Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management: Recent submissions
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Multiobjective Optimal Siting of Algal Biofuel Production with Municipal Wastewater Treatment in Watersheds with Nutrient Trading Markets
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Using municipal wastewater effluent as a feedstock in algae cultivation is a promising approach for increasing the commercial viability of algal biofuel production. However, differences in site-specific characteristics at ... -
Empirical Tool for the Assessment of Annual Overtopping Probabilities of Dams
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This paper presents a simple tool for the assessment of maximum overtopping probabilities of dams. The tool is based on empirical relations between the overtopping probability and the basic hydrological and hydraulic ... -
Evaluating Water Assets Using Water Efficiency Framework for Infrastructure Intensive Agency
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Water infrastructure-intensive organizations should incorporate sustainability principles when making decisions on infrastructure investments to ensure the long-term resilience of mission-critical equipment and components. ... -
Sensitivity Analysis of an Agent-Based Model Used to Simulate the Spread of Low-Flow Fixtures for Residential Water Conservation and Evaluate Energy Savings in a Canadian Water Distribution System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The results of a sensitivity analysis performed to examine the impact of uncertain parameters in an agent-based model (ABM) on the prediction of water use and energy use for pumping and water treatment in a distribution ... -
Minimizing Urban Floodplain Management Regrets under Deeply Uncertain Climate Change
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Optimization modeling can reveal promising multiperiod schedules for adapting to deeply uncertain changes in flooding. We contribute a parsimonious optimization model (mixed integer program) that adjusts the efficacy of ... -
Iterative Hydraulic Interval State Estimation for Water Distribution Networks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)State estimation of hydraulics (i.e., pressure and flows) in water distribution networks is an important tool for efficient and resilient operation. However, hydraulic state estimation is a challenging task in practice ... -
Rainwater Harvesting and Artificial Groundwater Recharge in Arid Areas: Case Study in Wadi Al-Alb, Saudi Arabia
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Accelerated economic development in arid areas results in harmful stress on limited surface and groundwater resources. Flash flood and rainfall harvesting is a promising renewable resource. Using a theoretical water budget ... -
Cyberattack Detection Using Deep Generative Models with Variational Inference
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Recent years have witnessed a rise in the frequency and intensity of cyberattacks targeted at critical infrastructure systems. This study designs a versatile, data-driven cyberattack detection platform for infrastructure ... -
Quantifying Hydraulic and Water Quality Uncertainty to Inform Sampling of Drinking Water Distribution Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Sampling of drinking water distribution systems is performed to ensure good water quality and protect public health. Sampling also satisfies regulatory requirements and is done to respond to customer complaints or emergency ... -
Content-Based Active-Set Method for the Pressure-Dependent Model of Water Distribution Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)A new content-based, box-constrained, active-set projected Newton method is presented that solves for the heads, the pipe flows, and the nodal outflows of a water distribution system in which nodal outflows are pressure ... -
Combining Skeletonization, Setpoint Curves, and Heuristic Algorithms to Define District Metering Areas in the Battle of Water Networks District Metering Areas
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The problem presented in this edition of the Battle of the Water Networks is to define district metering areas (DMAs) in a large network. The problem is addressed in two phases. First, the complexity of the network is ... -
Peak Demand Assessment and Hydraulic Analysis in WDN Design
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)This work aims to investigate the extent to which demand assessment at fine temporal scales can be useful in the design of a small water distribution network (WDN). To this end, the peak demand assessed thorough the ... -
Cost Distribution of Environmental Flow Demands in a Large-Scale Multireservoir System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Among the environmental effects caused by dams, the alteration of flow regimes is one of the most critical to river ecosystems given its influence in long river reaches and its continuous pattern. Provided it is technically ... -
Multistep Simulation-Optimization Modeling Approach for Partitioning Water Distribution System into District Meter Areas
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)This paper presents an integrated solution approach for solving the challenge of partitioning a large water-distribution system into district meter areas (DMAs). The solution method is formulated to employ graph algorithms ... -
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(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)This paper developed an interval multiobjective two-stage stochastic programming (IMO-TSP) model. The model integrated interval two-stage stochastic programming (ITSP), interval linear multiobjective programming (IMOP), ... -
Social Network Community Detection and Hybrid Optimization for Dividing Water Supply into District Metered Areas
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Water supply utilities need to properly manage their systems to guarantee a quality supply. One way to manage large systems is through division into district metered areas (DMAs). Graph clustering with an unknown number ... -
Improved Loop-Flow Method for Hydraulic Analysis of Water Distribution Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Different methods have been developed in the past to formulate and solve steady-state hydraulics of a water distribution system (WDS). The most widely used method nowadays is probably the global gradient algorithm (GGA). ... -
Alternative Method for Nonrevenue Water Component Assessment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)This paper presents a practical method for estimating the volume of apparent losses in water supply systems, particularly in a developing country context, so that real losses can be calculated from the volume of nonrevenue ... -
Spectral Clustering and Multicriteria Decision for Design of District Metered Areas
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The design of district metered areas (DMAs) has many factors to be considered to reduce the adverse effect of the closure of valves. A three-step methodology for DMA design is proposed based on spectral clustering algorithm ... -
Clustering for Analysis of Water Distribution Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Simplification methodologies for complex water distribution systems (WDS) are essential for better understanding water distribution system behavior. Such methodologies have substantially improved the management and operation ...