Water storage profit model

Can a simple integrated water allocation model help planners and decision makers?

The present study develops a simple interactive integrated water allocation model (IWAM), which can assist the planners and decision makers in optimal allocation of limited water from a storage reservoir to different user sectors, considering socio-economic, environmental and technical aspects.

What are economic carryover storage value functions (cosvfs)?

Economic carryover storage value functions (COSVFs) are developed to represent the value of storage in the face of interannual inflow uncertainty and variability within water resource optimization models.

Does the Central Valley economy rely on marginal water values?

Table 1 shows that marginal water values are low for surface reservoirs with very low annual net inflow (e.g., Los Vaqueros, Del Valle, Turlock, San Francisco aggregate, and San Luis), suggesting that the Central Valley economy usually does not rely on them (at the margin) for water supply.