Management and Optimization of Urban Water Networks
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Water Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2024 | Viewed by 3612
Special Issue Editor
Interests: hydrologic and water quality modeling; watershed hydrology; machine learning model; environmental modeling with GIS; stormwater management; urban non-point source pollution control
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable water systems, which have benefits in terms of both cost and the environment, are now facilitating the management and optimization of urban water networks, which enables water systems to evolve into adaptive and resilient systems by maximizing the performance of existing water infrastructures. This goal depends on the support of intelligent control theories, as well as state-of-the art control approaches or technologies, to achieve low-cost management. Currently, the knowledge gaps and challenges may include (1) large-scale non-linear and multi-objective optimization models (machine learning models or deterministic models); (2) the system-wide management and optimization of urban water networks (such as integrated framework of drainage network–wastewater treatment plant–urban river, water supply network–drinking water plant); (3) the incorporation of on-line sensors with mathematical models to perform the real-time management of urban water networks; and (4) real practice to demonstrate the management and optimization of urban water networks. The aim of this Special Issue is to collect and share the innovative ideas and results on such topics. We are pleased to invite authors to publish original research articles, review articles, and short communications on relevant topics.
Prof. Dr. Hailong Yin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- urban drainage network
- urban water supply network
- drinking water plant
- wastewater treatment plant
- urban river network
- machine-learning-based optimization
- deterministic-model-based optimization
- cost-effective management and optimization
- multi-objective coordinated optimization
- smart water system control and management
