Floodplain & Water Resources Management. Opportunities & Challenges

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1 Floodplain & Water Resources Management Opportunities & Challenges ASFPM Annual Conference Grand Rapids, Michigan June 21, 2016 Jim Morris Director USGS Michigan-Ohio Water Science Center

2 USGS provides science about the natural hazards that threaten lives and livelihoods; the water, energy, minerals, and other natural resources we rely on; the health of our ecosystems and environment; and the impacts of climate and land-use change. Our scientists develop new methods and tools to supply timely, relevant, and useful information about the Earth and its processes.

3 Water Workforce Water program staff are located at nearly 180 locations (all 50 States, Puerto Rico, American Samoa and Guam) including a National Center in Reston.

4 That s exactly the state of water we ve got crises percolating all over, but lack the data necessary to make smart policy decisions. Charles Fishman - author of The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water. ( Water Is Broken. Data Can Fix It. New York Times OpEd March 17, 2016)

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6 Good data creates useful information Useful information creates informed knowledge Informed knowledge supports effective actions

7 Surface Water Streamgage Network More than 8,100 real-time surfacewater discharge sites Funded by over 850 partners Totaling $160M in FY15 Funding Sources USGS Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program (Federal Priority Streamgages) 31% $49.4M Other Federal Agencies 18% $28.5M Other (FERC, Coop R&D Agreements) 4% $6.4M States, municipalities, and Tribes 47% $75.4M

8 Water Data Delivery NWISweb webpages WaterServices streamed data WaterAlert push WaterNow on demand WaterWatch mapping Surface WaterWatch GroundwaterWatch WaterQualityWatch (Temp)

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10 WaterAlert: Gages Can Contact You! Site number Contact information Alert level

11 Future of water data delivery Redesigned to provide a nationwide interactive and map-based water data dashboard

12 Open and accessible data USGS has always had as part of its mission to make accessible its data as soon as possible New White House initiatives (2013) are driving all federally funded research to make the data collected and used in the research accessible to the public

13 Real-time Data Delivery Demands 80 NWISWeb and NWIS Water Services in Millions of Successful Page Requests per month Water Services Water Data Through July, 2015

14 USGS and NWS Data Networks Close to 8,100 USGS Gages reporting current stream conditions in NWIS Over 3,400 NWS Flood Forecast/Warning locations in AHPS

15 USGS Streamgaging and NWS Flood Forecasting Partnership NWS Rainfall Forecast Rainfall Runoff Model USGS Rating More than 8,100 USGS Streamgages Over 4,000 NWS River Forecast Locations USGS Observations NWS Predictions

16 Flood Inundation Mapping Program Flood Inundation Maps translate a hydrograph into operational maps that communicate risk and consequences Create a flood map library at a USGS gage Uses hydraulic modeling and GIS Sister program with NWS Allow anyone that meets USGS standards to submit a library (Furnished FIM)

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19 FIM becomes a tool for flood Preparedness What-if scenarios Response Tied to gage & forecast data Recovery Damage assessment Mitigation & planning Flood risk analyses Environmental & ecological assessments

20 FIM becomes a tool for flood Ecological studies of floodplains Such as frequency of inundation Riparian habitat 7-day inundation areas Hazardous substance spills Kalamazoo River Oil Spill

21 USGS Current FIM Research Directions RapidFIM Testing viability and accuracy of non-h&h methods of developing flood map libraries Bathtub; GISFlood Tool; FIS interpolation; Imagery (photo and satellite) processing SAR (synthetic aperture radar) from satellite and UAV was tested in the most recent event on the Missouri/Mississippi. EcoFIM Wetland and/or soils based mapping Working with biologists on additional parameters i.e. x-day inundation areas, velocity mapping, and habitat indexes.

22 USGS Current FIM Research, Cont. SatelliteFIM Partnership with NASA Ames Robotic Lab and EROS to bring their imagery analysis algorithms to HDDS Operationalize the identification of inundation areas in remote observations LANDSAT, MODIS, SAR, Pilot algorithms in place by Q2 FY17 Automatic routines established by Q4FY17

23 Michigan FIM Efforts Lansing completed Presentation today by Cyndi Rachol session B7 at 1:45, room GGO-G Hamberg in progress Under Discussion Newagyo Ann Arbor

24 Integrated Water Resources Science & Services (IWRSS) Goals: integrate information delivery and simplify access to this data increase accuracy and timeliness of water information provide summit-to-the-sea high resolution water resources information and forecasts Currently the collaboration is with four United States (U.S.) federal agencies: USACE, USGS, NOAA-NWS, FEMA

25 ACWI Subcommittee on Hydrology Streamflow Information Collaborative New workgroup comprised of federal, state, and local partners Come together to further the implementation of a national network of streamgages to meet the myriad of streamflow information needs Create cohesive messaging about the value, uses, economic benefits, and critical gaps in our Nation s streamflow information network

26 Streamgaging Forwards and Backwards

27 Streamgaging Forwards Satellite Observed Discharge Accuracy ~67% for 4-day mean discharges Brakenbridge and others, 2012 Journal of Hydrology UAS Non-contact Velocity Continuous Wave Microwave Large Scale Particle Image Velocimetry Non-contact Stage RDG

28 Annual Peak Discharge [cfs] Annual Peak Discharge [cfs] Streamgaging Backwards: B17C But we know big floods occurred in the 1950 s and 1960 s Historical Record peak and 1969 peak New info used by B17C : perception range Systematic Record years Ocheyeden River near Spencer, Iowa

29 B17C Results: Ocheyeden River near Spencer, Iowa Gaged Record Only Annual exceedance probability 1% AEP Flood: 7,912 cfs

30 B17C Results: Ocheyeden River near Spencer, Iowa Gaged Record Only Historical Information Added Annual exceedance probability Annual exceedance probability 1% AEP Flood: 7,912 cfs 17,170 cfs

31 Bulletin 17C Workshop Training Workshop Today at 3:00 Room RO-B Julie Kiang, USGS Officeof Surface Water

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34 Opportunities All collectd flood information can be helpful Bulletin 17C can make use of information collected from old newspapers, pictures, paoleo record, etc. to help inform foll frequency predictions USGS will be adding the opportunity for furnished high water marks to be added to the USGS high water database, creating an opportunity to store, save, and deliver this information

35 Challenges Coordinating data collection and information products Creating long-term support for data collection networks Understanding the uncertainities involved in different data collection efforts Working together and sharing great ideas

36 Good data creates useful information Useful information creates informed knowledge Informed knowledge supports effective actions

37 Thanks