scholarly journals Multi-objective optimal allocation of water resources based on ‘three red lines’ in Qinzhou, China

Water Policy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 541-560
Author(s):  
Haopeng Guan ◽  
Lihua Chen ◽  
Shuping Huang ◽  
Cheng Yan ◽  
Yan Wang

Abstract Water shortages and pollution emerge because of anthropogenic demands. Since 2011, ‘China's Most Stringent Water Resources Management’ (CMSWRM) has been comprehensively enacted in the country. This paper presents the characteristics of the ‘three red lines’ (TRL) and a multi-objective optimal allocation model based on the TRL constraint, considering the benefits for society, the economy, and the environment. This model had been applied to the reasonable allocation of water supply and demand in Qinzhou for the planning years of 2020 and 2030. Two water resource allocation scenarios for these years were configured by setting different chemical oxygen demand (COD) concentrations for wastewater discharge in the municipal, secondary, tertiary, and agricultural sectors. The gamultiobj function based on the NSGA-II algorithm was used to solve the model in MATLAB. The results indicate that if COD concentrations in each sector are not reduced, then restrictions on domestic water sources will be necessary, both in 2020 and 2030. The two water resource allocation scenarios in 2020 and 2030 can provide a reference for decision-makers in Qinzhou to implement CMSWRM.

Author(s):  
R. F. Du ◽  
Y. J. Zhang ◽  
Y. G. Liu ◽  
S. H. Liu ◽  
F. Wang ◽  
...  

Abstract The rational allocation of water resources plays an important role in alleviating disparities between supply and demand in areas with water shortages. With the continuous development of modern information technology, the pace of digitization is accelerating. Digital water networks provide a means of technical support, and their application is becoming more extensive. Based on the traditional study of water resource allocation combined with the development of modern information technology, this paper proposes a new operational application model of multi-objective water resource allocation based on a digital water network and applies this model to allocate water resources in the Heihe River basin in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. First, a topological digital water network is constructed based on the connectivity criterion of water systems, and a cooperative configuration model with social, economic and ecological objectives is established. Second, the model and its solution method are componentized, and the water resource allocation business system is constructed based on the comprehensive integration platform to integrate the digital water network and the water resource multi-objective allocation business. Finally, to verify the scientificity and feasibility of the new model, the new model was applied to allocate water resources in the Heihe River basin of Xi'an city, Shaanxi Province.


Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 1588
Author(s):  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Jiaying Li

Under the current administrative system (AS) in China, the water resources governor allocates limited water resources to several users to realize the utility of water resources, leading to a principal–agent problem. The governor (referred to as the principal and she) wishes to maximize water resource allocation efficiency, while each user (referred to as the agent and he) only wishes to maximize his own quota. In addition, the governor cannot know water demand information exactly since it is the water users’ private information. Hence, this paper builds an ex ante improved bankruptcy allocation rule and an ex post verification and reward mechanism to improve water allocation efficiency from the governor’s perspective. In this mechanism, the governor allocates water among users based on an improved bankruptcy rule before the water is used up, verifies users’ information by various approaches, and poses a negative reward to them if their information is found to be false after the water is used up. Then, this mechanism is applied to Huangbai River Basin. Research results show that the improved allocation rule could motivate users to report demand information more honestly, and ex post verification could motivate water users to further report their true information, which, as a result, could improve the water allocation efficiency. Furthermore, this mechanism could be applied to the allocation of other resources.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1092-1093 ◽  
pp. 1289-1294
Author(s):  
Xin Wang ◽  
Jing Xu ◽  
Ke Kong ◽  
Lei Yan ◽  
Fang Wu

For the three big problems of water resources supply and demand contradiction, protection of groundwater environment and sediment over long distances in Xiaokai river irrigation area, the model of water utilization benefit maximization, groundwater level optimal control and the goal of sediment transport effect optimization model are established, and coupled into a multi-objective optimization model. The model is solved by using The delaminating sequence method, obtained the rational allocation plan of water resources in water years, and analyzing the rationality of the plan. The results show that, the scheme comprehensively considers the economic and environmental issues and has great reference value to promote sustainable development of irrigation area.


Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 2961
Author(s):  
Anders Clausen ◽  
Aisha Umair ◽  
Yves Demazeau ◽  
Bo Nørregaard Jørgensen

Resource allocation problems are at the core of the smart grid where energy supply and demand must match. Multi-objective optimization can be applied in such cases to find the optimal allocation of energy resources among consumers considering energy domain factors such as variable and intermittent production, market prices, or demand response events. In this regard, this paper considers consumer energy demand and system-wide energy constraints to be individual objectives and optimization variables to be the allocation of energy over time to each of the consumers. This paper considers a case in which multi-objective optimization is used to generate Pareto sets of solutions containing possible allocations for multiple energy intensive consumers constituted by commercial greenhouse growers. We consider the problem of selecting a final solution from these Pareto sets, one of maximizing the social welfare between objectives. Social welfare is a set of metrics often applied to multi-agent systems to evaluate the overall system performance. We introduce and apply social welfare ordering using different social welfare metrics to select solutions from these sets to investigate the impact of the type of social welfare metric on the optimization outcome. The results of our experiments indicate how different social welfare metrics affect the optimization outcome and how that translates to general resource allocation strategies.


