In the present study, the effect of pipe materials on water quality as well as the microbial community was researched with static devices as well as dynamic ones. Five kinds of pipe materials (SP: steel plastic composite pipe, SS: stainless steel pip...
Loose deposits on water supply pipe walls easily fall off and may affect the safety of the drinking water supply, and the control of them has been a hot research issue in recent years. In this research, we used two simulated pipeline test reactors to...
19 November 2019
Chlorine dioxide (ClO2) has been widely used as a disinfectant in drinking water in the past but its effects on water pipes have not been investigated deeply, mainly due to the difficult experimental set-up required to simulate real-life water pipe c...
In recent years, sudden water pollution accidents have frequently occurred and seriously endangered people’s drinking water safety. Early warnings for water pollution accidents has become the core work for emergency response and sparked substan...
Coastal communities face unique challenges in maintaining continuous service from critical infrastructure. This research advances capabilities for evaluating the impact of using wave energy to desalinate water on the resilience of coastal communities...
The inner walls of the drinking water distribution system (DWDS) are expected to be clean to ensure a safe quality of drinking water. Complex physical, chemical, and biological processes take place when water comes into contact with the pipe surface....
When drinking water flows into the water distribution network from a reservoir, it is exposed to the risk of accidental or deliberate contamination. Serious drinking water pollution events can endanger public health, bring about economic losses, and...
The present study explored the incorporation of health-related organisms within drinking water biofilms and bulk water quality using benchtop-scale distribution systems. The annular reactors simulated the dead-end pipes of distribution systems with l...
Climate change is leading to a general shortage of raw water availability combined with more pronounced seasonality and dry phases. The goal of the collaborative research project TwinOptPRO is to contribute to EU-wide climate neutrality in 2050 by th...
24 November 2018
High cyanobacteria-derived dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in source water can cause drinking water quality to deteriorate, producing bad taste, odor, toxins, and possibly elevated levels of disinfection byproduct (DBP) precursors. Conventional water...
The drinking water supply of the city of Nikšić, the second largest city in the Republic of Montenegro, is secured from a nearby karstic groundwater resources. Water is transported from two different directions (two sources) into the distribut...
Developing data-driven models for bursts detection is currently a demanding challenge for efficient and sustainable management of water supply systems. The main limit in the progress of these models lies in the large amount of accurate data required....
Duplex α + β’ brasses are widely used in drinking water distribution systems for tube fittings, valves, and ancillaries because they are low cost, easy to fabricate, and exhibit high mechanical strength. However, depending on applica...
This pilot study focuses on the design, implementation, optimization and verification of a novel solution of smart measuring of water consumption and crisis detection leading to a smart water management platform. The system implemented consists of a...
Mineral scaling and corrosion pose significant challenges in groundwater distribution, increasing hydraulic resistance, reducing flow rates, and raising operational costs. Magnetic water treatment (MWT) has gained attention as a non-chemical method t...
A new method for identifying a leaking pipe within a pressurized water distribution system is presented. This novel approach utilizes transient modeling to analyze water networks. Urban water supply networks are important infrastructure that ensures...
An integrated photocatalytic membrane system (IPMS) was developed for potential use in the remediation of naproxen using real water samples from a drinking water treatment plant. Key parameters such as time, pH, water matrix, mixing speeds, flow rate...
Drinking water quality monitoring in real time is of utmost importance to ensure public health. Although water utilities, following the related legislative framework, monitor drinking water quality through samplings, the likelihood of detecting conta...
Calibration of a water distribution system (WDS) hydraulic model requires adjusting several parameters including hourly or sub-hourly demand multipliers, pipe roughness and settings of various hydraulic components. The water usage patterns or demand...
Long-term outage of drinking water supply after earthquakes has large adverse impacts on the lives of residents and cities’ water supply systems. Priority assessment is required to determine the effective order of preparing the measures against these...
Water management systems play a crucial role in efficiently allocating water resources while taking into account various demands such as agriculture, industry, domestic use, and environmental needs. These systems optimize the distribution of water, e...
Flint, MI experienced two outbreaks of Legionnaires’ Disease (LD) during the summers of 2014 and 2015, coinciding with use of Flint River as a drinking water source without corrosion control. Using simulated distribution systems (SDSs) followed...
The prediction of river discharge using hydrological models (HMs) is of utmost importance, especially in basins that provide drinking water or serve as recreation areas, to mitigate damage to civil structures and to prevent the loss of human lives. T...
This study extends previous machine learning work on ion constituent simulation in California’s Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta (Delta) to include three critical water intake locations. The developed Artificial Neural Network models demonstr...
Climate change has emerged as a global challenge, with consequences for the environment and societies. To mitigate its impacts, reclaimed water (RW) offers potential by reducing water withdrawal and minimizing pollution discharges in the environment....
This research proposes a genetic algorithm that provides a solution to the problem of deficient distribution of drinking water via the current hydraulic network in the neighborhood “Fraccionamiento Real Montecasino” (FRM), in Huitzilac, M...
Water distribution systems (WDSs) are designed to deliver potable water across urban areas. Unpredicted changes in water demands and hydraulics can increase the residence time in pipes, leading to the growth of microbes and decreased water quality at...
Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) can provide clean and safe drinking water in remote areas. The present study provides a comprehensive review of adsorption-based AWH by using the scientometric approach. The publication types are mainly composed of...
Some α + β’ brass components of drinking water distribution systems in Morocco underwent early failures and were investigated to assess the nature and extent of the corrosion attacks. They exhibited different corrosion forms, often a...
Improving the risk models to include the possible infection risk linked to pathogen intrusion into distribution systems during pressure-deficient conditions (PDCs) is essential. The objective of the present study was to assess the public health impac...
High nitrate concentration in drinking water has the potential to cause a series of harmful effects on human health. This study aims to evaluate the health risk of nitrate in groundwater resources of Hormozgan province in four age groups, including i...
This paper aims to assess and analyze the health impact of consuming contaminated drinking water in a water distributed system (WDS). The analysis was based on qualitative simulation performed in two different models named hydraulic and water quality...
In the International Space Station (ISS), Russian and European cosmonauts drink water disinfected by dissolved silver. For this to be effective, the concentration of silver should remain above a certain threshold from the moment of its initial dispos...
Disinfection is one of the most important water treatment processes as it inactivates pathogens providing safe drinking water to the consumers. A fresh-water distribution network is a complex system where constant monitoring of several parameters and...
This research explores the strategic optimization of secondary chlorination in water distribution systems (WDSs), in order to enhance the efficiency of disinfection while mitigating odor and operational costs and promoting sustainability in water qua...
Microorganism rebreeding and biofilm shedding enter the water body in the process of a drinking water distribution system (DWDS), which poses a threat to public health. Particles in water can gather pollutants as well as providing favorable growth co...
The assurance of drinking water supply is one of the biggest emerging global challenges, especially in urban areas. In this respect, groundwater and its management in the urban environment are gaining importance. This paper presents the modeling of n...
The conventional drinking water treatment process involves disinfecting water at the final stage of treatment to ensure water is microbiologically safe at customer taps. Monochloramine is a popular disinfectant used in many water distribution systems...
Being one of the most important sources of water in the Jilin Province in China, the Yinma River Basin (YRB) is facing problems of water scarcity in low economic areas and low utilization in richer areas mainly caused by the irrational allocation of...
Binge drinking is the most frequent consumption pattern among young adults and remarkably changes the central nervous system; thus, research on strategies to protect it is relevant. This study aimed to investigate the detrimental effects of binge-lik...