LEADING CHANGE: British Columbia’s Water Balance Methodology – Coming to Terms with "Voodoo Hydrology"! (Forester University Webinar on May 2, 2017)
British Columbia’s Whole-System, Water Balance Approach
The Partnership for Water Sustainability in British Columbia is partnering with California-based Forester University to share, via webinar on May 2nd 2017, British Columbia innovation and experience. The webinar is about the whole-system, water balance approach that is the hydrologic modelling foundation for Sustainable Watershed Systems, through Asset Management.
A Webinar That Cannot Be Missed
“Water Balance Methodology nicely complements Andy Reese’s annual Voodoo Hydrology webinar series, one of the most popular in the Forester curriculum,” stated Emily Shine, manager of webinar marketing for Forester University. “Voodoo Hydrology is a primer on the pitfalls of urban hydrology and the design storm methods drainage designers typically use.”
To Learn More:
How Rainwater Reaches Streams
“So what is the nub of the issue? In standard practice, only surface runoff is considered with these methods, and this has led to degraded streams. The other pathways by which rainfall reaches streams are ignored,” explains Jim Dumont, the Partnership’s Engineering Applications Authority,
Genesis for Water Balance Approach
The Water Balance Methodology has its genesis in the whole-system approach that Dr. Ray Linsley (1917-1990) championed more than 60 years ago. As a professor at Stanford University, he pioneered the development of continuous hydrologic simulation as the foundation for water balance management.
To Learn More:
Download FORESTER UNIVERSITY WEBINAR: Protecting Urban Watersheds and Stream Health in British Columbia
Download the 1976 paper by Ray Linsley titled Representative & Experimental Basins – What Next?.
