Water network partitioning into district metered areas: A state-of-the-art review

X Khoa Bui, M S. Marlim, D Kang - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
A water distribution network (WDN) is an indispensable element of civil infrastructure that
provides fresh water for domestic use, industrial development, and fire-fighting. However, in …

[HTML][HTML] Do resilience metrics of water distribution systems really assess resilience? A critical review

M Leštáková, KT Logan, IS Rehm, PF Pelz, J Friesen - Water research, 2024 - Elsevier
Having become vital to satisfying basic human needs, water distribution systems (WDSs) are
considered critical infrastructure. They are vulnerable to critical events such as extreme …

Water distribution system clustering and partitioning based on social network algorithms

A Di Nardo, M Di Natale, C Giudicianni, D Musmarra… - Procedia …, 2015 - Elsevier
The partitioning of water distribution system is a complex process achieved defining network
clusters arranged in sectors, with the complete isolation of clusters through gate valves, or …

Dual-use value of network partitioning for water system management and protection from malicious contamination

A Di Nardo, M Di Natale, D Musmarra… - Journal of …, 2015 - iwaponline.com
This paper considers the introduction of a contaminant into a water supply system using a
backflow attack. The recent development of techniques for water network sectorization …

Weighted spectral clustering for water distribution network partitioning

A Di Nardo, M Di Natale, C Giudicianni, R Greco… - Applied network …, 2017 - Springer
In order to improve the management and to better locate water losses, Water Distribution
Networks can be physically divided into District Meter Areas (DMAs), inserting hydraulic …

Combining Statistical Clustering with Hydraulic Modeling for Resilient Reduction of Water Losses in Water Distribution Networks: Large Scale Application Study in the …

AV Serafeim, G Kokosalakis, R Deidda, NT Fourniotis… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Partitioning of water distribution networks (WDNs) into pressure management areas (PMAs)
or district metered areas (DMAs) is the most widely applied method for the efficient …

A decision support tool for water supply system decentralization via distribution network sectorization

OT Vegas Niño, F Martínez Alzamora, VG Tzatchkov - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Many water supply systems, conceived to operate in centralized manner, face difficulties to
adapt to dynamic changes, such as population growth, city extension, and industrial …

An MINLP-based approach for the design-for-control of resilient water supply systems

AJ Ulusoy, F Pecci, I Stoianov - IEEE Systems Journal, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The resilience of a water distribution system is defined as its ability to maintain continuous
customer supply, and can be improved by increasing its redundancy in energy and/or …

Revisiting the resilience index for water distribution networks

G Jeong, A Wicaksono, D Kang - Journal of Water Resources …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
Water distribution systems (WDSs) are social infrastructures providing drinking water and
must be capable of constant water supply while maintaining an appropriate water pressure …

Dynamic control of water distribution system based on network partitioning

A Di Nardo, A Cavallo, M Di Natale, R Greco… - Procedia …, 2016 - Elsevier
The availability on the market of remote control valves for water distribution systems allows a
more flexible implementation of the “divide and conquer” paradigm, that consists in dividing …