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Determining water well locations
Gesink, Anna Jannie (2025) Determining water well locations.
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| Abstract: | In drought-struck Ethiopia water wells are a vital part of a safe drinking water system. Currently, determining new water well locations is done by hand based on suitability maps made by Acacia Water. In this paper we describe two methods to determine approximate water well locations. First we explore an approximation method where one well is placed such that drilling and pipeline costs are minimal. We find configurations to connect 50%, 70% and 100% of the population to this well. Secondly, we explore an approximation method that places multiple wells such that costs are minimal, also to connect 50%, 70% and 100% of the population to a well. This is done by regarding the problem as an Uncapacitated Facility Location Problem (UFLP). We saw that for connecting 100% of the population it is better to place multiple wells, for connecting 50% and 70% of the population this depends on the situation and it is recommended to run both algorithms and choose the cheapest option. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Clients: | Acacia Water, Gouda, Nederland |
| Faculty: | EEMCS: Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science |
| Subject: | 31 mathematics |
| Programme: | Applied Mathematics BSc (56965) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/105170 |
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