Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2006CT112B

Development of a Digital Geospatial Database to Support the Connecticut Water Allocation Policy Planning Model

Institute: Connecticut
Year Established: 2006 Start Date: 2006-03-01 End Date: 2008-02-28
Total Federal Funds: $50,213 Total Non-Federal Funds: $115,274

Principal Investigators: Sandy Prisloe, Chester Arnold, Daniel Civco

Project Summary: This proposal is for a two year project to develop, evaluate and document a digital geospatial database to support water allocation planning and watershed assessment in Connecticut and to develop a GIS supported assessment framework. The proposal addresses a specific need identified by a workgroup of the Connecticut Water Planning Council. Geospatial datasets, identified by the workgroup, will constitute a core set of basic data layers that have been identified as being necessary for water allocation and basin assessment efforts. The GIS database developed through this project will be available to federal, state, regional and municipal governmental units, utilities, and other interest stakeholders. The project also will investigate the use of standardized geoprocessing procedures implemented with ESRIs ModelBuilder to provide a flexible yet repeatable assessment framework.