Optimal Water Allocation: Sustainable Management of Dam Reservoir
Scarcity of water resources and huge costs of
establishing new hydraulic installations necessitate optimal
exploitation from existing reservoirs. Sustainable management and
efficient exploitation from existing finite water resources are
important factors in water resource management, particularly in the
periods of water insufficiency and in dry regions, and on account of
competitive allocations in the view of exploitation management. This
study aims to minimize reservoir water release from a determined
rate of demand. A numerical model for water optimal exploitation
has been developed using GAMS introduced by the World Bank and
applied to the case of Meijaran dam, northern Iran. The results
indicate that this model can optimize the function of reservoir
exploitation while required water for lower parts of the region will be
supplied. Further, allocating optimal water from reservoir, the
optimal rate of water allocated to any group of the users were
specified to increase benefits in curve dam exploitation.
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reservoir operation", Water Resources Bulletin, 27(4), 649 - 656, 1991.
[2] A. Brooke. D. Kendrik, and A. Meeraus, "GAMS: A Users Guide, The
World Bank, The Scientific Press, 1998.
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Research, 171(3), 1139-1151, 2006.
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Management and Design: 1, Development of the Stochastic Model",
Water Resources Research, Vol. 5, No.4, 767-777, 1969.
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Systems planning and Analysis", prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1981.
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Organization of Management and Planning, Deputy of Protection
Affairs, Center of Scientific Documents, No.272, 2004.
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"Greenhouse gas emissions from hydroelectric reservoirs in tropical
regions". Climatic Change, 66, 9-21, 2004.
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participatory water resources management". Amsterdam: Elsevier. 2007.
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reservoir operation for irrigation of multiple crops". Water Resources
Research, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 1101-1108.
1996.
[11] W. Yeh, "Reservoir Management and Operation models: a state-of-theart
review", Water Resources Research, Vol. 21, No.12, 1985.
[1] A. B. Dariane and T. C. Hughes, "Application of crop yield functions in
reservoir operation", Water Resources Bulletin, 27(4), 649 - 656, 1991.
[2] A. Brooke. D. Kendrik, and A. Meeraus, "GAMS: A Users Guide, The
World Bank, The Scientific Press, 1998.
[3] A. Maas, M. M. Hufschmidt, R. Dorfam, H. A. Thomas, S. A. Marglin,
and G. M. Fair. "Design of water resource systems". Boston, MA:
Harvard University Press. 1962.
[4] C. Cervellera, V. C. P. Chen, A. Wen. "Optimization of a large scale
water reservoir network by stochastic dynamic programming with
efficient state space discretization". European Journal of Operational
Research, 171(3), 1139-1151, 2006.
[5] C. Revelle, E. Joeres, W. Kirby, "The Linear Decision Rule in Reservoir
Management and Design: 1, Development of the Stochastic Model",
Water Resources Research, Vol. 5, No.4, 767-777, 1969.
[6] D. P. Loucks, J. R. Stedinger, and D. A. Haith, "Water Resource
Systems planning and Analysis", prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1981.
[7] Guideline for studies of exploitation from Dams Reservoirs, State
Organization of Management and Planning, Deputy of Protection
Affairs, Center of Scientific Documents, No.272, 2004.
[8] L. P. Rosa, M. A. Santos, B. Matvienko, E. O. Santos, and E. Sikar
"Greenhouse gas emissions from hydroelectric reservoirs in tropical
regions". Climatic Change, 66, 9-21, 2004.
[9] R. Soncini-Sessa, A. Castelletti, and E. Weber "Integrated and
participatory water resources management". Amsterdam: Elsevier. 2007.
[10] S. Vedula, and D. Nagesh Kumar, "An integrated model for optimal
reservoir operation for irrigation of multiple crops". Water Resources
Research, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 1101-1108.
1996.
[11] W. Yeh, "Reservoir Management and Operation models: a state-of-theart
review", Water Resources Research, Vol. 21, No.12, 1985.
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establishing new hydraulic installations necessitate optimal
exploitation from existing reservoirs. Sustainable management and
efficient exploitation from existing finite water resources are
important factors in water resource management, particularly in the
periods of water insufficiency and in dry regions, and on account of
competitive allocations in the view of exploitation management. This
study aims to minimize reservoir water release from a determined
rate of demand. A numerical model for water optimal exploitation
has been developed using GAMS introduced by the World Bank and
applied to the case of Meijaran dam, northern Iran. The results
indicate that this model can optimize the function of reservoir
exploitation while required water for lower parts of the region will be
supplied. Further, allocating optimal water from reservoir, the
optimal rate of water allocated to any group of the users were
specified to increase benefits in curve dam exploitation.", keywords = "Water resource management, water reservoirs, water
allocation, GAMS, Meijaran dam", volume = "6", number = "12", pages = "774-3", }