Result: An economic and environmental balance in a river basin using interactive multiobjective optimization

Title:
An economic and environmental balance in a river basin using interactive multiobjective optimization
Source:
Journal of environmental science and health. Part A, Environmental science and engineering. 30(8):1727-1748
Publisher Information:
New York, NY: Dekker, 1995.
Publication Year:
1995
Physical Description:
print, 42 ref
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Subject Geographic:
Document Type:
Academic journal Article
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
National Cheng Kung univ., inst. environmental eng., Tainan 701, Tawain, Province of China
ISSN:
0360-1226
Rights:
Copyright 1995 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Pollution
Accession Number:
edscal.3673866
Database:
PASCAL Archive

Further Information

In this work on the management of water quality in a river basin by means of multiobjective programming, the programming model consists of three objectives that include simultaneously both economic and environmental factors. These objectives are the water quality of the rivers, the cost of wastewater treatment in the whole river basin, and the assimilative capacity of the rivers. In particular, this research is the first to take into account the assimilative capacity of the rivers. For practical application this paper proposes a method of interactive multiobjective programming, the step method. Furthermore, to illustrate the application of the technique to water quality management problems we use the basin of the Tou-Chen River, Taiwan. The results show that this method work satisfactorily to improve the water quality, to ascertain the economic cost of wastewater treatment, and to allocate allowable loading in a manner of equality from noninferior solutions. Alternatively, this method provide important information for regulatory agencies to implement pollution control of river water.