南佛罗里达水资源管理区估计，从现在到2020年 迈阿密戴德县、布劳沃德县和棕榈滩县的公共供水将停止 每天增加约3.3亿加仑（mgd）。因此，一个计划和 需要管理方案，以满足公用事业对未来水资源的需求 供给 水资源综合管理是一种确保有足够的水来满足未来需求的手段。综合水资源 管理是指全面的水资源规划和管理 包括最低成本分析，包括需求侧和供应侧管理 选项、开放和参与式决策过程，以及对 与供水政策有关的多个机构，而不仅仅是公用事业机构。信息技术 包括将环境影响等“外部性”考虑在内 决策方程式。 包括数字。

The South Florida Water Management District estimates that between now and 2020 public water supply withdrawals in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties will increase by approximately 330 million gallons per day (mgd). Thus, a planning and management scenario is needed that will meet the needs of utilities for future water supply. Integrated Water Resource Management is proposed as a means of ensuring that sufficient water is available to meet future demands. Integrated Water Resource Management is defined as comprehensive water resource planning and management that encompasses least-cost analysis including demand-side and supply-side management options, an open and participatory decision making process, and consideration of the multiple institutions, not just utilities, that are concerned with water supply policy. It includes consideration of "externalities" such as environmental impacts as part of the decision-making equation. Includes figures.