Premium
Dual Water Supply for Seattle
Author(s) -
Heath J. Ray
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1961.tb00794.x
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , water supply , dual (grammatical number) , environmental science , water resource management , hydrology (agriculture) , water development , water resources , geography , environmental engineering , engineering , archaeology , ecology , geotechnical engineering , art , literature , biology
This article discusses the development of dual water supply for Seattle from two rivers, the Cedar River and the Tolt River. Complete development of Seattle's two rivers will provide 650 mgd to the Seattle metropolitan area. This is almost 2.5 times the present maximum demand.