Water Resource Systems Management Tools

by Larry W. Mays

Overview

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This is a unique, integrated approach to water resource systems management and planning. The book provides methods for analyzing water resource needs, modeling, supply reliability, irrigation optimization, and much more. With more and more attention being given to the worldwide interest in sustainability, to the effects of global climate change on future water resources operation and management, as well as public health issues, Dr. Mays has gathered together leading experts in their respective fields offering the latest information on the subject. A fresh approach offering insight for the present generation within the water resources community.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071443814
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	11/05/2004
Series:	McGraw-Hill Professional Engineering Ser.
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Larry. W. Mays, Ph.D., PE, P.H., is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University and former chair of the department. He is the former 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 professional engineer in seven states and a registered professional hydrologist, he has served as a consultant to many organizations. Professor Mays is the author of Water Resources Engineering (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) and Optimal Control of Hydrosystems (Marcel Dekker, Inc.), coauthor of Applied Hydrology and Hydrosystems Engineering and Management (both from McGraw-Hill), co-author of Groundwater Hydrology (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) and editor-in-chief of the Water Resources Handbook, Hydraulic Design Handbook, Water Distribution Systems Handbook, Stormwater Collection System Design Handbook, Urban Water Supply Handbook, Urban Water Supply Management Tools, Urban Stormwater Management Tools, and Water Supply Systems Security (all from McGraw-Hill). He was also the editor-in-chief of the Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution Systems (ASCE) and coeditor of Computer Modeling of Free Surface and Pressurized Flow (Kluwer Academic Publishers). The Urban Water Supply Handbook received the 2002 Honorable Mention in Engineering Award, given by the Association of American Publishers. Among his honors include a distinguished alumnus award from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1999. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona and Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

Table of Contents

	Contributors	vii
	Preface	ix
Chapter 1	Systems Analysis	1
1.1	Systems Concept	1
1.2	Linear Programming (LP)	3
1.3	Nonlinear Programming (NLP)	8
1.4	Dynamic Programming (DP)	15
1.5	Optimal Control	23
1.6	Interfacing Optimizers with Process Simulators	26
1.7	Multiobjective Programming	27
1.8	Global Optimization Techniques	32
1.9	Selected Applications in Water Resources	37
	References	42
Chapter 2	Uncertainty and Reliability Analysis	1
2.1	Introduction	1
2.2	Review of Pertinent Probability and Statistical Theories	3
2.3	Methods for Uncertainty Analysis	13
2.4	Load Resistance Interference Reliability Analysis	23
2.5	Reliability Analysis: Time-to-Failure Analysis	33
2.6	Monte Carlo Simulation	38
2.7	System Reliability	43
2.8	Risk-Based Design of Water Resources Systems	50
	References	57
Chapter 3	Regional Water Supply Planning and Capacity Expansion Models	1
3.1	Introduction	1
3.2	Model Formulations	2
3.3	Applications to the Rio Grande Project and the City of El Paso Water Supply	10
3.4	Model Results	28
	References	34
Chapter 4	River-Reservoir System Operation for Sediment Control	1
4.1	Problem Statement	1
4.2	Problem Formulation	2
4.3	Solution Techniques	5
4.4	Example Applications	8
Appendix 4.A	SALQR Algorithm	13
Appendix 4.B	Genetic Algorithm	17
	References	18
Chapter 5	Water Distribution System Operation: Application of Simulated Annealing	1
5.1	Introduction	1
5.2	General Problem Statement	2
5.3	Solution Methodology	3
5.4	Development of Software	7
5.5	Applications	8
5.6	Summary and Conclusions	14
	References	15
Chapter 6	Optimal Feedback Control of Irrigation Water Delivery Systems	1
6.1	Introduction	1
6.2	Irrigation Water Delivery Systems	2
6.3	Control of Irrigation Water Delivery Systems	3
6.4	Basic Control Definitions	8
6.5	Types of Automatic Control	10
6.6	Integrator-Delay Model (Process Model)	13
6.7	Fundamentals of Automatic Control Systems	17
6.8	Optimal Feedback Control Of Irrigation Water Delivery Systems	24
6.9	Overall Control Schemes for Irrigation Water Delivery Systems	35
	References	36
Chapter 7	Optimal Location of Isolation Valves in Water Distribution Systems: A Reliability/Optimization Approach	1
7.1	Introduction	1
7.2	Demand-Driven Analysis versus Pressure-Driven Analysis	3
7.3	Semi-Pressure-Driven Analysis (SPDA) Framework	8
7.4	Reliability Models	11
7.5	Optimization Model	15
7.6	Example Application of Reliability/Optimization Model	22
	References	25
Chapter 8	Groundwater Remediation Design Using Simulated Annealing	1
8.1	Introduction	1
8.2	Enhanced Annealing	3
8.3	Annealing with Directional Search	6
8.4	Annealing with Memory	8
8.5	Memory Components	11
8.6	Overall Enhanced Annealing Algorithm	12
8.7	Application of Algorithm: N-Springs Site Description	12
8.8	Summary and Conclusions	22
	References	23
	Index	1