Modeling water supply for the energy sector. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5272163

Buras, N

This report summarizes the initial phase of constructing the WATER-EPM (W-EPM) model, which is the Energy Policy Model (EPM) of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory enlarged to include quantitative descriptions of water availabilities. A salient feature of W-EPM is its regionalized formulation, which identifies areas of potentially sharp competition between energy and nonenergy demands for limited water resources and which represents in some detail the constraining situation regarding energy-related activities. In an attempt to maintain the original structure of EPM, water supply functions are estimated on the basis of information available regarding the investment required to build storage facilities which would yield the next increment of flow available to users with a given reliability. A second important feature of the linkage of water and energy submodels in W-EPM is the estimation of a water transportation matrix (dollars per acre-foot per mile). A third feature of W-EPM is that it includes projections of nonenergy water uses, as a surrogate for water demand functions. A limited number of computer test runs made with W-EPM indicate that in the Lower Colorado, Upper Colorado, Great Basin, and Platte-Lower Missouri regions shortages of water may occur as early as the current decade. California, Rio Grande, Texas-Gulf, and Upper Missouri regions may experience water shortages before the end of this century. Early in the next century, the Great Lakes-Ohio, Upper Mississippi, Pacific Northwest, and Arkansas-Lower-Mississippi regions may develop water shortages. The Atlantic Region apparently has ample water, except for local areas, to satisfy projected demands well into the 21st century.

• Research Organization: Stanford Univ., CA (USA). Dept. of Operations Research
• OSTI ID: 5272163
• Report Number(s): EPRI-EA-2259; ON: DE82901855
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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