Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management: Recent submissions
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May the Odds Be in Your Favor: Why Many Attempts to Reoperate Dams for the Environment Stall
(ASCE, 2022-02-17)The provision of flows for the environment, e-flows, is a means to restore the benefits of naturally flowing rivers. Despite the development of numerous methodologies to determine e-flows and optimize dam releases, actual ... -
Comparative Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses of the Seismic Performance of Water Networks during the Maule 2010, Christchurch 2010–2011, and Tohoku 2011 Earthquakes
(ASCE, 2022-01-31)Recovery of damaged water supply systems after severe earthquakes is one of the priorities to return to normal conditions. Water supply systems are intrinsically interdependent with other important lifelines such as ... -
Response Surfaces for Water Distribution System Pipe Roughness Calibration
(ASCE, 2021-12-20)Water distribution system (WDS) model calibration research has focused on estimating model input/output parameters and analyzing several uncertainties (e.g., model uncertainty) to improve models with best-fit parameters. ... -
Rate of Change Processing of Acoustic Data from a Permanent Monitoring System for Pipe Crack Early Identification: A Case Study
(ASCE, 2021-12-09)A permanent “leak-before-break” type acoustic monitoring system has been deployed by the South Australian Water Corporation across the Adelaide City Central Business District (CBD) since early 2017. Several analytic ... -
Combining Water Resources, Socioenvironmental, and Psychological Factors in Assessing Willingness to Conserve Groundwater in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta
(ASCE, 2021-12-23)Freshwater resources in coastal areas are under intense pressure from excessive groundwater extraction, which amplifies saltwater intrusion (SWI) into coastal freshwater aquifers, such as in the Mekong Delta. Studies that ... -
Pressure-Leak Duality for Leak Detection and Localization in Water Distribution Systems
(ASCE, 2021-12-24)Water utilities are challenged to reduce their water losses through detecting, localizing, and repairing leaks as quickly as possible in their aging distribution systems. In this work, we solve this challenging problem by ... -
A Comparative Assessment of Municipal Water Use in Turkey
(ASCE, 2021-12-15)The use of assessment methods is essential for proper planning, improvement of the water system, and water economy in municipal water management. Thus, statistical model approaches can be used to evaluate the factors ... -
Data Mining Algorithms for Water Main Condition Prediction—Comparative Analysis
(ASCE, 2021-12-07)Accurate prediction of water mains condition is critical for effective rehabilitation planning. Advances in machine learning techniques can improve condition predictions. This paper compares the capabilities of various ... -
Least-Cost Provision of Ecosystem Services from Water: When, Where, and How Much?
(ASCE, 2021-12-02)Changes in surface or groundwater management influence water use patterns as well as the economic value and sustainability of all water uses. In water-scarce regions, programs that establish environmental flows usually ... -
Joint Optimization of Forward Contract and Operating Rules for Cascade Hydropower Reservoirs
(ASCE, 2021-11-30)Forward contract is a useful tool for hydropower producers to hedge revenue uncertainty sourced from varied spot prices. However, few studies have been explored to jointly derive the optimal forward contract and operating ... -
Convex Heuristics for Optimal Placement and Operation of Valves and Chlorine Boosters in Water Networks
(ASCE, 2021-11-24)This paper investigates the problem of optimal placement and operation of valves and chlorine boosters in water networks. The objective is to minimize average zone pressure while penalizing deviations from target chlorine ... -
Machine Learning–Assisted Model for Leak Detection in Water Distribution Networks Using Hydraulic Transient Flows
(ASCE, 2021-12-13)This study introduces a novel hybrid leak detection method based on machine learning (ML) and hydraulic transient modeling for pipe networks. First, the transient hydraulic simulation model is developed in the time domain. ... -
Shallowing of Seabed Bathymetry for Flood Preparedness: Designing Nearshore BMPs
(ASCE, 2021-11-23)The devastating impacts of frequent coastal storms, such as Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005 or Superstorm Sandy in New York City in 2012, in major low-lying metropolitan areas have had repercussions far beyond ... -
Rising Market Risk Exposure of Municipal Water Service Providers in Distressed Cities
(ASCE, 2021-12-14)Local governments in the US routinely provide water services drinking water delivery and wastewater treatment. After the Great Depression, the federal government shared the financial responsibility for water services. ... -
Stochastic Resonance Enhancement for Leak Detection in Pipelines Using Fluid Transients and Convolutional Neural Networks
(ASCE, 2022-01-04)Water losses through leakage represent a significant problem for asset management in water distribution systems. The interpretation of fluid transient pressure waves after the generation of a transient event has been ... -
Leakage Detection and Localization in a Water Distribution Network through Comparison of Observed and Simulated Pressure Data
(ASCE, 2021-11-08)In this paper, a pragmatic approach for leakage detection and localization is presented to solve the problem introduced within the framework of the Battle of the Leakage Detection and Isolation Methods (BattLeDIM). The ... -
Integrating Climate Change, Hydrology, and Water Footprint to Measure Water Scarcity in Lesotho, Africa
(ASCE, 2021-11-09)This research integrated bias-corrected results from regional climate models, a watershed hydrology model, and water footprint analysis to measure the impact of climate change on future water scarcity in Lesotho, a water-rich ... -
Cascading Model-Based Framework for the Sustainability Assessment of a Multipurpose Reservoir in a Changing Climate
(ASCE, 2021-12-07)Climate change impacts on hydrological processes can affect reservoir operational performance. Hence, the reservoir operation model, based on historical climate conditions, may not guarantee sustainable water resources ... -
Adaptive Model Predictive Control for Fire Incidents in Water Distribution Networks
(ASCE, 2021-12-08)The real-time control of water distribution networks for firefighting is an important but little-studied problem. Water utilities in England and Wales reduce hydraulic pressure to a minimum regulatory threshold in order ... -
Anthropogenic Interventions in Watersheds on River Flow Health: Assessment Using Bootstrapped Principal Component Analysis
(ASCE, 2021-11-01)Comprehensive assessment of hydrological alteration due to anthropogenic interventions is a prerequisite for sustaining the native biological profile and integrity of river ecosystems. This paper proposes a novel strategy ...