Location of water treatment plant using the AHP,PROMETHEE and TOPSIS methodology in the Gyeme River at Obuasi
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October 26, 2015
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Facility location is a very important issue in our daily life and activities. In view
of this, it is very important to look at the factors that infuence the location of a
facility. In this case we want to lay emphasis on the location of water treatment
plant in Obuasi, purposely to serve the people in Obuasi and the surrounding
towns. The methods that the researcher employed is the AHP/PROMETHEE
and TOPSIS methodology. After several models were reviewed,a data was
collected and analyzed and it result interpreted. The findings of the researcher
was also stated together with the recommendation. Some of the factors that
the researcher considered were; road network, nearness to the market, nearness
to a source of power, nearness to a river source among others. The analysis
was done with excel and the procedure was done by the pairwise comparison
matrix. The criteria and alternatives were carefully selected. However, the data
which the researcher collected was through the use of questionnaire, prepared and
administered to about 130 people who fall between the ages of 18 to 60 years.
Various people whose work deal directly or indirectly with water, such as fltered
water producers in and around Obuasi responded to the interview and answered
the questionnaire given them. The management of the Ghana water Company
and the Ghana statistical service were spoken to and their views taken. The
difference in the outranking flows together with the partial and complete ranking
of alternatives gave rise to the Alternative Gausu a suburb of Obuasi being
selected as the best location,which was confrmed by the TOPSIS methodology.
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Mathematics,
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in
partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree
of Master of Science in Industrial Mathematics,