A Developed Model for Selecting Optimum Locations of Water Harvesting Dams Using GIS Techniques

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Rafa Hashim Al-Suhaili
Raghad Hadi Hassan

Abstract

An integrated GIS-VBA (Geographical Information System – Visual Basic for Application), model is developed for selecting an optimum water harvesting dam location among an available locations in a watershed. The proposed model allows quick and precise estimation of an adopted weighted objective function for each selected location. In addition to that for each location, a different dam height is used as a nominee for optimum selection. The VBA model includes an optimization model with a weighted objective function that includes beneficiary items (positive) , such as the available storage , the dam height allowed by the site as an indicator for the potential of hydroelectric power generation , the rainfall rate as a source of water . In addition to that (negative) penalty items are also included such as surface area, evaporation rate.
In order to obtain precise results, an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model was formulated and applied to correct the elevations of the Digital Elevation Model (DEM) map using real and DEM elevations of available selected control points.
The application of the model is tested using a case study of a catchment area in Diyala and Wasit Governorate. The DEM file was corrected for elevations, using the developed ANN model .This model is found using SPSS – software. The correlation coefficient of this model is found to be (0.97) , with 3- hidden nodes and hyperbolic tangent and identity activation functions. Different weight scenarios for the objective function of the optimization model were adopted. The results indicate that different optimum dam locations can be observed for each case. Results indicate also that sometimes equal objective can be obtained but each has different reservoir volume and surface area.

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“A Developed Model for Selecting Optimum Locations of Water Harvesting Dams Using GIS Techniques” (2014) Journal of Engineering, 20(01), pp. 98–113. doi:10.31026/j.eng.2014.01.08.
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“A Developed Model for Selecting Optimum Locations of Water Harvesting Dams Using GIS Techniques” (2014) Journal of Engineering, 20(01), pp. 98–113. doi:10.31026/j.eng.2014.01.08.

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