Basin Balancer

Michelle Schultz, GISP

GIS Specialist Omaha District May 17, 2016

US Army Corps of Engineers

BUILDING STRONG® do we need the Missouri River Basin Balancer?

BUILDING STRONG® Authorized Purposes

. Flood Control . Recreation . Navigation . Water Quality . Irrigation . Fish and Wildlife . Hydropower . Water Supply

3 BUILDING STRONG® is our audience for the Missouri River Basin Balancer?

BUILDING STRONG® 5 BUILDING STRONG® did we create the Missouri River Basin Balancer?

BUILDING STRONG® To go from…

Too large and not portable

BUILDING STRONG® And…

Portable, but bulky and time consuming to setup and leaky

BUILDING STRONG® Feature Locations

Inflow

Boat Ramp (Rec) Storage 1 Camp Ground (Rec) Res. Hydropower 1 (HP)

Town (FC) a Tributary 2 1 b Irrigation Intake (Irr) Farm Land (FC)

Re-Reg. Terns and Plovers (FW) Day Use Area (Rec) Res. 3 Hydropower 2 (HP)

Water Supply Intake (WS) Tributary a Drinking Water Treatment Plant 2 (WQ) 4 Levee (FC) b City (FC) Navigation (Nav)

BUILDING STRONG® Development

BUILDING STRONG® did we do to test the Missouri River Basin Balancer?

BUILDING STRONG® 12 BUILDING STRONG® Classroom Comments

18 16 14 12 10 Yes 8 No 6 Maybe 4 2 0 Is it easy to use? Do you like the Is it fun to play? graphics?

13 BUILDING STRONG® How would you describe the Missouri River Basin Balancer in one word?

Challenging Interesting Fun Puzzle Confusing Awesome Obsessing Cool Hard Addicting

14 BUILDING STRONG® What do you like about the Missouri River Basin Balancer?

. I like the pictures, and the ways it’s setup. I like the general goal, and idea of the game.

. That you can change the dam release and check the forecast.

. It is hard but still fun like a puzzle. The pictures look cool.

. It is fun when you have yellow and green.

. It’s challenging and fun.

. All of the pictures.

. I like it because you have to stop the places from flooding.

. Everything.

15 BUILDING STRONG® If you could change one thing on the MO River Basin Balancer, what would it be?

. Have hints along the way.

. That you decide the weather.

. Make people in it.

. That if there is a red blinking light, it would make a loud sound.

. That you could do more things than just control the water.

. To make it easier.

. It shouldn’t just tell us what is happening, it should show us.

. A map where you can go to a different place.

. So I could always get greens.

16 BUILDING STRONG® What is the purpose of the Missouri River Basin Balancer?

. To understand water flow.

. To stop floods and fix dry spots.

. To learn and have fun.

. To teach us why the river always overflows and how to stop it.

. To stop flood and help people.

. Teach you about science.

. I do not know.

. To make sure the land is getting the right amount of water and not getting too much water.

. Get all green and 100%.

17 BUILDING STRONG® Demonstration

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