Assessing the public health risk of microbial intrusion events in distribution systems: Conceptual model, available data, and challenges

MC Besner, M Prévost, S Regli - Water research, 2011 - Elsevier
Low and negative pressure events in drinking water distribution systems have the potential
to result in intrusion of pathogenic microorganisms if an external source of contamination is …

Review of chloramine decay models in drinking water system

S Hossain, CWK Chow, D Cook, E Sawade… - … : Water Research & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Monochloramine, commonly referred to as chloramine, is a popular disinfectant used in
drinking water distribution systems (DWDS) where high water age is encountered …

Simulating residential water demand with a stochastic end-use model

EJM Blokker, JHG Vreeburg… - Journal of Water …, 2010 - ascelibrary.org
A water demand end-use model was developed to predict water demand patterns with a
small time scale (1 s) and small spatial scale (residence level). The end-use model is based …

Smart meters data for modeling and forecasting water demand at the user-level

JE Pesantez, EZ Berglund, N Kaza - Environmental Modelling & Software, 2020 - Elsevier
Smart meters installed at the user-level provide a new data source for managing water
infrastructure. This research explores the use of machine learning methods, including …

The Dutch secret: how to provide safe drinking water without chlorine in the Netherlands

P Smeets, GJ Medema… - … Water Engineering and …, 2009 - dwes.copernicus.org
The Netherlands is one of the few countries where chlorine is not used at all, neither for
primary disinfection nor to maintain a residual disinfectant in the distribution network. The …

Modeling of chlorine decay in drinking water supply systems using EPANET MSX

L Monteiro, D Figueiredo, S Dias, R Freitas… - Procedia …, 2014 - Elsevier
The modelling of chlorine residual in water supply systems is of great importance in
managing disinfectant concentrations throughout the network. First order decay kinetics are …

[HTML][HTML] Poisson rectangular pulse (PRP) model establishment based on uncertainty analysis of urban residential water consumption patterns

J Zhang, D Savic, Q Xu, K Liu, Z Qiang - Environmental Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The commonly used Poisson rectangular pulse (PRP) model, employed for simulating high-
resolution residential water consumption patterns (RWCPs), relies on calibration via medium …

Models for generating household water demand pulses: Literature review and comparison

E Creaco, M Blokker, S Buchberger - Journal of Water Resources …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
In the context of household water demand generation with high time resolution (down to 1 s),
two different categories of models have been proposed, aimed at representing …

Dynamic hydraulics in a drinking water distribution system influence suspended particles and turbidity, but not microbiology

EI Prest, PG Schaap, MD Besmer, F Hammes - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Spatial and short-term temporal changes in water quality as a result of water age and
fluctuating hydraulic conditions were investigated in a drinking water distribution system …

[HTML][HTML] Envisioning surprises: How social sciences could help models represent 'deep uncertainty'in future energy and water demand

M Sharmina, D Abi Ghanem, AL Browne… - Energy Research & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Medium-and long-term planning, defined here as 10 years or longer, in the energy and
water sectors is fraught with uncertainty, exacerbated by an accelerating 'paradigm shift' …