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Diversity Analysis of Water Systems in the US

Barakoti, Sonia
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5793-5032
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo152545897931429

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2018, Master of Science, University of Toledo, Civil Engineering.
The concept of diversity has been used in many different fields with the basic idea that diversification can reduce risk and increase resilience. Yet, the use of diversity concepts in engineering infrastructure has been lacking. In particular, the water system has never been analyzed from a diversity perspective. In addition, the relation between diversity and efficiency is still debated in the literature. In this study, I addressed these literature gaps by conceptualizing and quantifying water diversity for the very first time. Data were collected from the United States Geological Survey and the Energy Information Administration. Diversity was calculated using the Shannon Weiner Index. I found the water use diversity to be 0.8 which is lower than the energy use diversity of 1.4. Water use diversity also fluctuated a lot; both temporally and across states, water diversity displayed much greater variation than energy diversity. The efficiency showed a positive correlation with diversity. This correlation was more evident for the energy system than for the water system.
Defne Apul (Committee Chair)
Ashok Kumar (Committee Member)
Daryl Moorhead (Committee Member)
74 p.
Civil Engineering
Water System, Diversity, Efficiency, Resiliency, Energy System, Use, Source, Flow

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  • Barakoti, S. (2018). Diversity Analysis of Water Systems in the US [Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo152545897931429

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Barakoti, Sonia. Diversity Analysis of Water Systems in the US. 2018. University of Toledo, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo152545897931429.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Barakoti, Sonia. "Diversity Analysis of Water Systems in the US." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo152545897931429

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