Case Study: Application of Multicriteria Decision Making to Urban Water Supply

Presented herein is an attempt to put into practice the multicriteria decision making technique of compromise programming for a real urban water management case study in the city of Zahidan in Iran. Zahidan, the capital of Sistan and Balouchistan Province, faces serious water problems in terms of bo...

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Published in:Journal of water resources planning and management 2005-07, Vol.131 (4), p.326-335
Main Authors: Abrishamchi, Ahmad, Ebrahimian, Ali, Tajrishi, Massoud, Mariño, Miguel A
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Language:English
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Summary:Presented herein is an attempt to put into practice the multicriteria decision making technique of compromise programming for a real urban water management case study in the city of Zahidan in Iran. Zahidan, the capital of Sistan and Balouchistan Province, faces serious water problems in terms of both quality and quantity. To satisfy future water demands, a long-distance water transmission project is being implemented. Compromise programming is applied to aiding decision makers in selecting the best possible alternatives for distribution of both available and the transmitted water in the city. The results obtained reveal that the method is capable of being employed by decision-makers for comprehensive urban water management studies.
ISSN:0733-9496
1943-5452
DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2005)131:4(326)