Group Decision Method of the Second Stage of Region Initial Water Rights Allocation and its Application Based on AHP

Initial water rights allocation is an important part in water rights allocation. It means water rights are allocated among different water users at the first. time. It is a kind of benefit allocation and can be realized through market operation or other methods. However, the technical and economic feasibility of water rights allocation can't be realized just. by one method. In this paper, a kind of water rights allocation model is proposed. AHP is applied and the opinions of different experts on water rights allocation are considered together in the model. Furthermore, the ability of the experts are also be evaluated in the model. Therefore, it is a scientific and practicable kind of method in reality. The results of an example are well - accepted, so this model can be widely used in regional water rights allocation.