In the urban water cycle, water supply, transportation, treatment and disposal are services
that consume a considerable amount of energy. This paper reviews and summarizes state of …

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 …

This new edition of a well-established textbook covers the environmental and engineering
aspects of the management of rainwater and wastewater in areas of human development …

The COVID-19 pandemic affected the lives of millions of people, radically changing their
habits in just a few days. In many countries, containment measures prescribed by national …

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 …

This paper presents a completely data-driven and machine-learning-based approach, in two
stages, to first characterize and then forecast hourly water demand in the short term with …

Water demands at four single-family residences were monitored for a 1-yr period. About
8,000 demands per capita were recorded and converted to single equivalent rectangular …

Dead-end sections of drinking water distribution networks are known to be problematic
zones in terms of water quality degradation. Extended residence time due to water …

A new method is presented for detecting the magnitude of leaks in small residential service
zones (under 1,000 homes) of a drinking water distribution system. It is assumed that …

Residential water consumption reductions resulting from water efficiency measures has
received much research attention in recent years; however, research into the contribution of …