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  <dc:contributor>Gary Tasker</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Paul Dunne</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1996</dc:date>
  <dc:description>The reservoirs and pumping stations that comprise the Raritan 
River Basin water-supply system and its interconnections to the 
Delaware-Raritan Canal water-supply system, operated by the 
New Jersey Water Supply Authority (NJWSA), provide potable 
water to central New Jersey communities. The water reserve of 
this combined system can easily be depleted by an extended 
period of below-normal precipitation. Efficient operation of the 
combined system is vital to meeting the water-supply needs of 
central New Jersey. In an effort to improve the efficiency of the 
system operation, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 
cooperation with the NJWSA, has developed a computer model 
that provides a technical basis for evaluating the effects of 
alternative patterns of operation of the Raritan River Basin 
water-supply system. This fact sheet describes the model, its 
technical basis, and its operation.</dc:description>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>10.3133/fs20696</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Geological Survey</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Managing drought risk with a computer model of the Raritan River Basin water-supply system in central New Jersey</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
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