Title: Environmental Infrastructure Needs Assessment: GIS Based Decision Support System
1Environmental Infrastructure Needs
AssessmentGIS Based Decision Support System
For Border Environment Cooperation Commission
- Southwest Center for Environmental Research and
Policy - Presented by Rene Franco, Ph.D.
- University of Texas at El Paso
2Border Needs Assessment Project Background ...
- SCERP is a consortium of 9 Universities along the
US/Mexico Border - SCERP is funded through the EPA and conducts
Client Based research and activities in the areas
of - Environment and Health
- Natural Resource Management
- Other Critical Issues Facing the Border
3Border Needs Assessment Project Background
- Established BECC/SCERP Working Relationship
- To Focus on Assessing Environmental
Infrastructure Needs of the Border Region - To Develop and Implement a Two Part Strategy to
evaluate Border Needs
4Border Needs Assessment Strategic Plan Phase I
...
- Phase I GIS Based Decision Support Prototype
Tool Kit - Specific to the Environmental Infrastructure
requirements of BECC in the areas of - Water
- Waste Water
- Solid Waste
5Border Needs Assessment Strategic Plan Phase I
- Phase I is in progress
- GIS database Interactive Decision Support Tools
- Preliminary Analysis of EI requirements and Costs
for PW, WW, and SW - Secure Intranet Workgroup and Project Manager
6Border Needs Assessment Strategic Plan Phase II
- Phase II - Commitment of up to 750,000 of SCERP
monies to Dedicated Research - BECC as primary Client
- Address Comprehensive Needs of Border for
- Hazardous Materials
- Air Pollution
- Health and Environmental Preservation
- Sustainable Development Resource Management
7Border Needs Assessment Status of Phase I ...
- Prototype Toolkit Development Complete
- Interactive Windows Based Application
- GIS database development (from readily available
data) - Secure Intranet Workgroup Manager
- Sustainable Development Water Modeling Tool
- Decision Support System Applications Data
8Border Needs Assessment Status of Phase I
- Preliminary Assessment of Environmental
Infrastructure Projected Costs - Population Projections and Growth Summaries
- Estimated Needs by Municipio and County
- Potable Water conveyance and treatment
- Waste Water collection and treatment
- Solid Waste Storage and Management
- Per Capita Demand and Total Cost Estimates
9Phase I Prototype Toolkit
10GIS Application and Borderwide Database
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12Phase I Estimated Costs for Environmental
Infrastructure
13Sustainable Development Water Supply and Demand
Modeling
14Interactive Water Planning Models Define Demand
Per capita demand Assumptions based upon current
conditions.
15Interactive Water Planning Models Define Demand
Define Non- Residential Demand
16Interactive Water Planning Models Define Supply
Surface Supply
Aquifer Recharge and Re-Use
17Interactive Water Planning Prepare Alternatives
Simulate Impact on Existing Aquifer Supply
18Interactive Water Planning Visualize
Sustainability of Use
Develop Alternative Scenarios that
support Sustainable Water Use
19Secure Intranet Workgroup and Project Manager
20GIS Decision Support System
21GIS Decision Support SystemContinued
22Decision Support SystemContinued
23Phase I Future Activities
- Increase and Improve Databases
- Finalize Interactive Toolkit
- White Paper - Comprehensive Borderwide Needs
Assessment and Strategic Plan - Compare Results with NAD BANK