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Imre V. Nagy
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Budapest Technical University & Committee for Water Resources Development, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
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Kofi Asante-Duah
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Environment Division, Anteon Corporation, San Diego, USA
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Istvan Zsuffa
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Department for Hydrology and Water Management, Budapest Technical University, Hungary
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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- Imre V. Nagy, Kofi Asante-Duah, Istvan Zsuffa
Pages 1-14
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- Imre V. Nagy, Kofi Asante-Duah, Istvan Zsuffa
Pages 15-27
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- Imre V. Nagy, Kofi Asante-Duah, Istvan Zsuffa
Pages 29-60
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- Imre V. Nagy, Kofi Asante-Duah, Istvan Zsuffa
Pages 61-84
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- Imre V. Nagy, Kofi Asante-Duah, Istvan Zsuffa
Pages 85-107
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- Imre V. Nagy, Kofi Asante-Duah, Istvan Zsuffa
Pages 109-124
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- Imre V. Nagy, Kofi Asante-Duah, Istvan Zsuffa
Pages 125-138
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- Imre V. Nagy, Kofi Asante-Duah, Istvan Zsuffa
Pages 139-168
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- Imre V. Nagy, Kofi Asante-Duah, Istvan Zsuffa
Pages 169-186
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- Imre V. Nagy, Kofi Asante-Duah, Istvan Zsuffa
Pages 187-208
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Back Matter
Pages 209-225
About this book
Storage reservoirs represent one of the most effective tools for eliminating, or at least for minimizing, discrepancies in the time and space variations of water resources distribution and requirements. In fact, the different - often contradictory - and increasing demands on water resources utilization and control usually can be fulfilled only by building multi-purpose reservoir systems. In this way, the available water resources can be exploited and/or managed in a more rational way. Typically, the construction of a dam across a river valley causes water to accumulate in a reservoir behind the dam; the volume of water accumulated in the reservoir will depend, in part, on the dimensions of the dam. The size of the dam will normally affect the capital expenditure in a very significant way. Indeed the construction of large water resource control systems - such as dams - generally involves rather huge manpower and material outlays. Consequently, the elaboration of effectual methods of approach that can be used in establishing the optimal reservoir parameters is of great practical significance. For instance, in the design and operation oflarge multi-reservoir systems, simple simulation and/or optimization models that can identify potentially cost effective and efficient system design are highly desirable. But it should be recognized that the problem of finding optimal capacities for multi-reservoir systems often becomes computationally complex because of the large number of feasible configurations that usually need to be analyzed.
Authors and Affiliations
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Budapest Technical University & Committee for Water Resources Development, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Imre V. Nagy
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Environment Division, Anteon Corporation, San Diego, USA
Kofi Asante-Duah
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Department for Hydrology and Water Management, Budapest Technical University, Hungary
Istvan Zsuffa
