On the efficient location of pumping facilities in an aquifer system

In this paper, the authors present a multiple objective model that explicitly integrates the many facets of aquifer planning problems but, at the expense of some simplifications, avoids some of the aspects that make them almost intractable from a mathematical standpoint. The model may be used to good advantage in the process of identifying efficient solutions for the location and size of pumping facilities, as well as their area of influence.