CRITERIA FOR OPTIMIZING PARAMETERS OF WATER RESOURCES SYSTEM IN BASINS OF SMALL RIVERS IN SUBMONTANE REGIONS OF VIETNAM

Abstract

Regulation of a river flow makes it possible to meet contradictive requirements of various participants of water resources systems. In recent years the main participants of water resources systems pay a lot of attention to flood prevention in Vietnam and water floods are rather typical for river basins in the South-West of Belarus. Due to such circumstances it looks rather reasonable to create water storage reservoirs. However, degree of flow regulation that is value of the reservoir useful capacity must have a techno-economic justification with due account of river basin specific features. The paper considers particularities of small rivers in pre-mountainous regions of Vietnam. It is expected that the main water use occurs during irrigation processes. For this reason the requirements of other water resources systems participants (especially requirements on flood protection) have come into account in a minimum way. The paper proposes a criterion for optimization of water resources systems parameters and in this case the main participants are irrigation and flood prevention. The criterion reflects minimum regulated volume of river flow per unit of irrigated area while observing restrictions pertaining to flood control, water supply, pond fish farms, water power engineering and environmental protection. Application of mathematical models on the basis of economic criteria for optimization of the water resources systems parameters is possible rather rare due to absence, shortage or poor accuracy in initial data.