Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management: Recent submissions
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Potential Energy, Economic, and Environmental Impacts of Hydro Power Pressure Reduction on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
(ASCE, 2022-02-25)The installation of hydropower pressure reduction (HPPR) technology in water supply networks (WSN) has recently been encouraged to limit water losses through leakage. Traditionally, pressure reducing valves (PRVs) were ... -
An Ensemble Neural Network Model to Forecast Drinking Water Consumption
(ASCE, 2022-03-10)A reliable short-term forecasting model is fundamental to managing a water distribution system properly. This study addresses the problem of the efficient development of a deep neural network model for short-term forecasting ... -
Using Hydraulic Transients for Biofilm Detachment in Water Distribution Systems: Approximated Model
(ASCE, 2022-02-15)This study presents an approximated model for pressure transient simulations as well as a local wall shear stress analysis to control and dislodge biofilm growth in water distribution systems. It demonstrates the potential ... -
Estimating Efficient Water Prices in the Sao Marcos River Basin: A Residual Imputation Approach
(ASCE, 2022-02-21)The conflicting demands for water used for irrigating crops, generating power, and supplying humans and livestock have placed many river basins around the world under stress. The competition for scarce water resources will ... -
Optimal Operation Rules for Parallel Reservoir Systems with Distributed Water Demands
(ASCE, 2022-03-16)This paper addresses the doubts regarding the spatial characteristics of the commonly used rules for parallel reservoir system operation. The rules based on aggregation-decomposition determine the system total release first ... -
A Sequential Pressure-Based Algorithm for Data-Driven Leakage Identification and Model-Based Localization in Water Distribution Networks
(ASCE, 2022-03-30)Leakages in water distribution networks (WDNs) are estimated to globally cost 39 billion USD/year and cause water and revenue losses, infrastructure degradation, and other cascading effects. Their impacts can be prevented ... -
Incorporating Mid-Term Temperature Predictions into Streamflow Forecasts and Operational Reservoir Projections in the Colorado River Basin
(ASCE, 2022-02-09)Skillful mid-term temperature predictions (up to five years out) offer a potential opportunity for water managers, especially in the Colorado River Basin (CRB), where streamflows are sensitive to temperature. The purpose ... -
Accounting for Uncertainty in Regional Flow–Ecology Relationships
(ASCE, 2022-02-15)Flow–ecology relationships are critical for developing and adaptively managing environmental flows. However, uncertainty often arises from data limitations and an incomplete understanding of the spatial and temporal ... -
Retail Load Defection Impacts on a Major Electric Utility′s Exposure to Weather Risk
(ASCE, 2021-12-28)Electric power utilities face a wide range of risks that cause financial uncertainty, with potential impacts on prices for customers. Among these, weather variability and retail load defection are perhaps two of the most ... -
Combined Numerical Simulation and Groundwater Depletion Sensitivity Analysis for Dynamic Pumping Management
(ASCE, 2022-01-13)The economy continues to grow in Taiwan, and water demand from both households and industry has also continued to increase, which has led to water scarcity problems rising throughout the island. Thus, groundwater plays an ... -
A Graph Theory-Based Layout Algorithm for PRVs Placement and Setpoint Determination in Water Distribution Systems
(ASCE, 2022-01-31)This paper presents a new valve positioning algorithm (VPA) for water network pressure reduction. The proposed algorithm is a graph theory-based algorithm combined with EPANET2.2 to position pressure-reducing valves (PRVs) ... -
Appraisal of Steady-State Stormwater Control Measure Pollutant Removal Models within a Dynamic Stormwater Routing Framework
(ASCE, 2022-02-08)In this study, three different stormwater control measures (SCMs) pollutant removal models, consisting of the linear regression model, modified Fair and Geyer (MFG) model, and k-C* model, were simulated under both steady-state ... -
Clustering-Learning Approach to the Localization of Leaks in Water Distribution Networks
(ASCE, 2022-01-27)Leak detection and localization in water distribution networks (WDNs) is of great significance for water utilities. This paper proposes a leak localization method that requires hydraulic measurements and structural information ... -
Basin-Wide Water Resources Management Strategies Improve Cooperation Effectiveness and Benefits
(ASCE, 2022-02-22)Basin-wide cooperation is an approach to resolve water disputes and improve the resilience of transboundary river basins to extreme droughts under climate change. However, the effectiveness of cooperation among various ... -
High-Order Global Algorithm for the Pressure-Driven Modeling of Water Distribution Networks
(ASCE, 2021-12-31)This paper presents a novel algorithm with improved convergence and robustness for the pressure-driven modeling of water distribution networks (WDNs), to be implemented as hydraulic engine in the fourth release of the SWANP ... -
Leakage Identification in Water Distribution Networks Based on XGBoost Algorithm
(ASCE, 2021-12-28)To detect leakage in urban water distribution networks and study the relationship between monitoring information and leakage diagnosis, the XGBoost algorithm was applied to identify the leakage zone and predict the leakage ... -
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 ...