How to Model Reservoir Operations

This section provides a recommended approach on how to model typical reservoir operations using the standard modeling approaches taken during developing CDSS models. As illustrated in Figure 8, reservoir operations involve the reservoir station file (*.res), reservoir right file (*.rer), reservoir target file (*.tar), evaporation file (*.eva), and the operating rule file (*.opr). StateMod simulates operations of reservoirs in the model based on the input from these files.

Figure 8 - Reservoir Operations Illulstration (see also the full-size image)