A provider-based water planning and management model - WaterSim 4.0 - For the Phoenix Metropolitan Area

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2596-2610

  Sampson, D A ^a   Escobar, V ^a   Tschudi, M K ^a   Lant, T ^a   Gober, P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Municipal water provider; Population growth; Scenario; Water planning

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

METROPOLITAN AREA; MODELING; MUNICIPAL WATER; MUNICIPAL WATER PROVIDER; PHOENIX METROPOLITAN; PLANNING MODELS; POPULATION GROWTH; SCENARIO; WATER DEMAND; WATER PLANNING;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUND WATER; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LONG-TERM CHANGE; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RUNOFF; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; POPULATION GROWTH; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79960845536     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.05.032     Document Type: Article

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