Multi-objective optimization of rural water supply system

• Main Authors: W.T.P. Silva, L.T.Q. Vieira, D.M.S. Rosa, M.M. Campos, A.A. Santos, M.A.A. Souza
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universitat Politecnica de Valencia 2016-10-01
• Series: Ingeniería del Agua
• Subjects: saneamento rural; hidráulica; falta de água; modelagem
• Online Access: http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/IA/article/view/5915

Lack of water in water supply systems forces people to take risk behaviors to health, which is very common in rural water supply systems (WSS-rural). The objective of this research was to develop and apply a multi-objective optimization model for WSS-rural in the county of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. The research methodology consisted of: (1) formulation of the optimization model (OM); (2) application of OM; (3) analysis of results; and (4) computer implementation of OM. To solve the problem, it was proposed and used a load loss generator part. It was found that the problem of water shortage can be solved by small operational and structural modifications. It was developed a multi-objective OM for WSS-rural based on Multi-objective Nonlinear Integer Programming technique (MONLIP) implemented in OpenOffice.org environment. The developed OM was applied to a real case with satisfactory results.