocodile
WQT
Breede
FLOSAL
Berg
IMPAQ
Amatole
Report on data collection
Upper Olifants
Olifants-Doring
Upper Orange
Upper Vaal
NACL
Vaal Barrage
Mid Vaal
Lower Vaal
NACL01
NACL02
NACLBAR
CD-ROM root
Catchment study folders
Water quality model folders

26. Report on data collection
Wqdata
D:\
Fish-Sundays
WRPM
WQS
Raw data
Upper Crocodile
WQT
Breede
FLOSAL
Berg
IMPAQ
Amatole
Report on data collection
Upper Olifants
Olifants-Doring
Upper Orange
Upper Vaal
NACL
Vaal Barrage
Mid Vaal
Lower Vaal
NACL01
NACL02
NACLBAR
CD-ROM root
Catchment study folders
Water quality model folders

27. (2 of 2) Wqdata D:\ WRPM Raw data Upper Olifants Olifmbasefinal-B
OlifmLoskopFinc-B
WqtLoskopFinc
folder containing raw data for Upper Olifants River catchment
Hydro
V1.0WRPM user guide
WRPM user guide
Upper Crocodile River
WRPM modelling report
Reports
P A
Upper Orange
Input to
model
WQS K1
Executable
P B
Witdam
one input folder for each Upper Olifants River WQT model sub-system
WQS executable file
P B
WQS model write up
Upper Olifants River
WQS modelling report
WQT
D1H003
P C
D3R002
one input folder for each Upper Orange River WQT model sub-system
P C
WQT model write up
Upper Orange River
WQT modelling report
1995
WRPM modelling
Orange modelling
Input to WRPM model for two scenarios

28. Guidelines for data storage
• Data vulnerable
• Proposed addendum to contracts
• Simplicity / sufficiency
• CD-ROM
- Processed data
- External source data
- Brief descriptions
- Program code
- Reports

29. D:\ Study name Model 1 Program Executable Source BDdata GUdata ReportsCD
root
folder named
after study
folder named
after model
D:\
Study name
Model 1
Program
Executable
folder containing program
executable file
Source
folder containing program
source code (if applicable)
BDdata
one input folder for each catchment sub-system modelled using Model 1
GUdata
Reports
P B
One or more reports
on the water quality
modelling. Folder name based on DWAF report number.
P B
Model 2
Program
Executable
Source
Model n

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At last

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