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Development of Real-Time Conjunctive Use Operation Rules for Aquifer-Reservoir Systems
Fallah-Mehdipour, Elahe; Haddad, Omid Bozorg; … - In: Water Resources Management 29 (2015) 6, pp. 1887-1906
<Para ID="Par1">Real-time operation rules are strategies that use prior and current system states to achieve desired conditions in future periods. Commonly, these rules are based on estimates of current and future inflows, current aquifer and reservoir storages, hydraulic heads, power plant capacities and...</para>
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Optimum Design of Lined Channel Sections
Niazkar, Majid; Afzali, Seied - In: Water Resources Management 29 (2015) 6, pp. 1921-1932
The channel design problem can be treated as an optimization problem in which the objective function is minimization of … the depth of earthwork under the ground surface. In this paper, a novel optimization technique, invariably called the … Modified Honey Bee Mating Optimization (MHBMO) algorithm, was utilized to solved the defined design problem. By investigation …
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Risk-Informed Decision Making Framework for Operating a Multi-Purpose Hydropower Reservoir During Flooding and High Inflow Events, Case Study: Cheakamus River System
Alipour, M. - In: Water Resources Management 29 (2015) 3, pp. 801-815
Operating a multi-purpose hydropower reservoir during flooding and high inflow events is a challenging and complicated task. Three main elements contribute to this complexity: addition of minimizing flood damage to the set of objectives of the problem, exponential boost in inflow forecast...
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Optimizing Flood and Sediment Management of Spate Irrigation in Aba’ala Plains
Gebrehiwot, Kbrom; Haile, Abraham; Fraiture, Charlotte; … - In: Water Resources Management 29 (2015) 3, pp. 833-847
<Para ID="Par1">The Aba’ala spate irrigation systems, traditional and modern, have experienced different set of floodwater and sediment management problems. Despite the dire need of alternative spate irrigation system layout, operational strategy and locally maintainable structures, efforts made to manage...</para>
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Hydropower Reservoir Management Under Climate Change: The Karoon Reservoir System
Jahandideh-Tehrani, Mahsa; Haddad, Omid Bozorg; … - In: Water Resources Management 29 (2015) 3, pp. 749-770
model is implemented for calculating river discharge under climate-change conditions. Reservoir simulation and optimization … calculated using simulation (standard operating policy) and optimization models in the considered periods. Our results show that …, respectively. Moreover, the hydropower production obtained with the optimization model is found to be larger than that obtained …
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Optimal Design of Concrete Canal Section for Minimizing Costs of Water Loss, Lining and Earthworks
Tabari, M. Rezapour; Tavakoli, Shiva; Mari, Mohsen Mazak - In: Water Resources Management 28 (2014) 10, pp. 3019-3034
associated with the canal geometry and dimensions, it is possible to lower them by optimization of the mentioned objective … programming software was used to demonstrate and run the optimization algorithm. The results finally were illustrated in forms of … the subsidiary constraints in the optimization process. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 …
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Optimal Land-Use Management for Surface Source Water Protection Under Uncertainty: A Case Study of Songhuaba Watershed (Southwestern China)
Liu, Yong; Yu, Yajuan; Guo, Huaicheng; Yang, Pingjian - In: Water Resources Management 23 (2009) 10, pp. 2069-2083
The water supply to Chinese cities is increasingly degrading from pollution due to watershed activities. Consequently, water source protection requires urgent action using optimal land-use management efforts. An inexact linear programming model for optimal land-use management of surface water...
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Genetic Algorithms for Multi-objective Optimization: Application to a Multi-reservoir System in the Chi River Basin, Thailand
Kumphon, Bungon - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 12, pp. 4369-4378
The multi-objective genetic algorithm is applied to determine the optimal operation of a multi-reservoir system in the Chi River Basin, Thailand. Two competing objective functions are considered; dam release and dam storage. The predicted values for the release and storage needed are mostly lower...
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‘SODEPT’ A Software for Design of Percolation Tank
Srivastava, R.; Verma, H.; Nanda, B.; Mohanty, S. - In: Water Resources Management 21 (2007) 11, pp. 1955-1972
Percolation tanks are widely used for increasing recharge of ground water resources. This has been used from centuries in arid and semi arid regions of India and is known by different indigenous name, viz. rapat, nadi etc. However not much work has been done on standardization of the design...
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Determination of the Optimal Location for Developments to Minimize Detention Requirements
Chill, Jonathon; Mays, Larry - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 15, pp. 5089-5100
reduce the changes in flow rates and volume from natural to developed conditions. An optimization model is developed which …
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