Case Study
Long-Range Water Demand Forecasting for San Diego County Water Authority
Long-Range Water Demand Forecasting for San Diego County Water Authority Client: San Diego County Water Authority Location: San Diego County, CA Hazen and Sawyer has been performing long-tern demand forecasting for the San Diego Water Authority since 2006 through three separate engagements. Each engagement updated predictive models of water demands in the Water Authority region for single-family, multifamily, nonresidential and agricultural customer classes. In the most recent completed engagement, Hazen directed the development of projection models and long-range forecasts of water demands out to 2050 in support of the Water Authority’s 2015 Urban Water Management Plan.Potential impacts of climate change on Agency water demand were assessed using ve downscaled temperature and precipitati