RESERVOIR OPERATING POLICIES CONSIDERING RELEASE CHANGE

Optimization models have been used in reservoir management problems to facilitate the satisfaction of various demands. One frequently ignore d problem is the reservoir operation quality. The resulting operation curves may have sharp changes in the storage level of the reservoir or in the release to the downstream channel, which has potentially negat ive impact on the quality of reservoir operation. A Goal Programming m odel involving a min-max objective has been developed herein to determ ine operating policies, which attempts to remedy such problems. The re sults show a significant improvement in the reservoir operation.