Planning for Future Hydroelectric Power: A Myth?
The hydroelectric power industry in the U.S. is authorized and regulated by the Federal Government through the Federal Energy Retgulatory Commission (FERC) under the Federal Power Act....
Water Supply and Conservation in a Desert City
The city of Phoenix, a fast growing metropolitan area, set in the northern reaches of the Sonoran Desert, seems to have reached the limits of the western water frontier. Presently, Phoenix...
Strategies for Planning Metropolitan Water Supplies
Metropolitan growth and increased concerns for water quality and environmental impacts have created challenges for the provision of water supplies within metropolitan areas. The paper...
Hydrologic Criteria: NPS Water Quality Assessment
This paper summarizes the authors deliberations and findings regarding selection of hydrologic conditions suitable for the evaluation of the water quality impacts of nonpoint sources (NPSs)...
Hydrologically Optimizing Stormwater Quality Facilities
There exists a need to develop a method for the sizing of urban stormwater runoff capture volume for water quality enhancement purposes. This paper describes a method that utilizes hydrologic...
Who is the Public?
The old concept of applying to the state for a right to use water has changed as the availability of unappropriated water has disappeared. Today the emphasis is on acquiring a water right...
Interstate Water Management: Implications of Recent Virgina/North Carolina Conflicts
Attempts to expand the public water supply of the urbanized southeastern corner of Virginia by transferring water from an interstate river flowing from Virginia into North Carolina has...
Must the Courts Resolve All Our Conflicts?
In June 1981, the Maryland Office of Environmental Programs issued a draft 'nutrient control strategy' for the Patuxent River as a first step in preparing a regional...
Diplomacy and International Environment Issues
This paper examines three current examples of the ongoing diplomatic efforts to deal with selected environmental and water issues that affect our bilateral relationships with Canada and...
Advisory System for South Florida Water Management
A comprehensive, real-time advisory system was developed for the operation of water control facilities within the South Florida Water Management District. The Operations Assistant and...
Computer Control of Water Systems: Practical Considerations
Presented are some applications projects and procedures concerned with modeling and control of water supply and distribution systems. The work has resulted in the development of a suite...
Dynamic Modeling and Control Optimization in An Urban Area?A Case Study
The procedures adopted to achieve improved economic operation of the water supply and distribution system serving the town of Wolverhampton (UK) are described. An outline description is...
Computer Support For TVA's Reservoir System Operations: Software
In the early 1980's, the Tennessee Valley Authority implemented its Water Resources Management Information (WATREMAIN) system to provide support for operation of its integrated multipurpose...
Development of the Hydro Optimization Management System at Alabama Power Company
Alabama Power Company is an electric utility serving most of Alabama with a generation mix of 65% coal, 18% nuclear, and 17% hydro. A total of 1682 MW hydro generation comes from 14 plants...
Computer-Aided Negotiation of Water Resources Issues in California's Central Valley Project
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation operates the Central Valley Project (CVP) in California. The CVP is a large system of streams, reservoirs and canals in California's Sacramento and San Joaquin...
Computerized Resource Planning for the Central Valley Project, California
The Central Valley Project (CVP) consists of nine reservoirs and ten powerplants owned and operated by the United States Government. On an average water year basis, the CVP, with a maximum...
Computer Simulation of CVP Power Production for Integration With PG&E's Power System
The Central Valley Project (CVP) has an installed hydropower capacity of over 1800 MW. The project facilities and its preference power customers lie dispersed within the service territory...
California's Adaptable Model for Operations Planning for the State Water Project
Operations of the California Aqueduct, a 440-mile-long feature of the State Water Project (SWP) consisting of canals, pipelines, reservoirs and hydroelectric plants, are planned using...
Stochastic Evaluation of Reservoir Operation Rules
The major water facilities in California encompass the State Water Project, operated by the State of California, and the Central Valley Project, owned and operated by the United States...
What is Necessary to Forecast River Flows Reliably?
The problem of forecasting river flows employing conceptual rainfall-runoff models is reviewed stressing the important connections that exist among data requirements, model structure,...
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