Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management: Recent submissions
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Application of the Analytical Hierarchical Process for Improved Selection of Storm-Water BMPs
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Engineers and planners responsible for the selection and design of storm-water best management practices (BMPs) face a formidable array of practices and techniques for managing the quality of urban runoff. Primary factors ... -
Coupled Genetic Algorithm—Linear Programming Scheme for Least-Cost Pipe Sizing of Water-Distribution Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Water-distribution systems least-cost pipe sizing/design is probably the most explored problem in water-distribution systems optimization. Attracted numerous studies over the last 4 decades, two main approaches were employed: -
Rule-Based Storage Accounting for Multipurpose Reservoir Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)The needs for conservation, efficient management, and accounting of water uses intensify as demands increase relative to supplies. Storage accounting, properly performed, can provide a framework to meet these needs and to ... -
Agricultural Risk Decision Support System for Resource-Poor Farmers in Burkina Faso, West Africa
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)A stochastic mixed integer programming decision support system (DSS) to aid farmers in the Sahel-Sudan region of West Africa is formulated. It provides optimal crop planting practices that minimize the caloric deficit of ... -
ANN-GA-Based Model for Multiple Objective Management of Coastal Aquifers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)A linked simulation-optimization model using artificial neural networks (ANNs) and genetic algorithms (GAs) is developed for deriving multiple objective management strategies for coastal aquifers. The GA-based optimization ... -
G. V. Loganathan’s Legacy on Water Distribution System Asset Management
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Water System Management through a Mixed Optimization-Simulation Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Although various strategies have been defined for using optimization and simulation techniques in combination, few of these have been employed in real-world multireservoir and multiuse water systems. Despite potential for ... -
Assessment of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Control Trade-Offs Using a Water Quality Model with a Response Surface Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Excessive nutrient loads to the Chesapeake Bay cause violations of the new dissolved oxygen water quality standard established to protect the Bay’s living resources. Reducing nitrogen and phosphorus loads is necessary to ... -
Optimal Location and Control of Pressure Reducing Valves in Water Networks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)This paper addresses the problem of optimal pressure management in water distribution systems through the introduction and regulation of pressure reducing valves. Reduction in pressure is aimed at controlling water leakages ... -
Decision Rules for Water Resources Management under Uncertainty
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Decision making under uncertainty is common in design and planning of water resource projects. The implications and effects of uncertainty on the ranking of design alternatives have been investigated in the literature. ... -
Effects of Discharge of Spent Cooling Water from an Oligotrophic Lake to a Polluted Eutrophic Lake
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Water quality and related management issues for a proposed lake source cooling (LSC) facility discharge of water from oligotrophic Lake Ontario to polluted eutrophic Onondaga Lake, NY, are considered in the context of ... -
Algorithm for Assessment of Water Distribution System’s Readiness: Planning for Disasters
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Water distribution systems are one of the most important infrastructures in urban areas. The objective of every urban water distribution system is to deliver enough water of acceptable quality with adequate pressure to ... -
Optimization of Multireservoir Systems Operation Using Modified Direct Search Genetic Algorithm
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)A direct search method using genetic algorithms (DSGA), which seeks to directly find optimal parameters for prescribed operating policies, is utilized for optimization of multireservoir operational problems and several ... -
Case Study: Preference Trade-Offs toward Home Plumbing Attributes and Materials
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)In the United States, about 90% of drinking water home plumbing systems use copper pipes. Pinhole leaks in copper plumbing pipes have become a concern for the homeowners because such leaks have resulted in property damage, ... -
Improved Drought Management of Falls Lake Reservoir: Role of Multimodel Streamflow Forecasts in Setting up Restrictions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Droughts, resulting from natural variability in supply and from increased demand due to urbanization, have severe economic implications on local and regional water supply systems. In the context of short-term (monthly to ... -
Assessing a Response Surface-Based Optimization Approach for Soil Vapor Extraction System Design
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)This paper presents a study on a response surface-based optimization approach for soil vapor extraction system (SVES) design. The SVES design involves extraction rate determination for a number of wells at fixed locations. ... -
Research for Impact
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Copper Pinhole Failures: Plumbing Susceptibility and Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Consumers face numerous problems when they experience leaks and premature failures in their potable drinking water plumbing system. A review of an existing database of copper pipe failures demonstrated that premature pipe ... -
Summary and Reflections on the Professional Career of G. V. Loganathan
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Negotiation Support for Cooperative Allocation of a Shared Water Resource: Application
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Simulation experiments were conducted with the negotiation support system (NSS) presented by Kronaveter and Shamir to evaluate its efficacy in improving the negotiation process, and in getting to an agreed cooperative ...