CEATI International Inc. - Water Management Interest Group (WMIG)

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Water Management Interest Group

As a result of today’s competitive energy market and increased
concerns regarding the environment, hydropower operators must
develop business strategies to maximize availability and profitability of
their plants to gain competitive advantages.

The scope of the Water Management Interest Group (WMIG) is to focus
on the development of methods & tools required to optimize hydraulic
processes while maintaining safe and environmentally-friendly operations.

Topics of interest include watershed management and water use planning,
meteorological forecasting (water, ice, flow), operational modeling
(benchmarking and performance measurement), data acquisition techniques,
and impact assessment (flow, environmental requirements).

Topics and Issues:

• Watershed Management/ Water Use Planning
Water Use Management Strategies
Global Flow Management Strategies

• Operational Modeling and Optimization
  Benchmarking and Performance Measurement
  Modeling and Optimization Techniques
  Global Watershed Optimization
  Single Reservoir Optimization
  Multiple Criteria Optimization
  Expert Systems

• Meteorology - Climate
  Variability and Forecasting Evaluations
  Impacts on Watershed Hydrology
  Instrumentation and Communications
  Climate Change

• Hydrology
  Precipitation Forecasting
  Uncontrolled Inflow Forecasting
  Stochastic Hydrology
  Gap Filling and Data Extension
  Regression Techniques
  Statistical Techniques

• Data Acquisition & Techniques
Collection, Validation and Diffusion
GIS

• Hydraulics
  Dam Break and Flood Routing
  Erosion and Sedimentation Transport
  Ramping Rates
  Fish Habitat Issues
  Simulation of Flows and Water Levels
  Hydraulics of Dam Failures
  Physical and Mathematical Modeling

• Ice on Rivers and Reservoirs
Mathematical Modeling of Ice Conditions
Operating Strategies

• Impact Assessment
  Evaluation of the Impact of Flows and Water Levels
  Adaptation to Environmental Requirements
  Mitigation Techniques

Feature Publications:

Comprehensive River Ice Simulation System Project (CRISSP)

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Mr. Robert Paul Metcalfe has over 30 years of experience in Water Management. During the last ten years he was a manager in the Water Management Services Department where he was accountable for water management studies and technical support, communications with the public, water level gauge operation, hydraulic turbine testing, streamflow metering, data quality control, administration of water leases and hydraulic engineering support for environmental studies. Over the years Robert has been active in many professional organizations. He is on the International St. Lawrence River Board of Control as the Canadian Co-Chair of the Control Board’s Communications Committee and a member of the Working Committee. In addition, Mr. Metcalfe is the Executive Director of the Harshman Fellowships Society and on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Water Resources Association (Ontario Branch).

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