OptiDamTool 0.0.2

A Python package for analytics in dam operations.

OptiDamTool

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OptiDamTool is a Python package designed for analytics and decision-making in dam operations and water resources management. Conceptualized and released on May 29, 2025, the package offers tools for modeling and analyzing hydrological flow across a network of connected dams.

Leveraging functionalities from the open-source GeoAnalyze package, OptiDamTool provides classes that help users prepare inputs for simulating water erosion and sediment transport, and support decision-making in dam network deployment for environmental sustainability.

Classes

The following classes are included in the package:

• OptiDamTool.WatemSedem: Provides methods to prepare inputs for the WaTEM/SEDEM model, which predicts soil erosion, sediment transport capacity, and sediment delivery to stream networks at a watershed scale. While no methods have been implemented yet, development is currently underway.

• OptiDamTool.Network: Offers methods for establishing network connectivity between dams based on stream networks and hydrological flow paths.

Features

The classes provide the following features:

Dam Network

• Identification of connectivity between adjacent upstream and downstream dams

Easy Installation

To install, use pip:

pip install OptiDamTool

Quickstart

A brief example of how to start:

>>> import OptiDamTool
>>> network = OptiDamTool.Network()

Documentation

For detailed information, see the documentation.

Support

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