Water Stewardship Information Sources
| ID | 391 |
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| Citation | Cressweill, M and Naser, Gh. No Date. Forecasting water demands - A case study of the Southeast Kelowna Irrigation District. Prepared for the South East Kelowna Irrigation District. |
| Organization | SEKID |
| URL | http://www.sekid.ca/documents/ForecastingWaterDemands-ACaseStudyfortheSouthEastKelownaIrrigationDistrict.pdf |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | It is widely accepted that water supply will be a pressing issue in this century. Computer models are required to help water authorities better allocate their daily water supply. This research developed a time series model to forecast demands 24 hours in advance for the urban and agricultural zone in the South East Kelowna Irrigation District (British Columbia, Canada). The model accounted for both seasonal and climatic impacts to changes in demand. The seasonal demand was modelled using a Fourier series. The climatic component was studied by multiplying optimized coefficients to the daily temperature and precipitation values. The model was calibrated using measured demand data for the years 2005, 2006 and 2008 and validated using data for 2010. A strong agreement was observed among the field data and model results. Keywords: Time Series, Water Consumption, Demand Forecasting. water supply |
| Information Type | report |
| Regional Watershed | Okanagan |
| Sub-watershed if known | Mission Creek |
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| Project status | complete |
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