Abstract: Most water‐energy assessments have considered only a few water supply types and conservation technologies. Yet utilities are not only developing traditional surface sources, but are also using ground and waste water and ...

Abstract: Actions taken to decrease utility emissions will generally increase electric rates and, thus, dampen demand for power. In the present paper, the following questions are addressed: What is the effect of this rate feedback ...

Abstract: Several states require electric utilities to include estimates of external environmental costs (“adders”) in economic comparisons of conservation and supply alternatives by electric utilities. What are these costs when ...

Abstract: Due to high in-channel sedimentation rates, the Yellow River Delta of China has changed course frequently in its history, with huge socioeconomic impacts. The following questions are addressed: What is the best timing and ...

Abstract: The use of event trees and subjective probabilities in risk analysis is illustrated via a case study: the estimation of the probability of closure of Poe Lock on St. Marys River (Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.) because of vessel ...

Abstract: Economic analysis can help estimate the benefits and costs of environmental regulations that affect energy industries. The usefulness of tools such as engineering economics, econometrics, and Leontief input‐output analysis ...

Abstract: Decisions concerning dam removal or retention are challenging because they involve tradeoffs, diverse stakeholders, and increasing public safety concerns. A multiobjective portfolio optimization approach, implemented as ...

Abstract: Over the past 50 years, planning procedures and analytical methods for evaluating social and environmental effects have played an increasingly important role in federal water planning. Yet the impact of these procedures ...

Abstract: Rural nonpoint sources of water pollution are particularly difficult to control, with relatively little progress having been made compared to point sources. Management choices are difficult because of large uncertainties ...