World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2020
Analyzing the Effects of Temperature and Precipitation in the Context of a Water Demand Model
Publication: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2020: Hydraulics, Waterways, and Water Distribution Systems Analysis
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When assessing the potential effects of climate change on water resources, it is important to consider water demand. In order to do this, the effects of climatic variables on water demand must first be determined. This study utilizes historical daily water demand and climate data for the Boston metropolitan area in order to analyze the effects of temperature and precipitation on water demand and develop a multiple linear regression water demand model. This study breaks annual demand into two parts: (1) a winter base demand, unaffected by climate, and (2) a summer demand, which is modeled solely as a function of climatic variables. The coupled model II predicts summer water demand as a function of climatic variables, and results of the model can be used to detect trends in water demand, which can be used to hypothesize what future water demand may look like based on climate projections for the Boston area.
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World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2020: Hydraulics, Waterways, and Water Distribution Systems Analysis
Pages: 290 - 303
Editors: Sajjad Ahmad, Ph.D., and Regan Murray, Ph.D.
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8297-1
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© 2020 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: May 14, 2020
Published in print: May 14, 2020
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