About the Editor

Larry W. Mays is a professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona and former chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He has been the Director of the Center for Research in Water Resources at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also held an endowed professorship. He was educated at the University of Missouri at Rolla where he received the B. S. and M. S. degrees in civil engineering and then at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana where he received the Ph. D. degree.

Professor Mays has published extensively in engineering literature and in the proceedings of national and international conferences, and invited chapters in books. In addition he has been the author, co-author, and editor-in-chief of many books. His books include: author of Water Resources Engineering and co-author of Groundwater Hydrology (both published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.); author of Optimal Control of Hydrosystems (published by Marcel Dekker); and co-author of Applied Hydrology and Hydrosystems Engineering and Management (both published by McGraw-Hill). He was editor-in-chief of Water Resources Handbook, Water Distribution Systems Handbook, Urban Water Supply Management Tools, Stormwater Collection Systems Design Handbook, Urban Water Supply Handbook, Urban Stormwater Management Tools, Hydraulic Design Handbook, Water Resources Systems Management Tools, Water Supply Systems Security, and Water Resources Sustainability, all published by McGraw-Hill. In addition, he was editor-in-chief of Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution Systems and co-editor of Computer Methods of Free Surface and Pressurized Flow. Professor Mays’ most recent book is Urban Water Management in Arid and Semi-arid Regions, as editor-in-chief, which was published by Taylor and Francis. This book was the result of volunteer work for the United Nations UNESCO-IHP in Paris.

Among his honors is a distinguished alumnus award from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and a Diplomate, Water Resources Engineering of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineering. He is also a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the International Water Resources Association. As registered professional engineer in several states, and a registered professional hydrologist, he has served as a consultant to many organizations. His most recent major research efforts have been in the study of ancient water technologies and the relation that this traditional knowledge could have on solving our problems of water resources sustainability, not only for the present but the future. He enjoys the outdoors, hiking, fishing, alpine skiing, and photography of ancient water systems. Professor Mays lives in Mesa, Arizona and Pagosa Springs, Colorado.