OPTIMIZING THE UNDERGROUND WATER CONFINED STEADY FLOW USING A FUZZY APPROACH

Abstract

In this paper we discuss the underground water aquifers, the confined steady flow in homogeneous system where the transmissivities at all nodes inside the zone are represented by the same fuzzy number. A solution algorithm to solve the underground water confined steady flow in homogeneous system (in three dimensions) under fuzziness is considered. The purpose behind this study is optimize the sum of the water heads at each well, the total water flow, the capital and installation cost. The suggested method can be applied for planning any new aquifer development, managing the existing network of wells and planning the drilling compensation wells in partially depleted area. Numerical examples are provided to illustrate the proposed technique.