Description
Regional Water System Management
Water Conservation, Water Supply and System Integration
Coordinators: Cabrera Enrique, Cobacho R., Lund Jay
Language: EnglishSubject for Regional Water System Management:
Keywords
Regional Water System Management; resource; Water Transfers; supply; Lake Kinneret; quality; Deep Percolation; polytechnic; Water Markets; university; National Water Carrier; valencia; Regional Water Management; decision; Water Management Options; support; Meteorological Drought; systems; Severe Meteorological Drought; irrigation; Rio Grande; Demand Management Options; Colorado River Basin; TTHM Level; Integrated Regional Water Management; Cap Water; Water Service Reliability; Discrete Time Optimal Control Problem; Edwards Aquifer; Lower Colorado River Basin; Regional Water Problems; METRIC BENCHMARKING; SRP; Cap; Colorado River
360 p. · 17.4x24.6 cm · Paperback
Description
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The spectacular industrial and economic development of the twentieth century was achieved at a considerable environmental cost. The increasingly precarious position of water, the most valuable of natural resources, reflects this trend. Today we have come to realise that concepts of sustainable development need to replace the antiquated belief that the environment in general, and natural resources in particular, are simply there for the taking. The responsible use of water, in which man profits from resources without endangering their future, should have precedence in any water policy. Regional Water System Management contains invited lectures presented by eminent authors to the international Seminar Regional Water Management. Water Conservation, Water Supply, Systems Integration held in Valencia (Spain) in 2002. The publication provides a general overview of basic water management principles for the twenty-first century and will be of interest to those studying water conservation, as well as professionals already in the field.
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
Part A: Water supply and water conservation
Part B: INtegrated system management
Part C: Tools and case studies of integrated system analysis
Conclusion
Author Index