Environmental Infrastructure Needs Assessment: GIS Based Decision Support System

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Environmental 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

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Border 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

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Border 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

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Border Needs Assessment Strategic Plan Phase I
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• 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

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Border 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

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Border 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

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Border 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

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Border 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

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Phase I Prototype Toolkit
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GIS Application and Borderwide Database
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Phase I Estimated Costs for Environmental
Infrastructure
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Sustainable Development Water Supply and Demand
Modeling
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Interactive Water Planning Models Define Demand
Per capita demand Assumptions based upon current
conditions.
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Interactive Water Planning Models Define Demand
Define Non- Residential Demand
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Interactive Water Planning Models Define Supply
Surface Supply
Aquifer Recharge and Re-Use
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Interactive Water Planning Prepare Alternatives
Simulate Impact on Existing Aquifer Supply
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Interactive Water Planning Visualize
Sustainability of Use
Develop Alternative Scenarios that
support Sustainable Water Use
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Secure Intranet Workgroup and Project Manager
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GIS Decision Support System
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GIS Decision Support SystemContinued
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Decision Support SystemContinued
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Phase I Future Activities

• Increase and Improve Databases
• Finalize Interactive Toolkit
• White Paper - Comprehensive Borderwide Needs
  Assessment and Strategic Plan
• Compare Results with NAD BANK