Abstract

The guarantee of multiple water use is one of the main objectives of the Brazilian system of managing water resources However it is still unclear how to reach these objectives regarding hydropower plants This paper introduces a method for support of hydropower plants taking into account the compatibility with multiple water uses It also introduces a computational tool based on the proposed method which assesses energy generation and possible losses associated with meeting upstream water demand A case study of the Tocantins and Araguaia basins Amazon region is presented The results obtained corroborate the applicability of the proposed method