Regional planning of wastewater reuse for agricultural irrigation and river rehabilitation

Abstract

A single-year planning model being developed for a region in Israel which consists of a city and three potential wastewater consumers. The model incorporates, in one endogenous system, the economic, physical, and biological relationships in the water-soil-plant-environment system and its objective is to maximize the regional social welfare composed of the sum of agricultural and environmental net benefits. The model determines the optimal crop mix and the optimal allocation of the limited water and land resources among all potential users. © 2007 Springer.