Future water management will shift from building new water supply systems to better
operating existing ones. The variation of water values in time and space will increasingly …

This paper presents a short history of water resources systems analysis from its beginnings
in the Harvard Water Program, through its continuing evolution toward a general field of …

Demand for water is expected to grow in line with global human population growth, but
opportunities to augment supply are limited in many places due to resource limits and …

The Public Policy Institute of California is dedicated to informing and improving public policy
in California through independent, objective, nonpartisan research. It does not take or …

Economically optimal operational changes and adaptations for California's water supply
system are examined for a dry form of climate warming (GFDL CM2. 1 A2) with year 2050 …

California’ s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is widely perceived to be in crisis today: its
levee system is fragile, many of its native species are declining rapidly, and it lacks strong …

Dams provide water supply, flood protection, and hydropower generation benefits, but also
harm native species by altering the natural flow regime and degrading aquatic and riparian …

Dams provide a host of benefits to societies, helping to balance variability in water
availability with demand for multiple uses, allowing power generation, providing and …

This paper employs an economic-engineering optimization model to explore water supply
options for environmental restoration of the Colorado River Delta, Mexico. Potential water …

Water quality extremes, which water quality models often struggle to predict, are a grave
concern to water supply facilities. Most existing water quality models use mean error …