Tool for managing multiple water resources

A quantitative water management system comprising the following elements:

• at least two water production units (U) that are interconnected, directly or indirectly, each production unit (U) being defined by a maximum rate of production,
• at least one water resource (S) feeding the at least one production unit (U), each water resource (S) being defined by a maximum harvest flow rate,
• at least one user (D) of produced water defined by a pre-set time curve of demand for produced water as a function of time,
• each connection between the production units (U), the water resources (S) and the users (D) being provided with a transfer structure (C) having a pre-set maximum flow rate, wherein said transfer structures (C) may be interconnected,
• each production unit (U) and each water resource (S) being further associated with a weighting function P,
• said system being characterized in that it comprises a first computer adapted to minimize the overall weighting function Pg of the system, which is the sum of all weighting functions P of the various elements of the system, while ensuring compliance with the pre-set time curve of demand for produced water of each user (D) and with the constraint of respecting the maximum flow rates and/or minimum flows of the different elements of the system,
• in that it further comprises a second computer adapted to define production strategies to meet the demand while minimizing enemy consumption, each strategy corresponding to a percentage of the pre-set time curve of the user (D), and said second computer being connected to the first computer so that said first computer generates a minimum value of the overall weighting function Pg for each production strategy, said second computer being further adapted to determine an optimal strategy defined as the strategy providing the maximum percentage of meeting demand for a variation ratio of the overall weighting function Pg for a variation of the minimized demand.