Water Supply Management

Reliability Based Water Resource Management

The reduced reliability of the world's water supply is attributed to the growth in population, growth of the economy, new recreation, and environmental demands. Environmental safeguards make it difficult to construct new water resource infrastructure, requiring optimal, risk based management of existing resources. The reliability of existing water rights, although perceived to be vested and related to seniority, can be much lower than what is conventionally assumed depending on how system-wide target drafts are set. Application of the Reliability Based Water Resource Management method maximizes the reliability of water supply to all water rights holders, both junior and senior. This method succinctly relates yield of water supply for multiple uses and can be used to clearly and effortlessly formulate and justify policy and water resource management decisions.

Engineering - Science - Sustainable Solutions