Manitoba Hydro

Application of GIS in River Hydraulics for a Hydro Power Planning Project

Organization
Manitoba Hydro

Author
Marc St.Laurent, Keeyask Planning Engineer, Hydropower Planning Dept.; Katrina Riffel, Technical Assistant, Hydraulic Operations Dept.; Shane Wepruk, Technical Assistant, Water Resource Development & Engineering. Dept.; Randy Soviak, Technical Assistant

ESRI Software
ArcView 3.2, Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst; ArcGIS 9.1, ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, ArcGIS 3D Analyst

Data Sources
NTDB 1:50K NTS; SRTM 2001, Lidar; Data Collected & Produced by Manitoba Hydro: Total Station & RTK Surveys, Bathymetric Soundings, 12K Contour Mapping

Description
Numerical hydraulic models provide important inputs to engineering and environmental studies at Manitoba Hydro.  The models are used to characterize past, present, and future water regimes and are used to simulate the effects of future generating stations.

Acknowledgements
Jason Wowryk, Manitoba Hydro