This tutorial will introduce you to WEAP, the Water Evaluation And Planning system, and how it can be applied to integrated water resources management. The exercises presented in this document are normally used as part of a WEAP training course, but can also be used for self study. They assume that you have some background in water resources issues and familiarity with Windows-based software, including spreadsheets (such as Microsoft Excel).
The training exercises are designed as a series of twelve independent modules, although the first three modules --
"WEAP in One Hour," "Basic Tools," and "Scenarios" --
are the foundation of the following nine modules, and should be completed first. If you only have a few hours and want to get a general impression of how WEAP works, then complete the first five modules. They will introduce you to WEAP and the basic elements of water demand and supply analysis.
WEAP in One Hour
•Creating a Study Area
•Setting General Parameters
•Entering Elements into the Schematic
•Getting First Results
Basic Tools
•Creating and Using Key Assumptions
•Using the Expression Builder
Scenarios
•Preparing the Ground for Scenarios
•Creating the Reference Scenario
•Using the Water Year Method
•Creating and Running Scenarios
Refining the Demand Analysis
•Disaggregating Demand
•Modeling Demand Side Management, Losses and Reuse
•Setting Demand Allocation Priorities
Refining the Supply
•Changing Supply Priorities
•Modeling Reservoirs
•Adding Flow Requirements
•Modeling Groundwater Resources
Data, Results and Formatting
•Exchanging Data
•Importing Time Series
•Working with Results
•Formatting
Reservoirs and Power Production
•Modeling Reservoirs
•Adding Hydropower Computation
•Modeling Run-of-River Power Plants
Water Quality
•Setting up Quality Modeling
•Entering Water Quality Data
•Using Water Quality Inflow Constraints for a Demand Site
•Entering Pollution Generating Activity for Demand Sites
•Modeling a Wastewater Treatment Plant
Linking WEAP to QUAL2K
•Linking to QUAL2K
•Running Scenarios
Hydrology
•Modeling Catchments: the Rainfall Runoff Model
•Modeling Catchments: the Soil Moisture Model
•Simulating Surface Water-Groundwater Interaction
Catchment Calibration
•Gather Observed Data and Select the Model Calibration Locations
•Complete Observed Data and Select the Model Calibration Period
•Visually Assess Model Calibration
•Adjust key parameters and conduct model sensitivity analysis
•Optimize calibration based on visual and statistical assessment
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