2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 817-824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Peng ◽  
Ximin Yuan ◽  
Lan Qi ◽  
Qiliang Li

Water resources supply and demand has become a serious problem. Water resources allocation is usually a multi-objective problem, and has been of concern for many researchers. In the north of China, the lack of water resources in the Huai River Basin has handicapped the development of the economy, especially badly in the low-flow period. So it is necessary to study water resources allocation in this area. In this paper, a multi-objective dynamic water resources allocation model has been developed. The developed model took the overall satisfaction of water users in a time interval as the objective function, applied an improved simplex method to solve the calculation, considered the overall users' satisfaction variation with time, and followed the principle that the variation of the system satisfaction within adjacent periods of time must be minimal. The established model was then applied to the Huai River, for the present situation (2010), short-term (2020) and long-term (2030) planning timeframes. From the calculation results, the overall satisfaction in late May and mid September in 2030 was 0.65 and 0.70. After using the model allocation optimization, the overall satisfaction was improved, increasing to 0.78 and 0.79, respectively, thus achieving the dynamic balance optimization of water resources allocation in time and space. This model can provide useful decision support in water resources allocation, when it is used to alleviate water shortages occurring in the low-flow period.


2012 ◽  
Vol 518-523 ◽  
pp. 4165-4170
Author(s):  
Xiao Yu Song ◽  
Huai You Li ◽  
Wen Juan Shi

In this paper, based on the fact of water resources shortage, environmental degradation in Chanba River basin, using multi-objective optimization theory, we established the ecology-oriented water resources optimal allocation model and achieved the coupling between water quantity and quality. According to supply and demand of water resources in two levels of years (2020, 2030) and the guaranteed rate 75%, developed model parameters (coefficients), called the optimization function to solve it. The model is applied to Chanba River basin, indicating that the model is reasonable, efficient algorithms The optimal allocation model and the results reflect the concept of sustainable development for ecological, economic efficiency and help to improve water supply reliability, the sustainable use of water resources planning and management provides a basis for decision making.


1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-30
Author(s):  
Haruhiko Watanabe ◽  
Yoshikazu Nakagawa ◽  
Yoshimi Hagihara

Author(s):  
Hang Li ◽  
Xiao-Ning Qu ◽  
Jie Tao ◽  
Chang-Hong Hu ◽  
Qi-Ting Zuo

Abstract China is actively exploring water resources management considering ecological priorities. The Shaying River Basin (Henan Section) serves as an important grain production base in China. However, conflicts for water between humans and the environment are becoming increasingly prominent. The present study analyzed the optimal allocation of water while considering ecological priorities in the Shaying River Basin (Henan Section). The ecological water demand was calculated by the Tennant and the representative station methods; then, based on the predicted water supply and demand in 2030, an optimal allocation model was established, giving priority to meeting ecological objectives while including social and comprehensive economic benefit objectives. After solving the model, the optimal results of three established schemes were obtained. This revealed that scheme 1 and scheme 2 failed to satisfy the water demand of the study area in 2030 by only the current conditions and strengthening water conservation, respectively. Scheme 3 was the best scheme, which could balance the water supply and demand by adding new water supply based on strengthening water conservation and maximizing the benefits. Therefore, the actual water allocation in 2030 is forecast to be 7.514 billion (7.514 × 109) m3. This study could help basin water management departments deal with water use and supply.


2018 ◽  
Vol 246 ◽  
pp. 02054
Author(s):  
Hengyue Yang ◽  
Shaohui Zhang ◽  
Wei Dai ◽  
Yinong Li ◽  
Xin Zeng

the water cycle in irrigation districts is extremely complicated under the dual influence of strong human activities and the nature. To establish the multi-water source rational allocation model of irrigation district, this paper first establish a multi-objective function based on economic utility, ecological utility and irrigation performance and improve Hicks optimization method. Then, combine it with chaotic particle swarm optimization algorithm to carry out research on temporal and spatial distribution evolution and optimal allocation of water resources in irrigation districts and collaborative scheduling and regulation of surface-groundwater. The multi-objective rational allocation is an important basis for the efficient use of water resources in irrigation districts and ecological harmony. This paper takes the typical irrigation area of Dongxiezong in Heilongjiang Province as the object for the study of the optimal allocation method of water resources in the irrigation district.


2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 1044-1054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baohui Men ◽  
Zhijian Wu ◽  
Huanlong Liu ◽  
Zehua Hu ◽  
Yangsong Li

Abstract Water shortages and the deterioration of water quality in the natural environment have a negative effect on social development of many countries. Therefore, optimizing the allocation of water resources has become an important research topic in water resources planning and management. An essential step in improving the utilization efficiency of water resources is the prediction of water supply and demand. Because it has a great number of merits, the grey prediction method has been widely used in population prediction and temperature prediction. However, it also has limitations such as low prediction precision since original data seriously fluctuates. This paper aims to handle the sample values by an innovative method utilizing moving-average technique (MA) model and optimizing the background values to make them more typical. Results proved that the prediction accuracy of the traditional model was effectively improved by the proposed method. The proposed model was then applied in the multi-objective planning to establish an optimal water resources allocation model for Beijing in the short-term (2020) planning timeframe, including local water resources, transfer water volumes, and other water supplies. The results indicated that industrial and agricultural water use could be well met, while domestic and environmental water resources may face a shortage.


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