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Mitigating Drought-Related Financial Risks for Water Utilities via Integration of Risk Pooling and Reinsurance
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Concerns over drought-related financial risk have been growing for water utilities as adaptive measures, such as conservation (which reduces revenues) and water transfers (which increase costs), play larger roles in drought ...
Retail Load Defection Impacts on a Major Electric Utility′s Exposure to Weather Risk
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Electric power utilities face a wide range of risks that cause financial uncertainty, with potential impacts on prices for customers. Among these, weather variability and retail load defection are perhaps two of the most ...
Impact of Contract Structure and Risk Aversion on Interutility Water Transfer Agreements
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Water transfers are one method of allowing utilities to meet demand during dry periods while avoiding, or at least forestalling, the construction of costly new supply capacity. Nonetheless, transfer agreements must have ...
Particles, Metals, and Water Quality in Runoff from Large Urban Watershed
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Water quality, metals concentration, and particle size distributions were characterized in urban runoff. The distribution of metals in the macrocolloidal (0.45–20 μm) and dissolved (<0.45 μm) size fractions was determined ...
How Do Price Surcharges Impact Water Utility Financial Incentives to Pursue Alternative Supplies during Drought?
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Municipal water utilities commonly manage drought by encouraging conservation. Efforts to temporarily reduce water consumption can cost significantly less than investments in infrastructure to increase supply. However, ...
Equilibrium Approach to Integrating Regional Surface Water Treatment and Limited Groundwater Pumping Capacity
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The inexpensive nature of groundwater, combined with population growth, has resulted in many aquifers being pumped at unsustainable levels. Consequently, regulators in many states have acted to limit water withdrawals from ...
Considering Location, Compliance, and Storage in Decisions on Brackish Water Resource Development
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: In the past, brackish water resources have often been dismissed due to concerns over the cost gap between desalination and conventional treatment, but this simple comparison neglects several important factors that should ...
Attachment of Fecal Indicator Bacteria to Particles in the Neuse River Estuary, N.C.
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Observations of microbial contamination and particle suspensions represent valuable inputs to water quality models that form the basis of regulatory decisions regarding the use of surface waters. The Neuse River Estuary ...
Considering Bacteria-Sediment Associations in Microbial Fate and Transport Modeling
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The development of a total maximum daily load (TMDL) for water bodies impaired by elevated microbial levels (the second leading cause of impairment nationally) requires an understanding of microbial transport processes at ...
Economic Engineering of Environmental and Water Resource Systems
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers