Drinking Water Networks: Water Quality Monitoring by Online Scans Author: Amani ABDALLAH 1. General: The capacity to identify and act on water quality changes is a key element for the protection of drinking water networks against intentional and accidental contaminations. Monitoring the process of water treatment and waste treatment plants […]
Development and field validation of a burst localisation methodology. Author: Farley B., Mounce S. R. and Boxall J.B. Full Paper Abstract: Reducing water loss through bursts is a major challenge throughout the developed and developing world. Currently burst lifetimes are often long because awareness and location of them is time- and […]
Automated data driven approaches to evaluating and interpreting water quality time series data from water distribution systems. Author: Mounce, S. R., Gaffney, J. W., Boult, S. and Boxall J. B. Full Paper Abstract: Water distribution networks are not inert transport systems. The high-quality water produced at water treatment works is subject to […]
Unesco & W-Smart Partnership for Innovation W-Smart has been recognized by the General Director of Unesco as official partner for innovation in integrated water management. The work and activities of W-Smart are consistent with the current programmes and priorities of UNESCO in the field of the natural sciences, and cooperation between UNESCO and W-Smart has […]
AquaCity exposition – Lille, June 15&16, 2016 10am-12pm Conference session on “Smart Water Network Challenges, Innovation & Practice” organized by SW4EU, W-Smart and the University of Lille on June 15th 10am-12pm For more information, click here (Available in French)
Yves spent a month with Thames Water’s Innovation team in a rich exchange of knowledge and ideas In April, Yves’ presented his research on the management and durability of wastewater systems within smart cities. The presentation covered the progress of his work in the Lille Demo site and the transformation from passive static to active […]
Dr. Steve Mounce and Dr. Will Furnass (both University of Sheffield) presented on SmartWater4Europe at the WWT Water Industry Smart Water Networks Conference on March 17th 2016. In a definitive period of transformation, smart networks are at the forefront of investment plans for UK water companies. WWT’s first Smart Water Networks Conference took place on […]
Virtual District Meter Area Municipal Water Supply Pipeline Leak Detection and Classification Using Advance Pattern Recognizer Multi-Class Support Vector Machine for Risk-Based Asset Management Author: Thewodros G. Mamo Abstract: Municipal water supply network systems are composed of a wide range of complex buried infrastructure. Many of these essential infrastructures have reached or […]
Dr Paul Rutter, Water Innovation Manager, Thames Water and Dr Joby Boxall, Professor of Water Infrastructure and Engineering, The University of Sheffield represented Smart Water 4 Europe at the WWT Water Industry Technology Innovation Conference last December the 1st, 2015. Smart Water for Europe’s presentation discussed the start of the journey to smart water companies […]
The 2016 Conference of the European Innovation Partnership on Water will be held on 10 February 2016 in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, announced the EIP Water on 27 May 2015. This third EIP Water Conference builds up on the success of its first two Conferences in 2013 and 2014 in Brussels and Barcelonarespectively. In early March […]
