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Waste load reallocation in river–reservoir systems: simulation–optimization approach

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Temporal changes in system’s topology and/or socioeconomic criteria may force the authorities to enforce waste load reallocation strategies to sustain water quality standards in a receiving body. This paper proposes a simulation–optimization model to tackle the challenging waste load reallocation in a river–reservoir system. This study links a 2-dimensional process-based water quality simulation model and a surrogate data-driven model with an efficient optimization algorithm to structure a systematic approach and methodology for reallocation of waste loads in a river–reservoir system. Long response time of the reservoir is accounted for by the continuous and long-term simulation of the system for identification of the vulnerable conditions and their consequences. The proposed methodology is particularly suitable for high-dimensional river–reservoir operation optimization with water quality–quantity objectives. To reduce the computational burden, we substitute the simulation model with a surrogate model in an online-dynamically refined routine. The optimum waste load reallocation strategies, for prior and after dam construction, are compared, and their impacts on waste allocation are discussed.

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    Abbas Afshar

  2. School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Fariborz Masoumi

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Afshar, A., Masoumi, F. Waste load reallocation in river–reservoir systems: simulation–optimization approach. Environ Earth Sci 75, 53 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-015-4812-x

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