Optimization Approach to Designing Water Supply Systems in Non-Coastal Areas Suffering from Water Scarcity

Sebastián Herrera-León, Freddy Lucay, Andrzej Kraslawski, Luis A. Cisternas () and Edelmira D. Gálvez
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Sebastián Herrera-León: Universidad de Antofagasta
Freddy Lucay: Universidad de Antofagasta
Andrzej Kraslawski: Lappeenranta University of Technology
Luis A. Cisternas: Universidad de Antofagasta
Edelmira D. Gálvez: Universidad Católica del Norte

Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), 2018, vol. 32, issue 7, No 15, 2457-2473

Abstract: Abstract This article presents a novel optimization approach to designing water supply systems in non-coastal areas with water scarcity. In such areas, high water demand caused by population increases and economic development can only be satisfied with seawater supply. Furthermore, most of the non-coastal users are located at long distances and sometimes at altitudes very diverse from the coastline, meaning long pipelines and several pumping stations will be required to effectively supply water. The proposed optimization approach based on a mixed integer nonlinear programming model offers optimal designs of water supply systems from an economic and technical perspective. It determines the location and size of desalination plants and the design of the water transport network including pipelines of specified length and diameter and pumping stations that minimize capital and operational costs of the whole system. A case study in a hyper-arid region of Chile was used to validate the applicability of the proposed model and the results show its aptitude for determining global optimal solutions to real-scale problems.

Keywords: Water supply systems; Non-coastal areas; Water scarcity; Desalination; MINLP model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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