Optimization applications in water resources systems engineering

Datta, Bithin;Harikrishna, V.

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Optimization tools and principles have made it possible to develop prescriptive models for optimal management of large scale water resources systems, incorporating ubiquitous uncertainties in the prediction of natural processes and the economic impacts. One of the areas of Civil Engineering which pioneered the use of optimization techniques is water resources systems planning, design, operation and management. Optimization tools are utilized to facilitate optimal decision making in the planning, design and operation of especially large scale water resources systems. The use of optimization tools as the most important component of Decision Support Systems are not confined only to the quantity aspect of water. The mitigation of polluted aquifers in a regional scale, operation of treatment plants and scheduling of effluent discharge in an optimal manner so as to control downstream pollution of rivers and other water bodies, designing of optimal strategies for reservoir releases for water quality augmentation, or maximizing hydropower generation, irrigation water supply etc. are only a few examples of using optimization tools for evolving economically efficient management strategies. Few earlier thoughts (in 2004-2005) on future prospects of optimal planning and management of water resources systems are recorded as an insight into the future. Some of these early observations are very relevant to current developments.

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2005

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Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

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