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Cost Function for Raw Water Transmission Canal

Cost Functions

The transmission canal is a structure that generally requires little maintenance, where the main activity is to remove the sediments that are usually deposited at the bottom of it. In this sense, the main cost is associated with labor. Knowing this, for the construction of the cost function, it was considered that:

  • All sediments that are retained in a year by the transmission canal (Wsed_C) are removed.
  • On average, the cost of the m3 of sediment removed by an operator is equal to $ 4.7 USD.
  • The density of the sediment to be removed is equal to 2.65 Ton / m3.

Starting from these two considerations, the cost function of the channel is given by:

Función de costos para aducción por canal (1)

Bibliography

  1. Assessing the Return On Investment in Watershed Conservation TNC 2007

    Preserving and restoring water quality is one of the main concerns of cities around the world. In most cities, the growth of the urban population, together with the degradation of the river basins, has increased the costs of drinking water treatment. This is a document that describes how to mobilize investments by analyzing the potential of the business case for water users, that is, the competitiveness of watershed conservation programs with conventional engineering solutions.

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