Author(s)

J. Piantadosi, J. Boland & P. Howlett

Abstract

Analysis of simple control policies for stormwater management in two connected dams at Mawson Lakes J. Piantadosi, J. Boland & P. Howlett Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, Australia Abstract We will analyse the management of stormwater storage in interconnected dams at Mawson Lakes. Mawson Lakes is a suburban housing development, situated 12 km North of the Adelaide CBD in South Australia. In this paper we have developed a discrete state model that consists of two connected dams. It is assumed that the input of stormwater into the first dam is stochastic with an arbitrary but known probability distribution and that there is regular release from the second dam that reflects the regular demand for water. We wish to find a control policy that releases an optimal flow of water from the first dam to the second dam to minimise the amount of overflow from the system. In the first instance we have restricted our attention to simple and practica

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