An innovative stormwater best management practice decision support system for quantifying and optimizing load reductions and costs in Los Angeles

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008: Ahupua'a - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008

Volumn 316, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Carter, Stephen ^a   Zhen, Jenny ^a   Parker, Andrew ^a   Cutter, Bowman ^b  

^a TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Best Management Practice; California; Decision support systems; Optimization; Stormwater management

Indexed keywords

BENEFITS AND COSTS; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CALIFORNIA; DECISION SUPPORTS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FLOW VOLUMES; LOAD REDUCTION; LOS ANGELES; LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MODELING AND ANALYSIS; NATURAL SYSTEMS; POLLUTANT LOADS; PROTECTION STRATEGY; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; REGIONAL MODEL; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; STORMWATERS; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COST REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LANDFORMS; OPTIMIZATION; RESTORATION; STORM SEWERS; WATERSHEDS;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 79251478722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40976(316)52     Document Type: Conference Paper

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