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Effect of including water price on the conjunctive operation of a surface water and groundwater system
Author(s) -
Mobasheri Fereidoun,
Grant Sharon
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr009i002p00463
Subject(s) - conjunctive use , groundwater , maximization , surface water , nonlinear system , water supply , mathematical optimization , environmental science , function (biology) , water resource management , computer science , operations research , environmental engineering , aquifer , mathematics , engineering , physics , geotechnical engineering , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology , biology
A mathematical model is developed to study the impact of water price on residential water demand and on the conjunctive operation policy of a surface water and groundwater system. The economic objective is the maximization of the present worth of net benefits from operation of the supply system. The objective function and constraints are nonlinear. A nonlinear programing algorithm is used to find the optimum operation strategy for the conjunctive management of the supply sources. A hypothetical system is studied to test the efficiency of the computer program.