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Entropy and Water Management
Author(s) -
Thomas D. N.,
Fawcett N.,
Judd S. J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2000.tb00292.x
Subject(s) - entropy (arrow of time) , conceptual framework , environmental science , computer science , mathematics , water resource management , hydrology (agriculture) , thermodynamics , geology , geotechnical engineering , physics , sociology , social science
Water management can be set within a conceptual framework which emphasises the importance of maximising the usefulness of water as it moves through a catchment area. The framework is based upon a consideration of the thermodynamic property of entropy, i.e. a measure of a system's increasing inability to do work. It is concluded that a consideration of water utility as a determinant is more appropriate than the conventional volume‐paradigm applied to water resourcing.