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OER textbook for training water distribution operators.

This textbook has three primary parts.

In Part One, you will learn foundational concepts in water supply, including the water cycle, water management concepts, water rights and stakeholder concepts.

In Part Two, you will apply what you learned in Part One to water development projects and supply side management including the Los Angeles Aqueduct, Central Valley Project, Colorado River Aqueduct and State Water Project. There are voluminous books written on each of these projects, so you will not learn everything about each project here, but rather key details that characterize each project’s purpose, stakeholders, development, and future. You will also explore alternative water supplies, including desalination.

In Part Three, you will learn about demand management, which includes using legislation and regulatory tools, water rates, and conservation programs to manage water use. Rather than simply understanding demand management as conservation program-based, you will learn that there are powerful ways, sometimes far more useful at times than conservation programs, to decrease demand in the long-term.

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