Uncertainty and urban water recharge for managing groundwater availability using decision support

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1888-1896

  Passarello, M C ^a   Pierce, S A ^a   Sharp, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support; Groundwater availability; Integrated assessment; Sustainable yield; Uncertainty; Urban recharge

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; LAND USE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DECISION SUPPORTS; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE YIELDS; UNCERTAINTY; URBAN RECHARGE;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

GROUND WATER;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FLUID BALANCE; LAND USE; POLICY; PRECIPITATION; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TEXAS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84918780700     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.437     Document Type: Article

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