WATER%20QUALITY%20MODEL%20FOR%20AGUAMILPA%20AND%20EL%20CAJON%20DAMS

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WATER QUALITY MODEL FOR AGUAMILPA AND EL CAJON
DAMS

• By
• Eduardo Parra Ramos
• Alessia Kachadourian Marras
• Oliver Obregon
• Edith Lugo
• Rushit Hila

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Agenda
1. Aguamilpa
2. El Cajon
3. CE-EQUAL-W2
4. Conclusion
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Objectives

• Develop an uncalibrated water quality model for
  Aguamilpa and El Cajon reservoirs.
• Develop great friendships with our counterparts
  in Mexico.
• Identify the data and information that we need to
  finish the project.
• Visualize and understand the environmental and
  social impacts of the reservoirs.

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Aguamilpa

• Aguamilpa reservoir was developed to meet the
  demand for electric energy in the northwestern
  area of Mexico.
• The Aguamilpa dam is located at Santiago River
  in the state of Nayarit, 52 km north from the
  capital, Tepic part of the Santiago and
  Huaynamota.
• Measuring 187 meters from the base to the top of
  the curtain, the Aguamilpa Dam stands to be one
  of the tallest such dams in the world and the
  third tallest in Mexico.

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Aguamilpa Model

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El Cajon

• The hydropower plant el Cajón is part of the
  hydrological system of Santiago river, located in
  the hydrological region Lumber 12, known as Lerma
  Santiago Pacífico.
• The reservoir is situated upstream of Aguamilpa
  dam and downstream of the confluence of Santiago
  river with Bolaños river.
• The whole hydrological system is formed with 27
  proyects. El Cajón has an extension of 60 km, and
  an installed power of 750 MW.

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El Cajon Model
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El Cajon Dam
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Overview

• Energy for Mexico
• Water Quality
• Social impacts and environmental impacts

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Data

• We have collected meteorological data, we have
  part of the meteorological file.
• Bathymetry files that we have generated with WMS.
  
• Control files that we also produced from using
  WMS.
• Data we need.
• We need to collect more inflow and outflow to
  create water balance.
• We also need to collect more samples and water
  quality parameters.

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CE-QUAL-W2
CE-QUAL-W2 is a 2-dimensional, laterally
averaged, hydrodynamic and water quality model
for rivers, estuaries, lakes, reservoirs and
river basin systems. W2 models basic
eutrophication processes such as
temperature-nutrient-algae-dissolved
oxygen-organic matter and sediment relationships.
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Required Files

• Main used Files
• Bathymetry File
• Control File
• Meteorological File

• Other Files
• Daily inflows (branches and tributaries)
• Temperature inflows
• Daily outflows from the dam
• Shade File
• Graph File
• Constituent Output

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El Cajon Bathymetry
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Aguamilpa Bathymetry
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Model Projections

• Develop a monitoring plan and also generate a
  calibrated model.
• Generate a template for reservoirs located in
  tropical areas.
• Apply proper agricultural and soil conservation
  management techniques or best management
  practices in the watershed would decrease
  phosphorus load reductions in reservoirs located
  in Mexico.

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Team
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WATER QUALITY MODEL FOR AGUAMILPA AND EL CAJON
DAMS

• By
• Eduardo Parra Ramos
• Alessia Kachadourian Marras
• Edith Lugo
• Oliver Obregon
• Rushit Hila