Modelling Strategies for Water Supply Companies to Deal with Nitrate Pollution

Yvonne Haffner () and Stefan Gramel ()
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Yvonne Haffner: http://www.sozarb.h-da.de/kontakt/lehrende/yvonne-haffner/
Stefan Gramel: http://www.ifs.tu-darmstadt.de/pg/institut/verwalt.htm

Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2001, vol. 4, issue 3, 11

Abstract: The computer based model presented in this paper regards strategies for water supply companies to deal with nitrate pollution of groundwater aquifers. In Germany, as well as in many other European regions, nitrate pollution is one of the most important problems for water protection and water supply. The simulation of an existing water supply company shows a high level of conformance between simulation results and economic data of the company. The simulation of scenarios with high nitrate pollution shows important differences between the strategies of using deeper aquifers, of technical treatment of raw water, and of co-operation with the agriculture regarding costs and environmental sustainability. Also these results reflect fairly well the situation in Germany.

Keywords: Nitrate; Water Supply; Object-Oriented Simulation; Environmental Sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-06-30
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