The main objective of this project was to develop a computerized decision support system (DSS) tool that will allow utility strategic planners to effectively evaluate options for managing and developing reliable, adequate, and sustainable water supplies for their customers over the next 50 to 100 years. This tool will allow for the evaluation of multiple future water management scenarios that include integrated social, financial, and economic analyses that are requisite to sustainable, long-term water supply planning. This effort was distinguished from traditional water utility planning efforts in its focus on sustainability and a longer planning horizon. As such, a wider array of management objectives and opportunities were brought into consideration, requiring a tool that extends beyond sequencing potential supply enhancements in response to unrelenting, unmanaged increases in demand. The longer planning horizon allowed for consideration of a wide range of alternatives on both the supply development and demand management sides.
- ISBN10 1843399555
- ISBN13 9781843399551
- Publish Date 30 June 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 February 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint IWA Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 88
- Language English