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Decision Support System Sub-Committee

What is a DSS?

Upcoming Meetings:

TBA

Past Meetings:

Wednesday, May 5, 3:30-5:30 pm at Woodcreek City Hall

Friday, November 6, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm in the Cypress Room at the Wimberley Community Center

Friday, September 25th at the Wimberley City Hall Chambers

Friday, October 16th from 2:00 to 4:00pm, location to be determined

Agendas

September 25, 2009

• Discuss scope & tasks of the DSS Input/Technical Subcommittee    (15 min)
• Organization of the committee – Chairperson & staff liaison(s)    (10 min)
• Review membership, additional needs    (15 min)
• Q&A session on Cypress Creek Decision Support System (DSS)    (40 min)
• Discuss DSS purpose and end-users (30 min)
• Scheduling and action items for next meeting     (10 min)
• For next meeting – inputs/outputs needed for decision support

*If you would like more information on Watershed Protection Plans (WPP), the Texas Agrilife Extension will host a watershed workshop focusing on the Cypress Creek Watershed and other WPPs in Texas on Thursday, October 22 from 8:00am to 4:00pm at the Wimberley Community Center. More...

Decision Support System Subcommittee members:

As of 10/01/2009

Chair: David Baker (Wimberley Valley Watershed Association, Hays-Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)
Sally Caldwell (City of Woodcreek)
Matt Heinemann (Wimberley Valley Watershed Association, Texas State University-San Marcos)
Gordon Linam (Texas Parks & Wildlife)
Debbie Magin (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority)
Mark Palmie (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
Jason Pinchback (Texas Stream Team, River Systems Institute)
Aaron Wendt (Texas State Soil & Water Conservation Board)
Doug Wierman (Hays-Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)
Phil Lebkuecher (Developer and Wimberley Resident)

Staff Liasion: Adrian Vogl (Watershed Science and Sustainablity Lab, Texas State University-San Marcos PhD Candidate) av1114@txstate.edu

 

Decision Support System Subcommittee Tasks:

Updated 09/20/2009
                          

Goal 1 – Input on DSS content
Meeting 1.1
Introduction to DSS, discuss objectives for DSS, end users
Meeting 2.1
Watershed conceptual modeling, discuss inputs/outputs needed for decision support
Meeting 3.1
Generate a list of potential management interventions (BMPs) and their affected variables that could be incorporated into the DSS

Goal 2 – Input on DSS analytical capabilities
Meeting 2.1
Identify objectives/goals for watershed management; identify criteria to assess if objectives are achieved
Meeting 2.2
Refine numerical criteria; prioritize/ rank criteria

Goal 3 – Scenario Development
A series of meetings to develop scenarios for the future of the watershed based on the inputs/outputs and BMPs identified above.  These scenarios will be used to demonstrate the capabilities of the DSS.

Goal 4 – Input on DSS interface
1 to 2 meetings to refine the DSS interface and ensure ease of use, clarity, and to structure output so as to be most useful to end-users

Goal 5 – DSS Training
1 to 2 hands-on workshops to guide users through generating scenarios, running models, and evaluating results

Resources:

DSS Functions (PDF 35 KB)
DSS Conceptual Model and Demo (PDF 2,186 KB)

Specific input requested from this group:

• Objectives for how the DSS will be utilized
• Identify end-users
• Additional data that stakeholders would like to include in the watershed planning process and the DSS
• Inputs to scenarios: identify potential management or BMP alternatives to include
• Inputs to multi-criteria analysis module of DSS: goals for watershed management, criteria to evaluate alternative scenarios relative to goals
• Input on DSS capabilities and user interface
• Determine how the model output should be structured so as to be most useful to end-users