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SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES IN SOUTHERN NEVADA 1
Author(s) -
Cochran Gilbert F.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1971.tb04980.x
Subject(s) - groundwater recharge , conjunctive use , land reclamation , water resources , work (physics) , groundwater , las vegas , computer science , environmental science , aquifer , water resource management , operations research , engineering , geography , mechanical engineering , ecology , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , metropolitan area , biology
The Las Vegas Valley in southern Nevada has provided ample opportunity for mission oriented water resources research, and, to some extent, application of those research results. Past studies of the ground‐water systems have resulted in the construction of a direct electrical analog, two digital simulation models, a Hele‐Shaw fluid analog, a linear programming model, and two dynamic programming models. The work accomplished has dealt with the problems of groundwater management, waste water reclamation and artificial recharge, and conjunctive use water management. The current study is attempting to integrate previous results and new work into a detailed and realistic conjunctive use water resource management model to achieve system efficiency under more than one criteria. The research team is interdisciplinary in nature and encompasses the physical and social sciences.