Bovee, Ken D.Waddle, Terry J.Talbert, ColinBatt, Thomas R.Hatten, James R.2019-09-032019-09-032008Bovee, K. D., Waddle, T. J., Talbert, C., Hatten, J. R., & Batt, T. R. (2008). Development and application of a decision support system for water management investigations in the upper Yakima river, Washington (Open-File Report No. 2008–1251) (p. 289). U.S. Geological Survey.Open-File Report No. 2008–1251Bib# 968177http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11867/17835Open file report as PDF, 307 pages, 6.59 MBThe Yakima River Decision Support System (YRDSS) was designed to quantify and display the consequences of different water management scenarios for a variety of state variables in the upper Yakima River Basin, located in central Washington. The impetus for the YRDSS was the Yakima River Basin Water Storage Feasibility Study, which investigated alternatives for providing additional water in the basin for threatened and endangered fish, irrigated agriculture, and municipal water supply. The additional water supplies would be provided by combinations of water exchanges, pumping stations, and off-channel storage facilities, each of which could affect the operations of the Bureau of Reclamation’s (BOR) five headwaters reservoirs in the basin. The driver for the YRDSS is RiverWare, a systems-operations model used by BOR to calculate reservoir storage, irrigation deliveries, and streamflow at downstream locations resulting from changes in water supply and reservoir operations.enNO KNOWN COPYRIGHT The organization that has made the Item available reasonably believes that the Item is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.Resource managementYakima BasinWater qualityHabitatTechnical Report