This report presents results from an optimization study of the Sacramento Basin flood control system using the Hydrologic Engineering Center’s flood control optimization software, HEC-FCLP.
The existing Sacramento River basin bypass system is the backbone of the Sacramento River Flood Control Project, as it conveys peak flood flows through the Sacramento Valley and to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
A water quality model, including salinity and temperature, has been linked to a one-dimensional, MIKE 11 hydraulic model of the northern part of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (the North Delta). It was produced to examine any water quality effects that the restoration might have on the region, the effect of regional scale changes on the restoration area and to produce local boundary conditions for future multi-dimensional modeling of the restoration area.
The hydrographs of rivers flowing from California’s Sierra Nevada mountains can be characterized by three distinct components; dry season baseflows, wet season storm pulses, and springtime snowmelt.
