Artificial Intelligence for water management in the Red River Delta to meet the water demand and control saline intrusion in a changing climate

Bando/ente finanziatore: Future Earth International
Ruolo: Unico proponente
Data inizio: - Data fine:
Ambito: Internazionale
Responsabile di progetto: Prof. Ivan Serina
Dipartimento: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Architettura, Territorio, Ambiente e di Matematica, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione

Abstract

This project focuses on the use of AI techniques for the water management of the Red River Delta area in Vietnam. In this area, the complex river network is characterized by the presence of a system of dams designed to address sometimes conflicting objectives: (i) generating hydropower to foster the local economy and social activities, (ii) regulating the flood events occurring downstream during the rainy season, (iii) supplying water for agriculture in the low flow season and (iv) contrasting SeaWater Intrusion (SWI) in the estuaries of the rivers. Constraints are the need to ensure the dam's safety by not exceeding a maximum or minimum water level.
Artificial Intelligence techniques will optimize reservoir operations by identifying the more suitable management policies in the current and projected climatic conditions. In particular, our project focuses on optimizing water supply for agriculture and energy production in the low-flow season while contrasting SWI in the Red River Delta. We aim to use optimization methods like Genetic Algorithms (GAs) and AI planning algorithms to automatically generate control policies for water resource management of the Hoa Binh reservoir, the first hydroelectric reservoir on the Da river while considering different criteria and constraints.

Ultimo aggiornamento il: 23/08/2023