Strategic evaluation tool for surface water quality management remedies in drinking water catchments
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
M D P I AG
Place of Publication
Switzerland
School
School of Engineering
RAS ID
25461
Abstract
Drinking water catchments (DWC) are under pressure from point and nonpoint source pollution due to the growing human activities. This worldwide challenge is causing number of adverse effects, such as degradation in water quality, ecosystem health, and other economic and social pressures. Different evaluation tools have been developed to achieve sustainable and healthy drinking water catchments. However, a holistic and strategic framework is still required to adequately consider the uncertainty associated with feasible management remedies of surface water quality in drinking water catchments. A strategic framework was developed to adequately consider the uncertainty associated with management remedies for surface water quality in drinking water catchments. A Fuzzy Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis (FMCDA) approach was embedded into a strategic decision support framework to evaluate and rank water quality remediation options within a typical fixed budget constraint faced by bulk water providers. The evaluation framework consists of four core aspects; namely, water quality, environmental, economic and social, and number of associated quantitative and qualitative criteria and sub-criteria. Final remediation strategy ranking was achieved through the application of the Euclidean Distance by the In-center of Centroids (EDIC).
DOI
10.3390/w9100738
Access Rights
free_to_read
Comments
Almaaofi, H., Etemad-Shahidi, A., & Stewart, R. (2017). Strategic Evaluation Tool for Surface Water Quality Management Remedies in Drinking Water Catchments. Water, 9(10), 738. Available here.