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Water Distribution System Design, Optimization, Operation & Maintenance

Wednesday, May 24, 2023
9:45 AM – 11:45 AM PDT
Room: La Cascada II

Presentations:

  • 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
    Localization of water distribution system valves to prevent unexpected water quality failures during isolation

    Author: Geumchae Shin – Hannam University

    Co-Author: Seungyub Lee – Hannam University

  • 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM PDT
    Investigating background aluminum and aluminum-based coagulants at a treatment plant and its role in downstream metal accumulation in a distribution system

    Author: Nishana P. Ramsawak, PhD(c) – Queens University

    Co-Author (not attending): Yves Filion, PhD, PEng – Queen's University

    Co-Author (not attending): Sarah Jane Payne, PhD, PEng – Queen's University

    Co-Author (not attending): Norma Ruecker – City of Calgary

  • 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM PDT
    MILPNet: A Mixed Integer Linear Programming Framework to Model Water Distribution Systems Problems

    Author: Meghna Thomas (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas at Austin

    Co-Author: Lina Sela, PhD – The University of Texas at Austin

  • 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM PDT
    Assessment of sources affecting and prediction of event mean concentrations (EMCs) of nutrients and sediment in urban runoff using supervised machine learning approaches

    Author: Mina Shahed Behrouz, Ph.D. – Stantec Consulting Services

    Co-Author: David Sample, Ph.D., P.E., D. WRE – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  • 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM PDT
    Spatial optimization and interpretation of citywide sustainable promotion of building-based decentralized water technologies

    Author: Yue Li (she/her/hers) – Division of Environment and Sustainability, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong

    Co-Author: Weiwei Mo – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New Hampshire, NH, 03824, USA

    Co-Author: Sybil Derrible, M.ASCE – Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, 60607, USA

    Co-Author: Zhongming Lu – Division of Environment and Sustainability, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong

  • 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM PDT
    Effect of Skeletonization on Energy Consumption of Water Distribution System

    Author: Fayzul Pasha – California State University, Fresno

    Co-Author: Luis A. Perez, M.S. Civil Engineering – W.M. Lyles Co./Fresno State

    Co-Author: Matthew R. Weathers – Carnegie Mellon University

  • 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    Optimal Reorganization and Extension of an Existing Water Distribution Network using the Thevenin Equivalent Network

    Author: Balireddy Raman, ME (he/him/his) – IIT Madras

    Co-Author: Soumendra Nath Kuiry, Ph.D. – IIT Madras

    Co-Author: S. Murty Bhallamudi, Ph.D. – IIT Madras

    Co-Author: Anjan Chakravoty, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – IIT Madras