Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management: Recent submissions
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Management of Saltwater Intrusion in Coastal Karstic Aquifers under Geological Uncertainties Associated with Shapes and Locations of Cave Networks
(ASCE, 2022/11/01)Stochastic optimization is an important tool employed to manage salt intrusion and increased freshwater production in coastal aquifers by estimating the optimum well locations and well operation parameters. In karst aquifers, ... -
Improved Prediction of Managed Water Flow into Everglades National Park Using Empirical Dynamic Modeling
(ASCE, 2022/12/01)Alteration of natural surface flow paths across South Florida has been detrimental to the environmental health and sustainability of the Everglades and surrounding ecosystems. As part of the Comprehensive Everglades ... -
Validation and Bias Correction of Forecast Reference Evapotranspiration for Agricultural Applications in Nevada
(ASCE, 2022/11/01)Accurate estimates of reference evapotranspiration (ET0) are critical for estimating actual crop evapotranspiration and agricultural water use. This study uses observations from the Nevada Integrated Climate and ... -
Spatial Integration of Urban Runoff Modeling, Heat, and Social Vulnerability for Blue-Green Infrastructure Planning and Management
(ASCE, 2022/11/01)Climate change exacerbates environmental challenges caused by urban growth. This study offers a multifaceted approach to understanding socioenvironmental vulnerability in cities by considering fine-scale spatial distribution ... -
How the Cooperation between Reservoir Operation and Unit Commitment Can Reduce Scheduled Spillages
(ASCE, 2022/07/01)Units in a hydroplant are usually committed after the operational results are derived for multiple cascaded reservoirs. Such a procedure may make hydro units difficult to harmonize their constraints (e.g., allowable ... -
Joint Operation of Surface and Groundwater to Improve Sustainability Index as Irrigation System Performance: Cyclic Storage and Standard Conjunctive Use Strategies
(ASCE, 2022/06/16)A cyclic storage (CS) system is an extension to standard conjunctive use (SCU) of surface water (SW) and groundwater (GW) in which the SW bodies and GW aquifer(s) are treated as physically interconnected and operationally ... -
Assessing the Bonneville Power Administration’s Financial Vulnerability to Hydrologic Variability
(ASCE, 2022/07/18)Hydrologic variability can cause large swings in hydropower generation, inducing significant volatility in power sales. Dry years often result in low revenues that can threaten a hydropower supplier’s ability to meet its ... -
Exploring Vulnerable Nodes, Impactful Viral Intrusion Sites, and Viral Infection Risk Reductions Offered by Chlorine Boosters in Municipal Drinking Water Networks
(ASCE, 2022/07/06)The effects of drinking water system infrastructure on water quality and health following intrusion events have not been extensively studied. This study proposes a coupling of hydraulic and water-quality modeling with ... -
Consensus-Based Fuzzy Group Decision-Making Framework for Tailoring Good Water Governance to the Context: A Case Study of Sistan, Iran
(ASCE, 2022/06/24)Although good water governance (GWG) is a widely accepted concept, mistaking its principles for silver bullet approaches has hindered its successful applications. This highlights the idea that one-size-fits-all thinking ... -
Multiphase Procedure for Identifying District Metered Areas in Water Distribution Networks Using Community Detection, NSGA-III Optimization, and Multiple Attribute Decision Making
(ASCE, 2022/05/30)The formation of district metered areas (DMAs) is an efficient strategy for the operation and management of water distribution networks (WDNs). Identifying the most suitable DMA layout is a challenging task for water ... -
Establishing Opportunities and Limitations of Forecast Use in the Operational Management of Highly Constrained Multiobjective Water Systems
(ASCE, 2022/06/07)The potential utility of forecast information to improve reservoir control is well established, but physical, operational, and institutional constraints inhibit the full realization of these benefits. To help integrate ... -
Heuristic-Based Approach for Near-Optimal Response to Water Distribution Network Failures in Near Real Time
(ASCE, 2022/05/27)This paper proposes a new method to identify the near-optimal response to failures in water distribution networks in near real time. The response method is formulated as a two-objective optimization problem with objectives ... -
A Mixed-Integer Linear Optimization Model for Reservoir Sizing Incorporating Performance Measures: Deterministic and Stochastic Frameworks
(ASCE, 2022/05/11)This paper proposes an optimal sizing strategy for water storage reservoirs that takes into account the minimum allowed number of failure periods (measure of reliability) and the maximum allowed failure magnitude (measure ... -
An Efficient Constraint-Based Pruning Method to Improve Chlorine Dosage Optimization
(ASCE, 2022/05/24)Urban water system optimization, e.g., chlorine dosage optimization, requires repeatedly running hydraulic and water quality models, which leads to significant computational and time costs for large-scale real networks. ... -
Assessing the Impact of Pipe Rehabilitation on Decreasing Watermain Break Rates Using Random Survival Forest Models
(ASCE, 2022/06/07)North America is facing an aging watermain infrastructure crisis. Pipes are surpassing their expected service life, and surveys continue to suggest that the rate of pipe breaks is increasing dramatically. This paper ... -
Methodology to Optimally Place Pressure Sensors for Leak Detection in Water Distribution Systems Using Value of Information
(ASCE, 2022/06/07)The presence of leaks in water distribution networks (WDN) is a problem of global concern that causes significant annual losses of treated water. Most efforts to solve this problem concentrate on the development of methods ... -
An Agent-Based Model for Contamination Response in Water Distribution Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic
(ASCE, 2022/05/31)Contamination events in water distribution systems (WDS) are emergencies that cause public health crises and require fast response by the responsible utility manager. Various models have been developed to explore the ... -
Combined Usage of Hydraulic Model Calibration Residuals and Improved Vector Angle Method for Burst Detection and Localization in Water Distribution Systems
(ASCE, 2022/04/27)This paper proposes a combined usage of the hydraulic model calibration residuals and an improved vector angle method for the Battle of the Leakage Detection and Isolation Methods (BattLeDIM). The proposed method starts ... -
Fast Detection and Localization of Multiple Leaks in Water Distribution Network Jointly Driven by Simulation and Machine Learning
(ASCE, 2022/07/11)The leakage control in water distribution networks (WDNs) is of high concern in the water supply industry. One direct and effective way to reduce leakage is to adopt leakage detection and localization methods to guide water ... -
Acoustic Signal Classification by Support Vector Machine for Pipe Crack Early Warning in Smart Water Networks
(ASCE, 2022/05/02)Uncontrolled pipe breaks are a challenge for water utilities all over the world. This paper describes a technique that enables pipe cracks to be identified at an early stage before they become uncontrolled breaks by utilizing ...