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• A Look Back to the SmartStorm Forum Series: Genesis for the Water Balance Model

  The genesis for the series was a focus group workshop held in October 1997. The coming together of a group of change agents in set in motion a chain of events that has reverberated through time in British Columbia.
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• Water Balance Model can create an understanding of the past and compare it to many possible futures

  A key message is that the Water Balance Model is a "scenario comparison tool". There is no restriction on the scenarios that a user may choose to compare.
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• Cowichan Valley Regional District is the sixth Vancouver Island local government to join the Water Balance Model community

  The CVRD Board and Staff see their participation in the Inter-Governmental Partnership as an excellent opportunity to advance the "design with nature" vision, goals and objectives in the Cowichan Valley.
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• GETTING STARTED: A 3-Scenario Tutorial for New Users

  "GETTING STARTED: A 3-Scenario Tutorial for New Users" leads the new user through the scenario comparison process that enables the user to assess the effectiveness of runoff volume reduction choices. BEFORE YOU USE THE MODEL, DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE TUTORIAL.
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• Before you LAUNCH THE MODEL, read the articles that explain How to Use the Model

  The dropdown titled How to Use the Model comprises a set of six linked articles that elaborate on what the user needs to know to understand the basic functionality of the Water Balance Model powered by QUALHYMO. The reader is advised to read these articles as a prelude to applying the model.
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• Inter-Provincial Partnership develops Technical Manual to meet information needs of Water Balance Model users

  The community of users has been asking for a technical manual that documents the intelligent interface that translates user information into data used by the QUALHYMO engine.
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• Tiered Access to the Model

  The British Columbia Inter-Governmental Partnership has established three categories of model users, each with a different degree of access to the various features of the 'Water Balance Model powered by QUALHYMO'. General Users are limited to registering under the Free Trial Account category. The account and any scenarios created by the General User will be deleted thirty (30) days from the date of registration.
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