Water Treatment Networks Flexible Design

Abstract

Some of the impacts of climatechangescouldaffecthumanhealth,foodsecurity,waterresources,and ecosystems. Both water supply and wastewater disposal require a lot of energy. The collection, transport, and finally, treating water till be capable of using drinking purposes consume massive amounts of energy, leading toreleasinghuge amounts of carbon dioxide per annum. A better design of these water infrastructuresystemscouldnodoubtachievesubstantialenergysavingsthroughreducingemissionsatareasonablecost. Thisresearch investigatesthealternativesfordesigning such water distribution systems considering CO₂ emissions and coststogetheras objectives. The trade-offs between thesethreeparametersareinvestigatedto perform optimal waternetwork.Forunderstandingthesetrade-offs,amulti-objectiveGAoptimization module was created.