TSC Resources for Water Storage and Delivery System Operations and Maintenance
In the Western United States, we depend on a water storage and delivery infrastructure constructed over the past 150 years to provide water for agriculture, municipal use, industrial needs, power generation, and recreation. The increasing demands placed on the finite supply of water in the West make improved water management and water-use efficiency ever more important. One cannot manage a resource that cannot be measured or controlled. Thus, a key to improved water management is accurate measurement and control of water in our collection, distribution, and drainage systems.
The Estimating, Specifications, and Construction Management Group (86-68170) prepares life cycle cost estimates to plan the operation and maintenance of our facilities. We provide construction management advice, project scheduling, and project management.
Materials Engineering and Research Laboratory Group (86-68180)
- Performs testing for operating and maintaning facilities and prepares operation and maintenance procedures for systems such as corrosion control.
- Conducts workshops on geosynthetics, canal lining, and seepage control
Hydraulic Equipment Group (86-68420) provides water delivery equipment.
The Hydropower Technical Services Group (86-68440) offers operation and maintenance programs for hydroelectric facilities, such as electrical and mechanical O&M reviews, safety, system stability, diagnostics and field testing, alignments for governors, automation assistance, modular supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA ), penstock inspection, and mechanical program support. Maintains Reclamation's Facilities Instructions, Standards, and Techniques (FIST) reports.
Instrumentation and Inspections Group (86-68360)
- Performs operations and maintenance examinations
- Develops Standing Operating Procedures and maintains record copies of Standing Operating Procedures and Designers’ Operating Criteria
- Produces the Water Operation and Maintenance Bulletin
- Conducts dam safety, dam operator, emergency management, and operations and maintenance training
- Water management decision support systems
- Maintains Reclamation's Water Operation and Maintenance Bulletin
Water Resources Planning and Operations Support Group (86-68210) provides water management decision support systems that integrate data from many sources (weather, economics, ecological, hydrological, etc.) to model and analyze reservoir, river, and power interactions, including:
- PRSYM Power and Reservoir Modeling System
- Water management decision support systems
This group also provides water resource engineering and hydrology technical analyses in studies of improved water operations and management and investigations of improved water use and reduced water loss. Our experts can help you with:
- Analyses of the water supply system reliability to meet changing and growing water demands
- Studies of improved water supply utilization involving river/reservoir improved water operations, conjunctive use of surface and ground water sources, water banking, water transfers, new/expanded water storage and conveyance, improved water use
- River/reservoir computer simulated water operations and water regulation
- Development, enhancement and application of advanced technologies and analysis tools such as river basin computer simulation models, water demand models, and improved hydrologic methods
- Water management planning and assistance in developing water conservation plans
Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group (86-68240)
- Reservoir surveys
- River/reservoir responses to change
The Flood Hydrology and Consequences Group (86-68250) determines hydrologic requirements for operating water control structures.
Please contact a client liaison (303) 445-2561 to help you get the most efficient services for your needs.