Conference Goals and Themes
The main goals of the 1st International WDSA / CCWI Joint Conference are to:
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Provide practitioners and researchers with opportunities to discuss and disseminate ideas on modelling and control of urban water systems
- Examine the current state-of-the-art in modelling and control of urban water systems that is applicable to the water industry
- Provide a forum for practitioners and researchers to establish and pursue collaborations on worthwhile projects that are of value to the water industry
The conference will cover the following general themes:
- SMART water systems
- Water engineering solutions for smart, livable and sustainable cities
- Integral approaches and sustainable urban water cycle problems
- Asset management and performance modelling
- Demand forecasting, leakage and energy management
- Real time monitoring, modelling, prediction control, SCADA, GIS and data management issues
- Climate change and urban water management, water supply and water scarcity
- Storm water control in urban and industrialized areas including blue-green solutions
- Water and wastewater treatment modelling, optimization and control
- Wastewater and storm water quality modelling, including sediment and pollutant transport
- Advances in sensors, instrumentation and communications technologies
- Big data techniques and analysis
- Security, reliability and resilience
- Practical applications including laboratory, modelling, case studies, demonstration projects
- Water and wastewater issues and advances in the Arctic and cold climate regions
- Field work: case studies and practical applications
- Educational and research transfer tools
- Water distribution network modelling
- Water distribution networks as complex systems
- Water distribution network optimization: planning, design, rehabilitation and expansion
- Leakage and energy management in water distribution networks
- Smart water distribution networks (metering, assessment, forecasting and operations)
- Transient analysis in water distribution networks
- Water security in water distribution networks
- Drinking water quality and treatment issues (biofilm, discoloration and contaminant intrusion)
- Water distribution network operation and maintenance
- Benchmarking in water distribution networks
- The future of EPANET2 and SWMM5.0
- Future of water distribution system research
- Emerging technologies in water distribution systems practice