title: Prioritizing sewer rehabilitation projects using AHP-PROMETHEE II ranking method.
abstract: The aim of this paper is to develop a methodology for the prioritization of sewer rehabilitation projects for Algiers (Algeria) sewer networks to support the National Sanitation Office in its challenge to make decisions on prioritization of sewer rehabilitation projects. The methodology applies multiple-criteria decision making. The study includes 47 projects (collectors) and 12 criteria to evaluate them. These criteria represent the different issues considered in the prioritization of the projects, which are structural, hydraulic, environmental, financial, social and technical. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is used to determine weights of the criteria and the Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluations (PROMETHEE II) method is used to obtain the final ranking of the projects. The model was verified using the sewer data of Algiers. The results have shown that the method can be used for prioritizing sewer rehabilitation projects.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Hydraulique, Faculté de Technologie, Université de Bejaia, 06000 Bejaia, Algeria E-mail: kessili_06@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: Abdelhak
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kessili
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory of Water Sciences (LRS-EAU), Polytechnic National School of Algiers, 10 Avenue Hacen Badi Elharrach, 16004 Algiers, Algeria.
authors.forename: Saadia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benmamar
mesh_terms: D000462:Algeria; D003657:Decision Making; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004323:Drainage, Sanitary; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical