Water Resources Professional Project Reports

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

Summer 2002

Abstract

This project examines and characterizes climate and water demand in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The purpose is to determine what relationships exist between water demand and climate as represented by the North American Monsoon System (NAMS), an atmospheric circulation system largely responsible for summer precipitation in southwestern North America. The City of Albuquerque (CABQ) is the largest city and public water supplier in New Mexico. It has a population over six times the size of the state's next largest city, Las Cruces, and it withdraws over 100,000 acre-feet of water per year. Water demand in Albuquerque is influenced by many factors; this investigation will focus on the sensitivity of water demand to climate.

Keywords

climate, water demand, Albuquerque, North American Monsoon System

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