The City of San Diego imports the majority of its water to satisfy a growing demand. However,
the competing demands for imported water increase the uncertainty of the availability of this
supply. To address this critical issue, the City of San Diego and community stakeholders
developed a water resources plan that fully explored different water supply options. A systems
dynamics model was developed to measure the performance of water resources alternatives (i.e.,
combinations of water supply options) in terms of a set of objectives. For each objective, a
performance measure was developed and used as the basis to evaluate alternatives. The model
represented the physical water delivery system, simulated demands and supplies under different
hydrologic and operating scenarios, and provided the performance measurements used to develop
the water resources strategy. The use of a systems model allowed the City of San Diego Water
Department to build a model that included technical, environmental and economic variables, as
well as other subjective variables, such as public acceptance, that helped in the multi-objective
decision-making process. Additionally, the simplicity of the modeling platform will allow the
City to update the model and use it as a planning tool for years to come.
Includes 2 references, tables, figures.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
file
, 1 MB |
| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 19 |
| Published : | 06/16/2002 |
