Methods and tools for managing losses in water distribution systems

HE Mutikanga, SK Sharma… - Journal of Water …, 2013 - ascelibrary.org
The water industry worldwide is facing challenges of water and revenue losses. To reduce
these losses and improve efficiency of water distribution systems, tools and methods have …

Multi-criteria decision analysis: a strategic planning tool for water loss management

HE Mutikanga, SK Sharma… - Water resources …, 2011 - Springer
Water utilities particularly in the develo** countries continue to operate with considerable
inefficiencies in terms of water and revenue losses. With increasing water demand and …

Economic analysis of rehabilitation approaches for water distribution networks: Comparative study between Egypt and Malaysia

AM Farouk, RA Rahman, NS Romali - Journal of Engineering, Design …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Sustainable water management has been a trending goal in the past decade. Non-
revenue water (NRW) is one form of water loss that should be addressed to reach water …

Development of leakage detection model and its application for water distribution networks using RNN-LSTM

CW Lee, DG Yoo - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
With the advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution, advanced measurement infrastructure and
utilization technologies are being noticeably introduced into the water supply system to store …

The changing nature of the water–energy nexus in urban water supply systems: a critical review of changes and responses

W Wu, HR Maier, GC Dandy, M Arora… - Journal of Water and …, 2020 - iwaponline.com
This paper provides a review of the changing nature of the water–energy nexus in urban
water supply systems (UWSSs) due to the primary long-term drivers of climate change …

Optimal location of valves to improve equity in intermittent water distribution systems

A Gullotta, D Butler, A Campisano… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
This paper proposes a methodology to increase the level of water distribution equity in
intermittent water distribution networks (WDNs) with users equipped with private tanks. The …

Improving consistency in AHP decision-making processes

J Benítez, X Delgado-Galván, J Izquierdo… - Applied Mathematics …, 2012 - Elsevier
Decision making in engineering is becoming increasingly complex due to the large number
of alternatives and multiple conflicting goals. Powerful decision-support expert systems …

Managing water main breaks in distribution networks––A risk-based decision making

HC Phan, AS Dhar, G Hu, R Sadiq - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2019 - Elsevier
Water distribution network (WDN) is an important infrastructure which suffers from failures. A
risk-based decision making required for maintaining the integrity of water mains effectively …

A review of sources of uncertainty in optimization objectives of water distribution systems

G Dandy, W Wu, A Simpson, M Leonard - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Many studies have applied optimization to the planning, design, rehabilitation or operation
of water distribution systems. Recent reviews of the research literature in this area have …

Event-based approach to optimize the timing of water main rehabilitation with asset management strategies

E Roshani, YR Filion - Journal of Water Resources Planning and …, 2014 - ascelibrary.org
Municipalities with limited budgets will have to rehabilitate their stock of deteriorated water
mains in the coming decades. Optimization and asset management offer municipalities the …