The Water Use Model -- Conceptual Foundations: Thermodynamics and Capital Theory -- General Design of Dynamic Models for Water Uses -- Specifications for Constructing the Water Use Model -- Constraints of the Water Use Model -- Optimality Conditions of the Water Use Model -- The Water...

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