The Windy Gap Project Scada System
Publication: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 112, Issue 3
Abstract
The Windy Gap Project consists of a diversion dam on the Colorado River, a 600 cfs pumping plant, and 30,000 ft (914.4 m) of 108‐in. (2.7‐m) diameter pipeline. The purpose of the project is to divert and transport water from the Colorado River Basin to the Colorado‐Big Thompson (C‐BT) system fqr storage and delivery to users in the South Platte River Basin. Sophisticated compromise agreements were developed to meet the legal, political, social, institutional, and environmental requirements to build the project; as a result, the operations control strategy is complex and practically impossible to operate by conventional supervisory control systems. A state‐of‐the‐art computer based supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system was developed to operate the Windy Gap Project. The SCADA system.is an anticipatory closed loop control system which requires a minimum of human interaction and operates in a real time environment. The basic objective of the SCADA system is to maximize the amount of water diverted while minimizing power cost and meeting the constraints as a result of the compromise agreements.
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Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 112 • Issue 3 • July 1986
Pages: 366 - 381
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Copyright © 1986 ASCE.
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Published online: Jul 1, 1986
Published in print: Jul 1986
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