Missouri River 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® Fort Randall Dam 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
18 BUILDING STRONG® http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Missions/DamandLakeProjects/MissouriRiverDams/BasinBalancer.aspx
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