Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management: Recent submissions
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Generalized Mathematical Simulation Formulation for Reservoir Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Components of a water resource system (WRS) can be assessed and evaluated by employing simulation and optimization techniques. In general, simulation models are used to evaluate the behavior and function of systems under ... -
Testing Contamination Source Identification Methods for Water Distribution Networks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)In the event of contamination in a water distribution network (WDN), source identification (SI) methods that analyze sensor data can be used to identify the source location(s). Knowledge of the source location and ... -
Nine Decades of Salinity Observations in the San Francisco Bay and Delta: Modeling and Trend Evaluations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)The position of the low salinity zone in the San Francisco Bay Delta—given its correlation with the abundance of several estuarine species—is used for water management in a system that supplies water to more than 20 million ... -
Socially Robust River Management: Role of Perspective Dependent Acceptability Thresholds
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Different river management strategies have different impacts on the water system. Depending on how the future unfolds (e.g., in terms of climate change) impacts on navigation, flood damage, and nature are shaped. ... -
Potential Impacts of Changes in Climate on Turbidity in New York City’s Ashokan Reservoir
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)This paper applies an approach for determining water resources vulnerability caused by climate change to the New York City water supply system (NYCWSS). The results provide potential responses of the system to changes in ... -
Comparing Optimization Techniques with an Engineering Judgment Approach to WDN Design
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)The design of water distribution networks (WDNs) is a complex nonlinear problem that has been solved using optimization techniques attempting to find near-globally optimal solutions. This paper demonstrates that relying ... -
Decreasing Leakage and Operational Cost for BBLAWN
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)The solution approach proposed in this paper is on the basis of trial-and-error methodology, using heuristic methods with simulation at the battle of background leakage assessment for water networks (BBLAWN). To achieve ... -
Optimizing Multireservoir Operation: Hybrid of Bat Algorithm and Differential Evolution
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)This paper introduces an improved bat algorithm (IBA) with a hybrid mutation strategy to improve its global search ability. In an effort to guide the evolution and reinforce the convergence efficiently, the spatial ... -
Combining Engineering Judgment and an Optimization Model to Increase Hydraulic and Energy Efficiency in Water Distribution Networks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)This paper presents a methodology for optimizing the operations of water distribution networks. The methodology combines the use of best management practices with a pseudogenetic algorithm, and has been applied to solve ... -
Decomposition Approach for Background Leakage Assessment: BBLAWN Instance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)This paper summarizes an approach for the assessment and control of background leakage on water distribution networks. The methodology was developed for the battle of background leakage assessment for water networks (BBLAWN) ... -
Optimal Management of Water Distribution Networks with Simulated Annealing: The C-Town Problem
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Sustainability is a major issue for water companies, who have to provide high quality services at achievable costs. In this context, water loss control and energy efficiency are two great challenges water companies have ... -
Parallel Evolutionary Algorithm for Designing Water Distribution Networks to Minimize Background Leakage
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Leaks in water distribution systems waste energy and water resources, increase damage to infrastructure, and may allow contamination of potable water. This research develops an evolutionary algorithm-based approach to ... -
Identifying High Power–Density Stream Reaches through Refined Geospatial Resolution in Hydropower Resource Assessment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Aided by the rapid development of multiple geospatial data sets for topography, hydrology, and existing energy-water infrastructures, reconnaissance-level hydropower resource assessment can now be conducted using geospatial ... -
Effect of Northern Hemisphere Teleconnections on the Hydropower Production in Southern Sweden
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Approximately 50% of Sweden’s electricity is produced by hydropower. This makes energy production in the country vulnerable to factors affecting water availability. Research has shown a positive correlation between the ... -
Quest for a New Solver for EPANET 2
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)One of the best known hydraulic water distribution modeling toolkits that is most used by both researchers and practitioners is EPANET 2. Initially the authors aimed to speed up such simulations by utilizing modern multicore ... -
Twin-Hierarchy Decomposition for Optimal Design of Water Distribution Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)This paper proposes a methodology to decompose water distribution systems (WDSs) into a twin-hierarchy pipeline structure consisting of backbone mains and community feeders. The method has three steps: (1) clustering ... -
Rehabilitation and Leakage Reduction on C-Town Using Hydraulic Criteria
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)This paper presents a methodology to rehabilitate and manage leakages on the C-Town water distribution system. A hydraulic model with emitters was considered to represent pipe leakages as concentrated flows in the nodes. ... -
Leak Detection and Localization through Demand Components Calibration
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Success in the application of any model-based methodology (e.g., design, control, supervision) highly depends on the availability of a well-calibrated model. The calibration of water distribution networks needs to be ... -
Modeling Water Trading under Uncertainty for Supporting Water Resources Management in an Arid Region
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)In this study, a joint-probabilistic interval multistage programming (JIMP) method is developed for planning water resources management under uncertainty. The JIMP method can tackle uncertainties presented in terms of ... -
Hybrid Evolutionary Optimization/Heuristic Technique for Water System Expansion and Operation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)This paper presents a methodological solution to The Battle of Background Leakage Assessment for Water Networks (BBLAWN) competition. The methodology employs two constrained multiple-objective optimization problems and is ...