Urban Water Supply Management Tools [Hardcover]

Larry W Mays (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 6, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0071428364 | ISBN-13: 978-0071428361 | Edition: 1

For engineers on the frontlines of predicting, managing, and ensuring urban water supplies, this new reference is essential. "Urban Water Supply Management Tools" presents comprehensive guidance on today's state-of-the-art tools, and a unique approach to linking management with planning. The definitive urban water supply reference, this book gives you all the tools you need for: performing water demand analysis; optimizing the design and operation of water systems; water pricing for drought management; integrating forecasting and management procedures; integrating management using computer programs; performing reliability/availability analysis of water systems; learning the latest on water supply system security analysis; using performance indicators for management support; and, knowing what climate change is and management options. This is the ultimate reference for urban water supply management.

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HIGH WATER MARK.

. For engineers on the frontlines of predicting, managing, and ensuring urban water supplies, this new reference is essential. Urban Water Supply Management Tools presents comprehensive guidance on today's state-of-the-art tools, and a unique approach to linking management with planning. The definitive urban water supply reference, this book gives you all the tools you need for:.
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* Performing water demand analysis .
* Optimizing the design and operation of water systems.
* Water pricing for drought management.
* Integrating forecasting and management procedures.
* Integrating management using computer programs.
* Performing reliability/availability analysis of water systems.
* Learning the latest on water supply system security analysis.
* Using performance indicators for management support.
* Knowing what climate change is and management options.

. THE ULTIMATE REFERENCE FOR URBAN WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT.

About the Author

Larry W. Mays is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University where he was the chair of the department. He was formerly Director of the Center for Research in Water Resources at the University of Texas at Austin where he also held an Engineering Foundation Endowed Professorship. A registered engineer in seven states and a professional hydrologist, he has served as a consultant to many organizations. Professor Mays is author of Water Resources Engineering (John Wiley And Sons) and Optimal Control of Hydrosystems (Marcel Dekker), co-author of Applied Hydrology and Hydrosystems Engineering and Mangement (both from McGraw-Hill), and editor-in-chief of the Water Resources Handbook, Hydraulic Design Handbook, Water Distribution Systems Handbook, Stormwater Collection Systems Design Handbook, and the Urban Water Supply Handbook (all from McGraw-Hill). The Urban Water Supply Handbook received the 2002 Honorable Mention in Engineering Award given by the Association of American Publishers. He is also editor-in-chief of Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution Systems (ASCE) and co-editor of Computer Modeling of Free Surface and Pressurized Flow (Kluwer Academic Publishers). Among his honors is a distinguished alumnus award from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1999. .

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (October 6, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071428364
• ISBN-13: 978-0071428361
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,845,256 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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