The state of Texas is facing critical decisions that will greatly impact the
preparedness of the state to meet future water demand. Consequently, during the 83rd
Texas Legislative Session, state legislators proposed House Bill 4 (HB 4), a bill that if
funded will provide an additional two billion dollars of funding for Texas water planning
projects. Objectively evaluating and prioritizing projects would enable the efficient
distribution of funding and minimize conflicts between water users. This project uses
multi-criteria decision modeling to compare various evaluation criteria and decision
preferences and prioritize proposed water management strategies in the 2012 State Water
Plan. Combinations of project, regional, and legislative criteria are considered in eight
decision scenarios. Projects are evaluated using Logical Decisions software and
Microsoft Excel to calculate project utility and identify distribution strategies for funding.
Results of this study provide insight into regional and strategy funding biases.
Additionally, the decision model analyses highlight the effects of project prioritization on
urban vs. rural and arid vs. humid Texas water conflicts. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/23158 |
| Date | 14 February 2014 |
| Creators | Waite, Elizabeth Leslie |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | application/pdf |
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