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A TEST OF ALTERNATIVES FOR MEETING PUBLIC POTABLE WATER REQUIREMENTS 1
Author(s) -
Greenberg Michael R.,
Hordon Robert M.
Publication year - 1976
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.1752-1688.1976.tb02739.x
Subject(s) - potable water , metropolitan area , water resource management , water supply , test (biology) , environmental science , water resources , environmental engineering , environmental planning , business , geography , paleontology , ecology , archaeology , biology
The relative economic costs of meeting projected public potable water demands through increasing the supply, controlling the demand, and increasing the capacity for interagency water transfers are explored. These alternatives and combinations are evaluated with the aid of a linear programming model in northeastern New Jersey, a major metropolitan region of over 4.5 million people, for the years 1975 to 2000. After more than 30 model tests it was found that a combination of increased interagency transfers and added water supplies was the least expensive solution.