Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) is offering River/Reservoir System Modeling with WRAP, a continuing education course, July 8-10 at Texas A&M University.

The two and a half-day course will begin at 1 p.m. on July 8 and end at 5 p.m. July 10. It will be held in Room 214 of the Centeq Research Plaza, 1500 Research Parkway in College Station.

The course is designed for engineers and scientists employed by water agencies and consulting firms working in Texas or worldwide. The training is oriented toward new Water Rights Analysis Package (WRAP) users but will also be beneficial for those with significant experience with the model, said Courtney Swyden, TWRI’s program coordinator. The course will include lectures, discussions and computer modeling exercises that will cover WRAP in its entirety, focusing on fundamentals.

WRAP is a generalized modeling system for simulating the development, management, allocation and use of the water resources of a river basin. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Water Availability Modeling System consists of WRAP along with input datasets for all of the river basins of Texas. The model is used routinely in Texas for regional and statewide river/reservoir system management activities. WRAP may also be applied anywhere else in the world by developing the appropriate input datasets. The public domain WRAP software and reference, users, and supplemental manuals are available at http://ceprofs.civil.tamu.edu/rwurbs/wrap.htm.

Dr. Ralph Wurbs, P.E., will serve as an instructor for the WRAP course. Wurbs, a professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M and TWRI associate director, developed WRAP and has been involved with its continued development and application since its inception in the late 1980s. Richard Hoffpauir will also be teaching the course, and has several years of consulting experience in applying WRAP both in Texas and abroad. He is nearing completion of his doctorate at Texas A&M with his dissertation research focusing on expanding WRAP modeling capabilities.

Early registration of $875 must be received before June 19 and all registration received on or after June 19 is $900. To register online visit http://watereducation.tamu.edu/. For more information contact Swyden at cmswymden@ag.tamu.edu or 979.845.1851.

Two Texas A&M Continuing Education Units will be awarded for completion of the course. Attendees are responsible for their own hotel reservations and travel. Information regarding local accommodations is available at the TWRI Training Course Web site.

About TWRI
The Texas Water Resources Institute, part of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas AgriLife Research, and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University, provides leadership to stimulate priority water resources research and educational programs for AgriLife Research and AgriLife Extension as well as throughout Texas.

Contacts: Courtney Swyden, 979.862.7139, cmswyden@ag.tamu.edu

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