Multiobjective Linear Model

OptimizeWater
Distribution in Mexican Valley
abstract
A multiobjective optimization model is developed for the
Mexican Valley to find optimal water distribution scenarios for
three water users: agriculture, industry and domestic.
Surface, ground, treated and imported water supplies are
considered.
The model with three objectives and 15 constraints was
solved by the distance based method with distance l1.

Background on water scarcity
According to the United Nations Environment
Program, water shortage is one of the major
problems in the world.
By 2020, we shall need 17% more than the
available amount of water to quench the world.
The main reasons for water demand and crisis are
increase of the population and the desire for
better living standards.
Another reason is the inefficiency of the way we
use water
Mexican valley
Mexico is classified as a country with low
water availability.
56% of its area is arid region
Domestic, Agricultural and Industrial water
demands. These sectors consume 13%, 77%
and 10% of the total available water in the
country respectively.
There is an increasing competition between
these sectors for the scarce water resources.
More water is needed in cities because of the
expanding population and industries.
On the other hand, the agricultural sector is
under pressure to increase food production
This study investigates the water distribution
problem in the Mexican Valley (MV) which includes
Mexico City, its metropolitan area and some counties
from the states of Hidalgo and Tlaxcala.
The purpose of this study is to present a case on the
Mexican Valley to build water distribution scenarios
between domestic, agricultural and industrial sectors
from available surface, groundwater, treated and
imported water under different cost and
environmental scenarios.
Mathematical Model
Multi objective linear model has been
proposed.
Three separate models for three water users
Agriculture
Industry
Domestic
multiobjective linear programming problem
distance based methods with the l1 distance
Agriculture
The objective is to minimize the water shortage,
min D1 (s1 + g1 + t1 +s1 + g1 ),
where
D1 = agricultural water demand,
s1 = surface water available for agriculture,
g1 = groundwater available for agriculture,
t1 = treated water available for agriculture,
s1 = imported surface water available for agriculture,
g1= imported groundwater available for agriculture
Water demand for one season is 474.6 mill
m3; if farmers want to irrigate in both seasons
of a year, water demand will become 950 mill
m3 approximately.

According to above table, minimum water amount required is approximately
475 mill m3;
therefore, s1 + g1 +t1 + s1 + g1* 475.
Constraints
The supplied water amount must not exceed
demand, which means that the total surface,
ground, treated and imported water supply must
be less than or equal to the water demand for
agriculture.
Water demand for one season is 474.6 mill m3; if
farmers want to irrigate in both seasons of a year,
water demand will become 950 mill m3
approximately
s1 + g1 +t1 +s1 +g1 950
Let G = set of crops that can use only groundwater,
a
i
= ratio of the area occupied by crop i with respect to the total
agriculture area,
w
i
= water need of crop i per ha.
By 2003, the Water Utility delivered 594 mill m3/year for
agricultural use. This amount satisfies the above constraints.
The overall groundwater percentage must not be less than the
amount needed by
crops which can use only groundwater,
Crops per season that uses
only ground water.
Crops per season that uses
only treated water.
Crops per season that uses
only surface water.
Based on the data listed in the previous slide, the constraint for ground
water usage can be written as:
Constraint for ground water usage in linear form shall be:
Constraint for treated water usage in linear form shall be:
Constraint for surface water usage in linear form shall be: