Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management: Recent submissions
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Efficiency of Storm Detention Tanks for Urban Drainage Systems under Climate Variability
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Climate change effects on combined sewer systems efficiency is a great matter of concern. In fact, changes in rainfall regime could significantly affect combined sewer overflows (CSOs) into receiving water bodies. Given ... -
Quarter-Hourly Operation of Hydropower Reservoirs with Pumped Storage Plants
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)This paper formulates a short-term operation problem to determine the optimal quarter-hourly generation schedules of multiple hydropower reservoirs with pumped-storage plants. The model is a comprehensive one that incorporates ... -
Extended Blockage Detection in Pipelines by Using the System Frequency Response Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)This paper proposes a technique for the detection of extended blockages in pressurized water pipelines by using the system frequency responses under transient conditions. The impact of extended blockages on the system ... -
Mass Balance and Water Quality Modeling for Load Allocation of <i>Escherichia coli</i> in an Urban Watershed
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)A modeling approach based on mass balance coupled with the Hydrologic Simulation Program in FORTRAN (HSPF) is developed in this study to evaluate bacteria reduction strategies and their impact on water quality for an urban ... -
Optimal Design of Water Distribution Networks Using Parameter-Setting-Free Harmony Search for Two Major Parameters
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Although phenomenon-mimicking or metaheuristic algorithms, such as genetic algorithm, simulated annealing, tabu search, shuffled frog-leaping algorithm, ant colony optimization algorithm, harmony search, cross entropy, ... -
Demand Estimation with Automated Meter Reading in a Distribution Network
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Accurate estimation and prediction of the demand patterns of the customers of a water works would enable more accurate network hydraulic management. In this study, a probabilistic model to generate residential demand ... -
Prototype Decision Support System for Operations on the Gunnison Basin with Improved Forecasts
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Numerous studies have developed new methods for skillful long-lead seasonal streamflow forecasts, especially in the western United States, and most assume that the streamflow forecast skills translate into improved water ... -
Effect of Cold-Water Storage Cisterns on Drinking-Water Quality
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Nearly all water supply systems for high-rise buildings in Egypt include storage cisterns to feed the upper floors with cold water for different uses. Although these cisterns are the most important component in the ... -
Sustainability Index for Water Resources Planning and Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)This paper presents a water resources sustainability index that makes it possible to evaluate and compare different water management policies with respect to their sustainability. The sustainability index identifies policies ... -
Performance Estimation of a Remote Field Eddy Current Method for the Inspection of Water Distribution Pipes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Remote Field Eddy Current (RFEC) technology allows the in situ inspection of metallic water distribution pipes. RFEC tools provide the location and magnitude of corrosion defects on the inspected pipes. The capacity of an ... -
Frequency Analysis of Shallow Water Tables for Drainage Applications
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)In coastal areas with shallow aquifers, the minimum elevation of newly developed land is typically required to exceed the water-table elevation corresponding to a given return period. Determination of this regulatory ... -
Water Point Mapping for the Analysis of Rural Water Supply Plans: Case Study from Tanzania
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)In Tanzania, like in many other countries in the Sub-Saharan region, the government is implementing an ambitious rural water supply and sanitation plan (RWSSP) to increase access to water from 53% in 2005 to 90% by 2025. ... -
Application of Integrated Back-Propagation Network and Self-Organizing Map for Groundwater Level Forecasting
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)In this paper, based on the combination of the back-propagation network (BPN) and the self-organizing map (SOM), a groundwater level forecasting model is proposed, named improved multisite SOM-BPN model. In the proposed ... -
Erratum for “Multiobjective Evolutionary Approach to Rehabilitation of Urban Drainage Systems” by Wilmer Barreto, Zoran Vojinovic, Roland Price, and Dimitri Solomatine
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Building Water Resilience in the Face of Global Change: From a Blue-Only to a Green-Blue Water Approach to Land-Water Management
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Daily Time-Step Refinement of Optimized Flood Control Rule Curves for a Global Warming Scenario
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Pacific Northwest temperatures have warmed by 0.8°C since 1920 and are predicted to increase in the 21st century. Streamflow timing shifts associated with climate change would degrade the water resources system performance ... -
Modeling Tool to Support Budgeting and Planning Decisions for Pump Overhauls
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)This paper describes an approach for establishing overhaul repair schedules for clear water pump stations that balance the goal of minimizing the total life-cycle cost of the pumps with the goal of minimizing the -
Balancing the Triple Bottom Line in Water Supply Planning for Utilities
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)To achieve the triple bottom line (TBL) of sustainability, total water management efforts must analyze alternatives to address the potentially conflicting goals of economics (financial), environmental, and social issues. ... -
Value of Probabilistic Weather Forecasts: Assessment by Real-Time Optimization of Irrigation Scheduling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)This paper presents a modeling framework for real-time decision support for irrigation scheduling using the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) probabilistic rainfall forecasts. The forecasts and ... -
Downstreamness: A Concept to Analyze Basin Closure
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)In many places in the world, increasing water demands have led to the development of infrastructure for freshwater storage and irrigation. Especially in water-scarce regions, this development has led to a growing number ...