ABSTRACT
Ideally, regional water management would be integrated across all these aspects. However, for practical reasons, it is usually impossible to have completely comprehensive and integrated
ABSTRACT: The chapters presented here have concerned the integrated management of regional water supplies. Historically, water engineering and planning professions developed with relatively small and isolated problems, such as simple water supply systems for what would now be small cities. Water was abundant, from a single source, managed for a single purpose, and governed by a single local water company or governmental authority. As regions have grown economically and in population, water has become relatively scarce and the various users and purposes of water management have come into conflict and competition. To address these problems and controversies, regional water management has had to become more integrated. This process of integrating the management of water is ongoing.
