Application of a New Nonlinear Programming Code with Decomposition to the Regional Wastewater-Collection and Treatment-Location Problem

L R Padgett, A H Montgomery and L Romino
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L R Padgett: Computer Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
A H Montgomery: College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
L Romino: United States Environmental Protection Agency, New York, NY, USA

Environment and Planning A, 1976, vol. 8, issue 5, 563-571

Abstract: A new, highly reliable nonlinear programming algorithm is coupled with decomposition to find the optimal solution to a regional sewage-treatment system for an area in Monongalia County surrounding Morgantown, West Virginia. A regional model with trade-offs between the cost of transporting wastewater to centrally located plants for treatment and the economies of scale accruing to large centralized treatment plants is developed. Possible cost savings of an optimal system are demonstrated.

Date: 1976
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DOI: 10.1068/a080563

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