Optimization Model for the Sustainable Water Resource Management of River Basins

Oxley, Robert L.; Mays, Larry W.; Murray, Alan T.

doi:10.1007/s11269-016-1345-3

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“…Research regarding water resources management models that incorporate the idea of sustainability as part of the optimization objective has been limited [40]. Cai [41], in a holistic management model of the Syr Darya River Basin in Central Asia, defined sustainability as a guarantee of a durable, stable and flexible water supply capacity to meet the demands, as well as the environmental maintenance associated with irrigation practices.…”

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Sustainable Water Resources Management: A Bibliometric Overview

Durán‐Sánchez

Álvarez‐García

Río‐Rama

2018

Water

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While global water demand continues increasing, the quantity and quality of water resources is decreasing in many regions. Conflicts over competition in the use of water are likely to increase as societies face social, economic and political challenges, especially aggravated by climate change. In this scenario, sustainable management of water resources is a key priority to meet the growing demand for water and to achieve a safe and environmentally sustainable future supply. The main objective of this article was to show an image of the international scientific production related to “Sustainable Water Resources Management” by using the comparative bibliometric study of the documents indexed in the WoS(Web of Science) and Scopus databases as a tool; and to analyze relevant aspects such as their coverage, correlation, overlap, growth, citation, dispersion or concentration, among others. For this purpose, and by means of an advanced search of terms, a representative set of 160 articles in WoS and 210 in Scopus were selected (with a time limit that limited the results to anything published before 2017, including 2017), which form the ad-hoc basis of the analysis. Their significant increase in both the number of articles and citations received in the last 10 years demonstrates the growing interest of the scientific community in its study. Regarding the analysis of the databases, although WoS and Scopus differ in terms of scope, volume of data and coverage policies, both information systems are complementary and non-exclusive. Despite their similarities, Scopus performs better coverage in the specific area of Sustainable Water Resource Management by collecting a greater number of articles and receiving a greater number of citations.

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Water Resources Management: A Bibliometric Overview

Durán‐Sánchez

Álvarez‐García

Río‐Rama

2018

Water

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“…The SI methodology discussed herein has been applied by Oxley, Mays, and Murray (2016) and for the optimal allocation of water for a river basin management area.…”

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“…These previous applications have ranged from water supply management to water distribution system sustainability to groundwater management. Oxley, Mays, and Murray (2016) presented a new methodology for the sustainable and optimal allocation of water for a river basin management area. The model distinguishes between short and long-term planning horizons and goals using a short-term modeling component (STM) and a long-term modeling component (LTM) respectively.…”

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“…applied this model to the Prescott Active Management Area (Prescott AMA), a management area in north-central Arizona experiencing rapid population growth and limited water resources. The methodology for determining sustainability indices developed by Oxley (2015) and used in Oxley, Mays, and Murray (2016) and is described in this paper with an application to the Prescott AMA.…”

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Sustainability Index for the Management of River Basins Based Upon Ecological, Environmental and Hydrological Integrity and the Minimization of Long Term Risks to Supply

Oxley¹,

Mays²

2017

ENRR

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A new methodology for determining a sustainability index (SI) for the management of river basins is developed. Sustainability is defined in terms of minimizing the long-term risks to supply and maintaining the ecological, environmental and hydrological integrity of a river resource. The SI procedure developed uses two groups of performance criteria. The first group is based on demand-supply deficits and measures the risk to water supplies. The second group is only applied to river demands and compares a river's allocation to a target flow regime using the Range of Variability Approach (RVA) and the Modified Hydrological Alteration factor. The RVA measures differences in flow regimes and is used to compare a projected flow regime to a targeted flow regime. This is the first attempt to use the RVA to develop a sustainability index for river basin management. A combined sustainability metric for the system (SS) is also determined. The methodology is applied to an area including the Prescott Active Management Area (AMA) in north-central Arizona. Sustainability for the entire system is determined using the weighted sum of the sustainability indices. The methodology has been used to measure and compare the sustainability of two allocation scenarios for the Prescott AMA.

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“…One of the objective functions maximizes the net profit obtained by the agricultural sector, and the other function attempts to maximize the productivity and efficiency of the allocated water. Oxley et al [12] presented a linear model for water resource allocation, a model consisting of 12 periods where the sustainability of resources has also been considered. The objective function of the model attempts to maximize the net profit derived from water allocation.…”

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Sustainable Surface Water Management and Wastewater Treatment Plant Location: A Case Study of Urmia Lake

Azizifard

Arkat

Farughi

2020

IJE

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The conservation of lakes is an essential issue in sustainable development. Disruption of ecological balance, destruction of biodiversity and vegetation, desertification, and storm surges are the results of lakes drying. The purpose of this paper is to introduce an integrated bi-objective sustainable water resource management model. The first objective function deals with economically optimal allocation of water to the residential, industrial, and agricultural sectors. For compliance with the requirements of sustainable development, the second objective is to maximize the amount of water allocated to the environment. For proper utilization and reuse of water resources, the location of urban wastewater treatment plants is also considered in the problem. The model is solved with data from the most important watershed in Iran, Urmia Lake. Natural and unnatural factors have dramatically reduced the amount of water intake and balance over the past two decades. The epsilon constraint is used for solving the case study model. The results show that the model can satisfy the demand of sectors, with 70 percent of the available resources. The use of this model can meet the demands of the consumer sectors, and also, it can help revitalize Urmia Lake and the ecosystem of the river in its basin.

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Optimization Model for the Sustainable Water Resource Management of River Basins

Cited by 12 publications

References 15 publications

Sustainable Water Resources Management: A Bibliometric Overview

Sustainable Water Resources Management: A Bibliometric Overview

Sustainability Index for the Management of River Basins Based Upon Ecological, Environmental and Hydrological Integrity and the Minimization of Long Term Risks to Supply

Sustainable Surface Water Management and Wastewater Treatment Plant Location: A Case Study of Urmia Lake

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