Author(s)

E. Avogadro, A. Boccalatte & R. Minciardi

Abstract

The paper describes the general architecture of a decision support system, designed for the solution of water resources sharing planning problems, taking into account both quantity and quality issues. The considered system was inspired by a real case study belonging to a general class of problems. The considered planning problem refers to the water resources sharing in a basin having a general topology, with one or more reservoirs, where several users (for irrigation, for hydropower generation, for drinking water supply) compete for the water resources. The water quality aspects are taken into account by simulating the concentrations of pollutants along the main river trunk, with the objective of checking if pre-specified standards

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