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Water: Where Needed, When Needed
Author(s) -
Ogilvie J.L.
Publication year - 1977
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.1551-8833.1977.tb06710.x
Subject(s) - water supply , metropolitan area , supply side , population , water resource management , state (computer science) , geography , environmental planning , business , environmental science , computer science , environmental engineering , archaeology , sociology , demography , commerce , algorithm
The difficulty in planning for water is providing a dependable water supply at the right place at the right time. Colorado is a classic example of this difficulty with an abundance of water on the western side of the Continental Divide, and an insufficient supply on the eastern side of the mountains to supply the Denver metropolitan area where 70 percent of the state's population lives.