scholarly journals Reviewing the Long-Term Sustainability of Urban Water System Rehabilitation Strategies with an Alternative Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stian Bruaset ◽  
Håkon Rygg ◽  
Sveinung Sægrov
Keyword(s):  
Water System ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Urban Water System ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Rehabilitation Strategies

KALLISTO: cost effective and integrated optimization of the urban wastewater system Eindhoven

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. R. Weijers ◽  
J. de Jonge ◽  
O. van Zanten ◽  
L. Benedetti ◽  
J. Langeveld ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Water System ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Urban Wastewater ◽  
Urban Water System ◽  
Treatment Techniques ◽  
Project Strategy

The Kallisto project aims at finding cost effective sets of measures to meet the WFD derived goals for the river De Dommel. The project reasons from the both acute and long term impacts of the urban wastewater system on the quality and ecology of the river that are studied with an integral monitoring campaign in the wastewater system (WWTP and sewers) and river. By applying impact based RTC, the project aims at minimizing additional investments in infrastructure while meeting the requirements. Moreover, uncertainty is explicitly considered in the optimization and decision making process. The paper describes the overall project strategy, some preliminary results of modelling and monitoring of the components of the urban water system and the demonstration research for treatment techniques and the planned integration into optimization and decision making.

scholarly journals Managing Apparent Loss and Real Loss from the Nexus Perspective Using System Dynamics

Water ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 231
Author(s):  
Seo Hyung Choi ◽  
Bongwoo Shin ◽  
Eunher Shin
Keyword(s):  
System Dynamics ◽  
Water Loss ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Water System ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Water Utilities ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Water Losses ◽  
Urban Water System ◽  
Apparent Loss

When water utilities establish water loss control programs, they traditionally focus on apparent loss rather than real loss when considering economic feasibility in the water sector. There is an urgent need for new management approaches that can address complex relationships and ensure the sustainability of natural resources among different sectors. This study suggests a novel approach for water utilities to manage water losses from the water-energy (WE) Nexus perspective. The Nexus model uses system dynamics to simulate twelve scenarios with the differing status of water loss and energy intensities. This analysis identifies real loss as one of the main causes of resource waste and an essential factor from the Nexus perspective. It also demonstrates that the energy intensity of each process in the urban water system has a significant impact on resource use and transfer. The consumption and movement of resources can be quantified in each process involved in the urban water system to distinguish central and vulnerable processes. This study suggests that the Nexus approach can strongly contribute to quantifying the use and movement of resources between water and energy sectors and the strategic formulation of sustainable and systematic water loss management strategies from the Nexus perspective.

scholarly journals Stress-Testing Framework for Urban Water Systems: A Source to Tap Approach for Stochastic Resilience Assessment

Water ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 154
Author(s):  
Dionysios Nikolopoulos ◽  
Panagiotis Kossieris ◽  
Ioannis Tsoukalas ◽  
Christos Makropoulos
Keyword(s):  
Water Distribution ◽  
Stress Testing ◽  
Water Cycle ◽  
Water System ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Distribution Model ◽  
Generation Model ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Testing Framework ◽  
Urban Water System

Optimizing the design and operation of an Urban Water System (UWS) faces significant challenges over its lifespan to account for the uncertainties of important stressors that arise from population growth rates, climate change factors, or shifting demand patterns. The analysis of a UWS’s performance across interdependent subsystems benefits from a multi-model approach where different designs are tested against a variety of metrics and in different times scales for each subsystem. In this work, we present a stress-testing framework for UWSs that assesses the system’s resilience, i.e., the degree to which a UWS continues to perform under progressively increasing disturbance (deviation from normal operating conditions). The framework is underpinned by a modeling chain that covers the entire water cycle, in a source-to-tap manner, coupling a water resources management model, a hydraulic water distribution model, and a water demand generation model. An additional stochastic simulation module enables the representation and modeling of uncertainty throughout the water cycle. We demonstrate the framework by “stress-testing” a synthetic UWS case study with an ensemble of scenarios whose parameters are stochastically changing within the UWS simulation timeframe and quantify the uncertainty in the estimation of the system’s resilience.

PLANNING URBAN WATER SYSTEM RESPONSES TO MEGADROUGHT

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Danielle Verdon-Kidd ◽  
Russell Beatty ◽  
Kathryn Allen
Keyword(s):  
Water System ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Urban Water System

Coordination Degree Assessment Model for Regional Industrial Water Utilization Structure

2014 ◽  
Vol 955-959 ◽  
pp. 3343-3346
Author(s):  
Jing Chen ◽  
Da Wei Yan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Benefit ◽  
Environmental Effect ◽  
Water System ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Industrial Water ◽  
Water Utilization ◽  
Urban Water System ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Coordination Degree

More reasonable management for water resources use may be critical to survive water crisis and realize sustainable development of urban-water system. This work attempts to set up a assessment model for regional industrial water utilization structure based on synergetics theory and grey method. In this model, both economic benefit and environmental effect are considered.

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