Colorado River Water Supply and Demand Study. Technical Report D: Sustem Reliability Metrics. Feburary 2012 Update

摘要

System reliability metrics (metrics) are measures that indicate the ability of the Colorado River system to meet the needs of Basin resources2 under multiple future conditions. Metrics will be used to measure (quantitatively or qualitatively) the potential impacts to Basin resources from current and future water supply and demand imbalances and to measure the effectiveness of options and strategies to remedy those imbalances. This report describes the approach used to develop the system reliability metrics and the set of metrics resulting from implementing that approach. This report was initially published in June 2011 under Interim Report No. 1 and has been since updated to reflect the comments received on Interim Report No. 1, technical developments and the ongoing input of stakeholders.