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Segment-Based Reliability Assessment For Water Distribution Networks, Erika Hernandez Hernandez
Segment-Based Reliability Assessment For Water Distribution Networks, Erika Hernandez Hernandez
Theses and Dissertations--Civil Engineering
In recent years, water utilities have placed a greater emphasis on the reliability and resilience of their water distribution networks. This focus has increased due to the continuing aging of such infrastructure and the potential threat of natural or man-made disruptions. As a result, water utilities continue to look for ways to evaluate the resiliency of their systems with a goal of identifying critical elements that need to be reinforced or replaced. The simulation of pipe breaks in water reliability studies is traditionally modeled as the loss of a single pipe element. This assumes that each pipe has an isolation …
Water Quality Sensor Placement Guidance For Small Water Distribution Systems, Stacey L. Schal
Water Quality Sensor Placement Guidance For Small Water Distribution Systems, Stacey L. Schal
Theses and Dissertations--Civil Engineering
Water distribution systems are vulnerable to intentional, along with accidental, contamination of the water supply. Contamination warning systems (CWS) are strategies to lessen the effects of contamination by delivering early indication of an event. Online quality monitoring, a network of sensors that can assess water quality and alert an operator of contamination, is a critical component of CWS, but utilities are faced with the decision of what locations are optimal for deployment of sensors. A sensor placement algorithm was developed and implemented in a commercial network distribution model (i.e. KYPIPE) to aid small utilities in sensor placement. The developed sensor …