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Model predictive control for combined water supply and navigability/sustainability in river systems V. Puig, C. Ocampo-Martinez and R.R. Negenborn Abstract In this chapter, a methodology for the optimal management of combined water supply and navigability/sustainability in river systems based on model predic-tive control (MPC) is proposed. A control-oriented modeling methodology for this type of systems is presented as well. MPC is used to generate flow-control strate-gies from the sources to both the farmers and urban consumers in order to meet future demands with appropriate flows, optimizing operational goals such as net-work safety volumes in dams and smooth operations of actuators (valves, gates and pumps). At the same time, the generated flow-control strategies should allow main-taining the appropriate river water levels that, in turn, allows to preserve the ecolog-ical flows and the navigability of the downstream part of the river. The case study of the Guadiana river is used to show and verify the proposed optimal management methodology