Date of Award:
5-2016
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Committee Chair(s)
Richard C. Peralta
Committee
Richard C. Peralta
Committee
Steven Clyde
Committee
Thomas Lachmar
Abstract
The world population is growing rapidly. In developing countries, the growing population is mostly in urban areas. A bigger population requires more food, and more food requires more water. The water needed for food and people comes from the same sources: surface water (rivers, lakes, etc.) and groundwater (aquifers). Thus, there is a competing water demand between people and agriculture in urban areas.
In this research, we use computer software to make a model of the hydrologic system that focuses on surface water and groundwater. To make the model, we use data from real aquifers and streams in order to make the model represent the real system and the water management situations in urban areas. The purpose of this research is to find the maximum population that water can support as well as the maximum economic benefit that agriculture provides to farmers. By connecting the water resources and the users, the model shows that they can help each other rather than compete.
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Recommended Citation
Landa, Silvia Anastasia, "Optimizing Sustainable Integrated Use of Groundwater, Surface Water and Reclaimed Water for the Competing Demands of Agricultural Net Return and Urban Population" (2016). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 5026.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5026
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