TY - GEN
T1 - A scenario-based optimization model for water supply system planning
AU - Kang, Doosun
AU - Lansey, Kevin
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Planning water supply systems is a complex task. Planners and managers often face with decisions to be made under uncertainties. The uncertainties could include changes in community growth (temporal and spatial), per-capita water use, public perceptions, regulations, and climate conditions. One of the most powerful, convenient and intuitive ways to represent these uncertainties in the planning stage is to use scenarios. Scenario planning analysis provides organizational flexibility by planning for multiple possible future scenarios; each of which may be, although is not necessarily, associated with a probability of occurrence. Here we present a methodology utilizing scenario analysis for optimal design of regional-scale water and wastewater infrastructure. The proposed methodology is demonstrated with an application to the planning of decentralized water supply and reuse system for a new development community located in the Tucson metropolitan area.
AB - Planning water supply systems is a complex task. Planners and managers often face with decisions to be made under uncertainties. The uncertainties could include changes in community growth (temporal and spatial), per-capita water use, public perceptions, regulations, and climate conditions. One of the most powerful, convenient and intuitive ways to represent these uncertainties in the planning stage is to use scenarios. Scenario planning analysis provides organizational flexibility by planning for multiple possible future scenarios; each of which may be, although is not necessarily, associated with a probability of occurrence. Here we present a methodology utilizing scenario analysis for optimal design of regional-scale water and wastewater infrastructure. The proposed methodology is demonstrated with an application to the planning of decentralized water supply and reuse system for a new development community located in the Tucson metropolitan area.
KW - Optimization models
KW - Water supply
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U2 - 10.1061/41173(414)16
DO - 10.1061/41173(414)16
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9780784411735
T3 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2011: Bearing Knowledge for Sustainability - Proceedings of the 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress
SP - 146
EP - 155
BT - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2011
T2 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2011: Bearing Knowledge for Sustainability
Y2 - 22 May 2011 through 26 May 2011
ER -