A MATHEMATICAL MODEL TO OPTIMIZE THE LOCATION PLANNING OF FUTURE WATER SUPPLY FACTORIES IN CAN THO CITY AND NEIGHBOR DISTRICTS WITH MAINTAINING PRESENT ACCESSIBILITY

Abstract

Environmental pollution and the increasing complexity in migration have put a lot of pressure on the planning of domestic water supply systems in the big cities. With the desire of building a highly reliable scientific base in future water supply network decision-making, this paper proposes a two-step approach with a minimum number of future domestic water supply facilities and planning the location of future water plants with maintaining present accessibility. A combination of the Shortest Path, k-median and the population forecasting model will be implemented with data that is collected from the Can Tho city and neighboring districts. The results have showed a water distribution network configuration supports to against the population explosion in the future.