Download or read book System Cooperation in Regional Water Supply Planning written by Jay R. Lund and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Advancing Regional Water Supply Planning to Develop Robust Adaptive Equitable and Cooperatively Stable Infrastructure Investment and Management Pathways written by David Fredrick Secrest Gold and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globally, urban water utilities are challenged by increasingly severe droughts and growing water demands. In the United States (US), these challenges are compounded by increasing costs of new supply development and aging infrastructure that strain the budgets of local water utilities. Regional cooperation can help utilities face these challenges by improving the efficiency of existing water sources and exploiting economies of scale to reduce the capital cost of new infrastructure investment. When implemented using state-aware rule systems that trigger drought mitigation and infrastructure investment decisions, cooperative strategies have been shown to generate infrastructure investment and management policies that maintain robust performance across a broad array of future conditions. But regional cooperation also generates new challenges for water supply planning. Effective strategies must equitably balance the potentially divergent interests of regional partners, as regional conflict can destabilize partnerships, exposing utilities to new risks. The presence of uncertainty in water supply planning problems heightens these risks by masking sources of potential inequity and instability. These challenges motivate the need for new decision support frameworks to develop robust, equitable, cooperatively stable infrastructure investment and management policies. This dissertation presents new research that advances the development of actionable regional water supply management strategies. The first study introduces methodology for exploring robustness conflicts and measuring the impact of implementation uncertainty on water cooperative water supply portfolios. Applied to a system of four water utilities, this study shows that negotiation strategies can discover regional policies that balance robustness across a group of cooperating partners, but also finds that these policies are highly vulnerable to implementation uncertainty. These results further illustrate how delineating safe operating spaces allows utilities to avoid these vulnerabilities. The second study looks more deeply into the multi-actor dynamics of cooperative water supply planning by introducing Regional Defection Analysis, a new methodology for analyzing the cooperative stability of regional supply partnerships and mapping the power relationships within these systems. Regional Defection Analysis extends the existing DU Pathway Framework. Results from a system of three water utilities highlight how seemingly robust infrastructure investment policies may be vulnerable to cooperative instability, reveal power dynamics between regional partners and suggest methods of reducing conflict within cooperative agreements. The third study builds on Regional Defection Analysis by contributing DU Pathway_ERAS, further developing the DU Pathways framework to explicitly focus on the development of equitable, robust, adaptive and cooperatively stable infrastructure investment and management pathways. When applied to a six-utility regional infrastructure investment planning problem, DU Pathway_ERAS (1) reveals how a priori assumptions about performance priorities can lead to unintended consequences for regional equity, (2) illustrates how regional partners can utilize cooperative power to improve regional robustness, and (3) highlights how system vulnerabilities evolves over time.

Download or read book Annual Report on the Status of Regional Water Supply Planning written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Water Supply Planning written by Michael R. Greenberg and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Regional Cooperation for Water Quality Improvement in Southwestern Pennsylvania written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-05-04 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The city of Pittsburgh and surrounding area of southwestern Pennsylvania face complex water quality problems, due in large part to aging wastewater infrastructures that cannot handle sewer overflows and stormwater runoff, especially during wet weather. Other problems such as acid mine drainage are a legacy of the region's past coal mining, heavy industry, and manufacturing economy. Currently, water planning and management in southwestern Pennsylvania is highly fragmented; federal and state governments, 11 counties, hundreds of municipalities, and other entities all play roles, but with little coordination or cooperation. The report finds that a comprehensive, watershed-based approach is needed to effectively meet water quality standards throughout the region in the most cost-effective manner. The report outlines both technical and institutional alternatives to consider in the development and implementation of such an approach.

Download or read book Measuring the Advantages of Cooperation and Integration in Regional Water Supply Management written by Shakeel Ahmed Khan and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Enhancing Partnerships in Regional Water Supply Planning written by Florida. Department of Environmental Protection and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Planning for the Expansion of Regional Water Supply Systems written by Fadi Antoun Karaa and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Capacity Expansion Planning Method for a Regional Water Supply System written by Masahiro Nakashima and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Comprehensive Public Water Supply Study and Report Program 1964 1974 written by New York (State). Department of Health and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Safe Water From Every Tap written by Committee on Small Water Supply Systems and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-01-13 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small communities violate federal requirements for safe drinking water as much as three times more often than cities. Yet these communities often cannot afford to improve their water service. Safe Water From Every Tap reviews the risks of violating drinking water standards and discusses options for improving water service in small communities. Included are detailed reviews of a wide range of technologies appropriate for treating drinking water in small communities. The book also presents a variety of institutional options for improving the management efficiency and financial stability of water systems.

Download or read book Selected Water Resources Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Regional Water Supply Planning Study Red River and Bowie Counties written by Sulphur River Basin Authority and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Regional Water Supply and Distribution Planning Project written by Texas Water Development Board and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Organizational Legal and Public Finance Aspects of Regional Water Supply Organizational and legal alternatives written by Institute of Public Administration (New York, N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Regional Water Supply Planning Study written by Turner Collie & Braden Inc and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A User friendly Computer Aid for Regional Water Supply Planning written by Geza Pesti and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: