TY - JOUR
T1 - Basin-Wide Initial Water Rights Allocation Model Considering Both the Quantity and Quality of Water
AU - Wang, Zongzhi
AU - Zhang, Lingling
AU - Cheng, Liang
AU - Liu, Kelin
AU - Wei, Y. Ming
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2020/8/1
Y1 - 2020/8/1
N2 - Allocating initial water rights is a prerequisite for implementing water rights trading and enhancing the water use efficiency. This paper investigates the establishment of a model for allocating basin-wide initial water rights considering both the quantity and quality of water. First, a new concept, two-dimensional water rights, is presented and described in the paper. Second, the initial water rights allocation model, which maximizes the harmonious degree of an entire water system, is developed based on five principles: (1) the basic water demands, (2) fairness, (3) respect for the status quo, (4) economic efficiency, and (5) the unification of water withdrawals and sewage discharge. Third, the proposed model is applied to the Beijiang River Basin in southern China, and the model validity and reasonability of the presented two-dimensional water rights allocation scheme are verified via comparisons with other allocation patterns. Finally, several conclusions are presented.
AB - Allocating initial water rights is a prerequisite for implementing water rights trading and enhancing the water use efficiency. This paper investigates the establishment of a model for allocating basin-wide initial water rights considering both the quantity and quality of water. First, a new concept, two-dimensional water rights, is presented and described in the paper. Second, the initial water rights allocation model, which maximizes the harmonious degree of an entire water system, is developed based on five principles: (1) the basic water demands, (2) fairness, (3) respect for the status quo, (4) economic efficiency, and (5) the unification of water withdrawals and sewage discharge. Third, the proposed model is applied to the Beijiang River Basin in southern China, and the model validity and reasonability of the presented two-dimensional water rights allocation scheme are verified via comparisons with other allocation patterns. Finally, several conclusions are presented.
KW - Genetic algorithm
KW - Harmonious degree
KW - Initial allocation
KW - Two-dimensional water rights
KW - Water resource management
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084638728&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10666-020-09709-7
DO - 10.1007/s10666-020-09709-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85084638728
SN - 1420-2026
VL - 25
SP - 581
EP - 589
JO - Environmental Modeling and Assessment
JF - Environmental Modeling and Assessment
IS - 4
ER -
