Optimized Water Distribution Networks and Sustainable Water Management
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Water Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (24 January 2024) | Viewed by 1060
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hydraulic modelling; energy efficiency; optimization; hydropower generation
Interests: hydraulic modelling; data mining; complex network theory; hydropower generation
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Dear Colleagues,
Water distribution networks (WDNs) are complex infrastructures, subject to dynamic operation conditions according to consumers’ patterns. In addition, water services are directly related to the health as well as economic and social development of urban areas. Thus, WDNs’ planning, operation, and management require detailed analyses in order to achieve reasonable service. In recent years water has also become a more scarce resource due to higher demand, the increased pollution of sources, and climate change; furthermore, intermittent supply conditions are more frequent. These conditions can harm WDNs in several ways, reducing their life cycles, increasing operation and maintenance costs, and contaminating the treated water. Optimizing WDNs’ operation conditions can significantly improve water management directly, by reducing water losses in leakages, and indirectly, by reducing the energy consumption of pump stations, which can also be reflected in the leakage control but also reduce the water used in power plants; however, defining optimal operation in WDNs is not easy, and the development of more robust, fast, and accurate models, algorithms, and monitoring systems is required for guaranteeing reliable operation. In this scenario, we are pleased to invite you to contribute to the development and innovation of hydraulic models, mathematical algorithms, and data acquisition systems applied in WDNs. In this Special Issue, our aim is to provide a broad range of solutions applied to improve WDNs based on experimental, computational, theoretical, or real case studies. Original research articles and reviews on the following research areas (but not limited to them) are welcome:
- Optimal WDNs’ design and management;
- Water demand forecasting;
- Leakage detection and location;
- Skeletonization and metamodels for hydraulic simulations;
- Intermittent water supply;
- Maintenance tools and rehabilitation strategies for WDNs;
- Optimal operation of pumps and valves;
- Energy recovery strategies;
- Low-cost sensors for smart water;
- IoT applied for WDNs.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
The guest editors would like to warmly thank Dr. Helena Ramos, the associate professor at Instituto Superior Técnico (University of Lisbon), who kindly served as the expertise advisor of this Special Issue. Her professionalism and support are much appreciated.
Dr. Gustavo Meirelles Lima
Dr. Bruno Melo Brentan
Dr. Edevar Luvizotto Jr.
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- energy efficiency
- hydraulic modeling
- optimization
- machine learning
- sustainability
- energy recovery
- smart water
- control systems
- internet of things
