Sushil K. Arora, as the chief of the Hydrology
and Operations section in the Modeling Support Branch, supervises a staff
of 20 water resources engineers and scientists. He is responsible for
the development and application of hydrologic and reservoir system operations
models of the State Water Project and Federal Central Valley Project,
as well as hydrologic models that predict water supplies tributary to
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Sushil has more than twenty years
of experience in developing and applying simulation and optimization models
to the State Water Project and Central Water Project system i.e., DWRSIM
and its successor CALSIM. Recent and current projects Sushil has led include
modeling support for the update of the California Water Plan (Bulletin
160-98), CALFED's Bay-Delta Program EIR/EIS, SWRCB Water Quality Control
Plan EIR and Water Rights Decision, the South Delta Improvement Program's
Draft EIR/EIS, and the Integrated Storage Investigations Program.
Sushil holds a Ph.D. degree from the Department of Civil Engineering,
University of California at Davis, in the area of water resources planning
and management. He is a part-time professor at the California State University,
Sacramento. Sushil is a recipient of many technical awards for his accomplishments,
including an award for excellence in management and leadership of technical
staff. Sushil is a member of American Society of Civil Engineers and actively
participates in the Water Resources Planning and Management Division.
He has several technical papers and publications to his credit.
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