Baja CALVIN is an economic-engineering optimization model for the northern Mexican state of Baja California. Baja CALVIN is part of a collaborative effort betwen the University of California, Davis and the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California in Ensenada. This work builds on the larger CALVIN model developed by Professor Jay R. Lund and his research group for California. The model includes agricultural and urban demand locations, storage, conveyance and treatment infrastructure, groundwater basins and economic demands and operation costs. The overall objective in the of the model is to prescribe water operations including water deliveries and storage levels, such that scarcity and operation costs are minimized. As a byproduct, economic value of expansion of conveyance, storage and treatment facilities are also obtained.
