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Water reuse: A flexible and efficient management alternative for municipal water supply
Author(s) -
Dworkin Daniel M.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr011i005p00607
Subject(s) - reuse , environmental science , water supply , schedule , water resources , water resource management , water conservation , computer science , environmental engineering , engineering , waste management , ecology , biology , operating system
A comparison between the fixed schedule of planned expansion of water supply sources and an alternative expansion program based on a short‐term decision from monitoring reservoir levels, water use, and streamflows and employing water reuse capacity and new source development is simulated for the Colorado Springs, Colorado, municipal water system. For this complex, fast growing system with supply based on streamflows and some current reuse capacity the alternative plan postpones major new development an average of 14 years at a cost at present value of half the original planned expansion.