Computer Models for Water Resources Planning and Management

摘要

This report is part of the National Study of Water Management During Drought conducted by the Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The intent of this work was to create a broad, systematic introduction to water management models, with some comparative analysis. The report should be useful to planners and managers who must use or approve the use of a model, and should also help modelers in one subject area understand the modeling choices available in other areas. Specific topics covered are: demand forecasting and balancing supply with demand; water distribution systems; ground water; watershed runoff stream hydraulics; river and reservoir water quality; reservoir/river/system operations; model development and distribution organizations; and general purpose software. Some models also have one page summaries in the appendix with a point of contact for the model, model availability information, documentation, configuration, and capabilities of the model.