The Joint Optimal Allocation Study of Regional Total Water Consumption and Pollutant Carrying Capacity of Water Function Areas Based on Emergy Theory

Abstract

How to allocate the limited water consumption and pollutant carrying capacity of water function areas to sub-areas and water sectors is key for the practice of the most stringent water resource management decision-making. In response to the joint optimal allocation mechanism of water consumption and pollutant-carrying capacity, joint optimal allocation and the unified quantification problem of multiform benefits, the whole process of joint optimal distribution is refined into the links “water supply—water use and consumption—drainage—pollutant carrying” and the unified quantification method based on the emergy theory to achieve various economic, social, and ecological benefits in different links is proposed. Then the joint optimal allocation joint optimal allocation model of regional water consumption and pollutant carrying capacity is constructed, which realizes the reverse constraint relationship between water quantity and pollution carrying capacity in the water quality and quantity conversion processes. Using Zhengzhou city as an example, the models and methods were applied and researched. Countermeasures and suggestions for the rational allocation of available water resources and water pollution capacity were put forward accordingly.

A Regional Water Resource Allocation Model Based on the Human–Water Harmony Theory in the Yellow River Basin

“…This theory usually uses mathematical models to solve the water resource allocation model from an economic perspective [22]. The optimal water resource allocation (OWRA) model estimates the most optimal results based on scientific calculations [23][24][25]. Although the results are ideal, in many cases this optimization cannot be achieved due to the complexity of the real situation [26][27][28][29].…”