1. Dr. Martin T. Auer Michigan Tech Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Surface Water Supply

2. Taking it for granted … Part I

3. Taking it for granted … Part II

4. Water Supply & The Hydrologic Cycle Units = 10 12 m 3 per year 1 “10 12 m 3 per year” = 1 Lake Superior per year … water. We got it.

5. Drinking Water Sources Approximately two-thirds of the population of the U.S. receives its supply from surface waters. However, the number of communities supplied by groundwater is four times that supplied by surface water. This is because large cities are typically supplied by surface waters and smaller communities use groundwater.

6. Kankakee River Basin

7. The Hydrograph Discharge Time Direct Runoff Hydrograph Base Flow

9. Surface Water Supplies Lakes Rivers Reservoirs

10. … now you see it … now you don’t

11. Supply This!

14. Reservoir Design by the Rippl Method annual requirement = 1.2x10 8 ft 3

15. Reservoir Design by the Rippl Method

16. Water Use Restrictions