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Alice Zaghini, Francesca Gagliardi, Valentina Marsili, Filippo Mazzoni, Lorenzo Tirello, Stefano Alvisi and Marco Franchini
Providing water with adequate quality to users is one of the main concerns for water utilities. In most countries, this is ensured through the introduction of disinfectants, such as chlorine, which are subjected to decay over time, with consequent loss o...
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Nelson Carriço, Bruno Ferreira, André Antunes, João Caetano and Dídia Covas
This paper presents a set of computational tools specially developed for supporting the operation and management of water distribution systems towards digital transformation of water services. These tools were developed in the scope of two R&D projec...
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Federico Spizzo, Giovanni Venaruzzo, Matteo Nicolini and Daniele Goi
Water Distribution Network Partitioning (WDNP), which is the partitioning of the existing Water distribution Network (WDN) into smaller and more homogeneous portions called District Metered Areas (DMAs), is an effective strategy that allows water utiliti...
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Kyudae Shim, Eduardo Berrettini and Yong-Gyun Park
Because of population growth, rapid urbanization, and climate change, many water supply utilities globally struggle to provide water that is safe to drink. A particular problem is the aging of the water supply facilities, which is exacerbated by their in...
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Armin Razmjoo, Amirhossein Gandomi, Maral Mahlooji, Davide Astiaso Garcia, Seyedali Mirjalili, Alireza Rezvani, Sahar Ahmadzadeh and Saim Memon
As smart cities (SCs) emerge, the Internet of Things (IoT) is able to simplify more sophisticated and ubiquitous applications employed within these cities. In this regard, we investigate seven predominant sectors including the environment, public transpo...
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Robert B. Sowby and Riley C. Hales
Drinking water systems? energy footprints depend mostly on the source, quality, and volume of water supply, but also on local temperature and precipitation, both of which are changing with the global climate. From a previous survey, we develop an equatio...
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Madeline A. Grupper, Madeline E. Schreiber and Michael G. Sorice
Provision of safe drinking water by water utilities is challenged by disturbances to water quality that have become increasingly frequent due to global changes and anthropogenic impacts. Many water utilities are turning to adaptable and flexible strategi...
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Isam Shahrour, Hanbing Bian, Xiongyao Xie and Zixin Zhang
This paper presents a smart solution for the utility tunnel, which allows hosting a wide range of water and energy utilities in an accessible underground space. It is well known that utility tunnels offer major advantages such as the possibility to inspe...
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Salah L. Zubaidi, Sandra Ortega-Martorell, Hussein Al-Bugharbee, Ivan Olier, Khalid S. Hashim, Sadik Kamel Gharghan, Patryk Kot and Rafid Al-Khaddar
The proper management of a municipal water system is essential to sustain cities and support the water security of societies. Urban water estimating has always been a challenging task for managers of water utilities and policymakers. This paper applies a...
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Composite indicators are becoming more relevant for evaluating the performance of water companies from a holistic perspective. Some of them are related with economic aspects, and others focus on social and environmental features. Consequently, a multidim...
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