Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management: Recent submissions
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Examining Trade-Offs in Piggybacking Flow Events while Making Environmental Release Decisions in a River System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)High flow pulses (or spells or freshes) play a crucial role in maintaining the ecological health of a river system. Impoundment of water in a reservoir and release or diversion of water for human water needs has significantly ... -
Model Reduction and Outer Approximation for Optimizing the Placement of Control Valves in Complex Water Networks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The optimal placement and operation of pressure control valves in water distribution networks is a challenging engineering problem. When formulated in a mathematical optimization framework, this problem results in a nonconvex ... -
Potential Implications of Groundwater Trading and Reformed Water Rights in Diamond Valley, Nevada
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This paper presents an ex ante analysis of a novel groundwater management reform being considered by irrigators in the Diamond Valley, Nevada. Groundwater extraction for irrigation in the valley has considerably exceeded ... -
Computer-Aided Decision-Making Model for Multiphase Upgrading of Aged Water Distribution Mains
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This study introduces a decision support system for upgrading aged water distribution mains. The network hydraulics is simulated and evaluated by a hybrid reliability measure, and the design period is divided into multiple ... -
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Cost-Benefit Framework for Optimal Design of Water Transfer Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Water transfer systems are increasingly seen as a response to regional water stresses. The expensive capital cost of such massive projects calls for satisfying the desired requirements with a minimum investment, ... -
Intertemporal Preferences of Potable Water Supply Consumers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This research explores potable water consumers’ willingness to pay to fund up-front investments in their potable water supply services (PWSSs), which will reduce rates in the longer term. An online survey of 1,970 New ... -
Derivation of Hydropower Rules for Multireservoir Systems and Its Application for Optimal Reservoir Storage Allocation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Hydropower operating rules can guide reservoir release and storage for maximizing hydropower generation. The optimal hydropower operating rules are usually derived by numerical hydropower simulation methods. This study ... -
Testing EKC for Urban Water Use: Empirical Evidence at River Basin Scale from the Guadalquivir River, Spain
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Water scarcity in arid and semiarid regions of the world is increasing rapidly due to multiple factors, exacerbating competition over alternative water uses. This is especially relevant in the case of so-called closed water ... -
Efficient Implementation of Sampling Stochastic Dynamic Programming Algorithm for Multireservoir Management in the Hydropower Sector
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Despite decades of operational use, stochastic dynamic programming (SDP) is still a popular method for solving hydropower management optimization problems. From an operational perspective, there are many advantages to using ... -
Hidden Water Affordability Problems Revealed in Developing Countries
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Commonly used approaches for studying water affordability in developing countries tend to focus on households that pay for their water supply (revealed affordability). A major problem of this approach is that it neglects ... -
Empirical Evidence for Efficiency in Provision of Drinking Water
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it assesses the efficiency of the drinking water supply in the Spanish municipalities of over 5,000 inhabitants. Second, it examines the hypothesis that this efficiency is ... -
Benefits of Cooperation in Transnational Water-Energy Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Cooperation in international river basins is often challenged by upstream–downstream conflicts over water allocation. In many cases, water allocation is linked to the energy sector through hydropower. In this study, the ... -
Optimal Hedging for Hydropower Operation and End-of-Year Carryover Storage Values
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Hedging rules for hydropower operation provide optimal decisions to hedge against extreme system loss from an energy shortfall in the future at the price of a small current loss. Aiming at determining optimal end-of-year ... -
Potential of Energy Recovery and Water Saving Using Micro-Hydropower in Rural Water Distribution Networks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Water distribution networks have a significant water and energy demand and, therefore, must face the challenge of adopting measures that improve how these resources are used. Previous investigations have demonstrated the ... -
Model Selection Based on Sectoral Application Scale for Increased Value of Hydroclimate-Prediction Information
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Advance predictions of seasonal precipitation may provide information to aid water resource management decisions in various sectors. Yet, a disconnect between the spatial scale upon which skillful predictions are issued ... -
Building Infrastructure Resilience in Coastal Flood Risk Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The alteration of a watershed’s hydrologic response due to urban development, population growth, global warming, and sea level rise have increased the frequency and intensity of floods. In order to cope with the new ... -
Nonstationary Stochastic Simulation–Based Water Allocation Method for Regional Water Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Due to climate change and human activities, the assumption of the stationarity of hydrological variables will no longer hold. Moreover, the stochastic uncertainty of hydrological variables introduces huge challenges for ... -
Optimal and Centralized Reservoir Management for Drought and Flood Protection on the Upper Seine–Aube River System Using Stochastic Dual Dynamic Programming
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The basin of the Seine River is an extremely important economic region for France and Europe. Four reservoirs are operated to reduce the natural variability of the Seine River, reducing both flood and drought risk. Presently, ... -
Managing Cumulative Effects of Farm Dams in Southeastern Australia
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Challenges abound for water managers attempting to address problems that have cumulative effects. This paper discusses some of these challenges and potential solutions through a case study of farm dam management in the ...