Analysis and prediction of water resources consumption: A case study in Yiwu city, China

Abstract In this study, analysis and prediction of water resources consumption is executed in order to alleviate the water shortage problem especially in Southeast China. Nowadays, lots of Chinese cities suffered from the water shortage and the water environment pollution for decades. The demand of high quality fresh water resource becomes critical for both the urban and rural area due to the fast development of the economic and the rapid growth of the local population. Hence, the calculation and prediction of the water resource for the current the future year in a typical Chinese city is focused in order to allocate the water resource more efficiently and predict the water demand and water supply in the future. It is also valuable for different cities especially the cities suffered from water around the world.