Industrial application of Whitford's demand forecasting procedure

A probabilistic method developed by Whitford (1972) for residential water demand forecasting is applied to water demand for steam-electric power generation in the Trinity River basin in Texas in order to reduce reliance upon single isolated estimates of future demand. The resulting time-dependent cumulative probability distributions provide useful information for water quality planning in the basin. It is suggested that this probabilistic approach has significant advantages that warrant its further refinement. 15 refs