Computer-Aided Water Resources Planning and Operational Management in a Water Company in the U.K.

Walker, Susan

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Computer-Aided Water Resources Planning and Operational Management in a Water Company in the U.K.

Susan Walker³

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Decision support systems have been used extensively over many years to assist North West Water in the management of their water resources. This paper describes the current use of decision support systems in both the administrative as well as the engineering aspects of the company, and looks into the future needs for improved decision support.

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North West Water Limited, Dawson House, Great Sankey Warrington, WA5 3LW, UK
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School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Hollister Hall, 13853-3501, Ithaca, NY, USA
Daniel P. Loucks
Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Quinta da Torre, 2825, Monte da Caparica, Portugal
João R. da Costa

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Walker, S. (1991). Computer-Aided Water Resources Planning and Operational Management in a Water Company in the U.K.. In: Loucks, D.P., da Costa, J.R. (eds) Decision Support Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 26. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76048-8_14

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