McGraw-Hill Education Water Resource Systems Management Tools (P/L CUSTOM SCORING SURVEY)

Product Description In-depth coverage of the powerful tools available to predict and manage water resource systems Management tools include decision support systems, optimisation methods, optimal control method, and risk methods. Water resource management application of the management tolls include irrigation systems, regional water supply systems, river-reservoir systems, groundwater systems, water supply systems. From the Back Cover Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Unique, integrated approaches for managing water resource systems Meeting an increasingly critical need, this comprehensive professional handbook provides an integrated toolset for forecasting water use and availability, and for the system-wide management of water resources. Edited by internationally respected expert Larry Mays, and featuring contributions from the field's leading specialists, this authoritative compendium offers you system-wide approaches and powerful tools to: Analyze management and operation Apply risk-reliability analysis to various water systems Assess water supply system reliability Optimize irrigation flows Manage regional water supply system Manage river-reservoir sediment and erosion issues Operate water distribution systems STATE-OF-THE-ART WATER RESOURCE TOOLSSystems Analysis * Uncertainty and Reliability Analysis * Optimal Control of Irrigation Systems * Regional Water Supply Planning * Groundwater Management Models * River-Reservoir System Operation for Control of Sediment * Water Supply Reliability 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 Wily & 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.