Impact of fixture purging on water age and excess water usage, considering stochastic water demands

E Clements, C Irwin, A Taflanidis, K Bibby… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Higher water ages are linked with water quality decline as chlorine dissipates, temperatures
become more favorable for microbial growth, and metals and organic matter leach from the …

Joint majorization of waterworks and secondary chlorination points considering the chloric odor and economic investment in the DWDS using machine learning and …

R Mao, K Zhang, Q Zhang, J Xu, C Cen, R Pan… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The traditional methods of increasing the chlorine disinfectant dosage in the drinking water
distribution system (DWDS) to control microorganisms and improve the safety of drinking …

How effective is model predictive control in real‐time water quality regulation? State‐space modeling and scalable control

S Wang, AF Taha, AA Abokifa - Water Resources Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Real‐time water quality control (WQC) in water distribution networks (WDN), the problem of
regulating disinfectant levels, is challenging due to lack of (i) a proper control‐oriented …

Comparison of techniques for maintaining adequate disinfectant residuals in a full-scale water distribution network

S Avvedimento, S Todeschini, S Manenti, E Creaco - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
The present work provides a numerical comparison of different techniques that can be
adopted to guarantee sufficient disinfectant residuals in a water distribution network (WDN) …

Pulsed demand modeling for the optimal placement of water quality sensors in water distribution networks

C Giudicianni, A Campisano… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper deals with the issue of the consistency of water distribution network (WDN)
modeling concerning the nature of demand for the optimal water quality sensor placement …

Examining the longitudinal dispersion of solutes inside water distribution systems

GR Abhijith, A Ostfeld - Journal of Water Resources Planning and …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Accurate interpretation of longitudinal dispersion of solutes within distribution pipes
increases the reliability of the predictions of water distribution systems (WDS) water quality …

Climate change and future water demand: Implications for chlorine and trihalomethanes management in water distribution systems

F Absalan, F Hatam, M Prévost, B Barbeau… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The global change in surface water quality calls for increased preparedness of drinking
water utilities. The increasing frequency of extreme climatic events combined with global …

Convex heuristics for optimal placement and operation of valves and chlorine boosters in water networks

F Pecci, I Stoianov, A Ostfeld - Journal of Water Resources Planning …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
This paper investigates the problem of optimal placement and operation of valves and
chlorine boosters in water networks. The objective is to minimize average zone pressure …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing sampling location for water quality degradation monitoring in distribution systems: Assessing global representativeness and potential health risk

A Ardila, MJ Rodriguez, G Pelletier - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Selecting the optimal monitoring points in a water distribution network is challenging due to
the complex spatiotemporal variability of water quality degradation. The lack of a …

Bi-objective optimisation based tuning of pressure control algorithms for water distribution networks

G Galuppini, E Creaco, L Magni - Control Engineering Practice, 2020 - Elsevier
With the application to water industry of the Industry 4.0 approach (ie the Water 4.0
approach), Real Time Control is gaining attention as a strategic tool for the management of …