The Development of a Coordinated Database for Water Resources and Flow Model in the Paso Del Norte Watershed (Phase III) Part III GIS Coverage for the Valle de Juárez Irrigation District 009 (ID-009) (Distrito de Riego 009) Chihuahua, México
Abstract
This report fulfills the deliverables required by the cooperative agreement between the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES/03-PL-
02: Modification No. 3) on behalf of the Paso del Norte Watershed Council. Tasks
accomplished in this phase include (a) assessment of data availability for expansion of
the URGWOM model, identification of data gaps, generation of data needed from
historic data using empirical methods, compilation and verification of the water quality
data for reaches between the Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico and Fort Quitman,
Texas; (b) development of the RiverWare physical model for the Rio Grande flow for the
selected reaches between Elephant Butte Reservoir and El Paso, beginning with a
conceptual model for interaction of surface water and groundwater in the Rincon and
Mesilla valleys, and within the limits of available data; and (c) implementation of data
transfer interface between the coordinated database and hydrologic models.
This Project was conducted by researchers at Texas A&M University (TAMU) and New
Mexico State University (NMSU) under the direction of Zhuping Sheng of TAMU and J.
Phillip King of New Mexico State University. It was developed to enhance the
coordinated database, which was originally developed by the Paso del Norte Watershed
Council with support of El Paso Water Utilities to fulfill needs for better management of
regional water resources and to expand the Upper Rio Grande Water Operations Model
(URGWOM) to cover the river reaches between Elephant Butte Dam, New Mexico and
Fort Quitman, Texas. In Phases I and II of this Project (TAES/03-PL-02), hydrological
data needed for flow model development were compiled and data gaps were identified
and a conceptual model developed. The objectives of this phase were to develop a
physical model of the Rio Grande flow between Elephant Butte Dam and American Dam
by using data collected in the first development phase of the PdNWC/Corps Coordinated
Water Resources Database and to enhance the data portal capabilities of the PdNWC
Coordinated Database Project.
This report is Part III of a three part completion report for Phase III and provides
information on water sources, uses, and GIS of the canals and ditches of the Valle de
Juárez Irrigation District 009 (ID 009) in the Juárez Lower Valley, Chihuahua, México.
The author explains that the water needs of this region have changed in recent years from
being primarily for agricultural purposes to domestic and industrial uses currently. Also,
the United States wanted to assess and identify new data sources on a GIS format for the
Mexican side. Therefore, this project produced several maps with the location of channels
and ditches along the Valle de Juárez Irrigation District. This information also will
support water planning of the Valle de Juárez Irrigation District 009. The maps were
produced from existing digital data regarding water resources and by adding thematic
layers such as soil salinity and soil texture from analog maps. ASTER satellite imagery
and official panchromatic aerial photography were used to produce the maps.
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Citation
Srinivasan, Raghavan; Granados, Alfredo; Sheng, Zhuping; King, J. Phillip; Creel, Bobby; Brown, Christopher; Michelsen, Ari (2009). The Development of a Coordinated Database for Water Resources and Flow Model in the Paso Del Norte Watershed (Phase III) Part III GIS Coverage for the Valle de Juárez Irrigation District 009 (ID-009) (Distrito de Riego 009) Chihuahua, México. Texas Water Resources Institute. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /93184.