Metropolitan Water Management

Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Foreword......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
The Role of Policy Analysis in Water System Planning......Page 10
Scope and Limitations of Decision Making Methodology......Page 12
Defining the Study Area and the Extent
of the Planning Time-Horizon......Page 15
Choosing or Developing a Population Prediction......Page 18
Projecting Water Demand......Page 26
Surveying and Forecasting Water Supplies......Page 33
Determining Confidence Levels for Water Supply and Demand......Page 36
Water Conservation Programs......Page 41
Water Pricing to Reduce Demand......Page 54
Increasing Yield Through Water System Management......Page 69
Diverting Additional Water Supplies Into the Study Area......Page 74
Reallocation of Agricultural Water Supplies......Page 80
Using Groundwater......Page 82
Using Watershed Land Management Techniques......Page 88
Precipitation Augmentation......Page 96
Desalinization of Brackish or Salt Water......Page 106
Reuse of Municipal Wastewater......Page 112
4 The Evaluation and Decision Process......Page 128
Analyzing the Effectiveness and Total Costs of Alternatives......Page 129
Analyzing Additional Effects and Impacts......Page 141
Framework for Analysis of Alternatives......Page 145
Demonstration of the Evaluation/Decision Process......Page 159
Epilogue......Page 177
The Water Resources Monograph Series
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