water infrastructure management Articles
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Analysing the dynamics of transitions in residential water consumption in the Netherlands
Water infrastructure is inherently a socio-technical system. Rapidly changing urban trends and long-term uncertainties make water infrastructure management complex. This paper analyses the dynamics of residential water consumption in the Netherlands since 1900. During this period, different drivers for change had an influence on residential water use. Results show that different (f)actors and ...
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Water Distribution in Chancay Huaral Canals is Automated with Bacsoft’s IoT Platform
Following the successful pilot program, the solution will be implemented in other basins throughout the country to modernize water infrastructure management The National Water Authority, a department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, has successfully completed a pilot program designed to modernize management of the hydraulic infrastructure in the Chancay Huaral basin. The project ...
By Bacsoft
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Optimal planning of water and wastewater management infrastructure for insular areas: the role of water reuse
The present article estimates the financial benefits of water reuse by calculating the annualised total cost of water and wastewater management, using mixed integer linear programming. The programme is using as input: geographical data, population distribution, and groundwater availability (for a given area), to calculate the qualitative localised water needs, and to estimate the sizes and ...
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The Low-Powered Ultrasonic dBi6 Transducer is the Ideal Solution for Silistra Municipality in Bulgaria
One of our valued partners in Bulgaria, Sigma Ltd were recently contacted about a project in the Silistra Province to provide instrumentation for infrastructure monitoring and a new rollout of an early warning program for floods and droughts. It was specified that the solution must provide operations functionality for locations without power supply from the grid, measured and forecasted water ...
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Water infrastructure in Libya and the water situation in agriculture in the Jefara region of Libya
Information about the current state of water institutional frameworks, water infrastructure and water management policies in Libya enable the identification and evaluation of a range of options for improving water use efficiency in agriculture and the potential role of water pricing in achieving sustainability of water sources. This paper begins with an overview of the agricultural sector. In ...
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Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Infrastructure Management
Explains how to optimize the operation of water supply systems and the related advances in SCADA – Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition – systems Examines the advances in design and construction methods such as BIM – Building Information Modeling Explains municipal budgeting, chain of planning, programming, and other related subjects Includes new information ...
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Sharing knowledge on complex projects
In February 2016, a large water delegation from the Netherlands visited the German region of Sachsen-Anhalt as part of the State visit of His Royal Highness King Willem-Alexander and her Royal Highness Queen Máxima. At the request of the Government of the Netherlands, NWP coordinated the Dutch water sector delegation. The visit was so successful that in 2017, a delegation from the ...
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Comprehensive Infrastructure Renewal Program Addresses Aging Water and Sewer Infrastructure in Miami-Dade County
As industry studies continue to highlight the issues surrounding aging water and sewer infrastructure, policy-makers at the local, state and national level of government are beginning to recognize the problem and make infrastructure renewal programs a priority. One approach that combats the issues surrounding aging water infrastructure is asset management. This approach to infrastructure renewal ...
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Urban planning and water management in Ancient Aetolian Makyneia, Western Greece
The findings of a large-scale archaeological investigation, conducted from 2009 to 2013 at a site in the vicinity of Antirrion, Western Greece, identified with ancient Makyneia, provides interesting information on the architectural features and urban planning of an ancient settlement in this area of mainland Western Greece. Through an interdisciplinary study of its morphological and ...
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Trade mission Poland: Showcasing your company
In early October 2018, a large delegation joined a trade mission on water to Poland. The mission was initiated by Minister Van Nieuwenhuizen of Infrastructure and Water Management who asked NWP to compile the programme and recruit participants. One of the participants was the Van den Herik construction company which is an NWP member. Its Managing Director, Jan Huijbers, explains why his company ...
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A comparison between the Gumbel–Hougaard and distorted Frank copulas for drought frequency analysis
Drought is a global phenomenon and is a common characteristic of extreme climate. It is widely considered as the world's costliest natural disaster since their effects are especially devastating to the agricultural and social economy. Effective water resource infrastructure and management is required for the mitigation of drought, and this requires drought risk assessment. Essential ...
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Project WWTW Paper Mill - Case Study
Industriewater Eerbeek (IWE) in the Netherlands, is responsible for the purification of the effluent from three different paper mills (approx. 4 million m3 of waste water per year). In summer 2018 IWE experienced a world first with a new decalcification process for reducing the calcium content of the effluent water. Now effluent can be reused as process water in the papier mills again. For ...
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Highlights of key international water infrastructure asset management initiatives, and trends, challenges and developments in Portugal
Over the last two decades, remarkable progress in the Portuguese drinking water and wastewater services sector has been achieved. Nevertheless, it faces a serious challenge in trying to ensure long-term sustainability. There is equally scope for considerable efficiency and effectiveness gains. The national strategic plan for the period 2014–2020 has assigned a prominent role to infrastructure ...
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Eerbeek (NL) - Case Study
Industriewater Eerbeek (IWE) in the Netherlands, is responsible for the purification of the effluent from three different paper mills (approx. 4 million m3 of waste water per year). In summer 2018 IWE experienced a world first with a new decalcification process for reducing the calcium content of the effluent water. Now effluent can be reused as process water in the papier mills again. For both ...
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Necessary driving forces for infrastructure sustainability
The forces and complex interactions that hinder and promote the application of sustainable infrastructures are discussed along with changes that are needed in our economic-mindset for evaluating project costs. Some existing sustainable projects result from favourable economics. However, many fall in the trash basket as a result of so-called unfavourable economics. One of the key driving forces ...
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Leak team gets total success from FIDO-led work orders - Case Study
Thames Water trials FIDO analysis as part of leakage drive and achieves over 92% accuracy. The Challenge With 10 million water customers across London and the Thames Valley, Thames Water has a massive water supply infrastructure to manage. A target of reducing reportable leakage by 20% between 2020 and 2025, meant leakage detection and repair is a major focus for the company. Thames ...
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Wastewater infrastructure through the ages
Water and waste water management infrastructure has evolved hand-in-hand with human civilization for thousands of years. What is astonishing is how incredibly important this technology still is in present day, and most people aren't even aware of it's presence or function! You would think that, by now, cities would have this thing pretty much covered, but the billions of dollars spent every year ...
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The importance of security in water infrastructures and the water sector
A thwarted attack against a water treatment plant in Florida in 2021, a failed attempt against pumping facilities in Israel in 2020, or a massive attack against the water supply of the Swiss city of Ebikon in 2018 through thousands of malware requests increased concerns within the water sector. While water infrastructures are not attacked as much as other utilities, they are vulnerable due to ...
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Seven ambitious missions to transform the future of water security
Currently, 1.42 billion people live in high or extremely high water-vulnerable areas. Water security is deeply intertwined with climate change, and without immediate and bold action, water availability will worsen. With a growing population, global water demand is projected to increase by 20–30% per year by 2050, which could leave even more people water insecure. Populations at the highest ...
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Need Clean Water? Invest in Nature
Securing clean water is becoming increasingly difficult in the United States. Infrastructure like dams and treatment plants are aging, water demand is increasing, and more frequent extreme weather events like wildfires and flooding are driving up the cost of water management. It’s a complex problem, but one of the potential solutions is decidedly low-tech: Invest in nature. WRI’s ...
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