Speaker Name(s): BE Conference
Description: Identifying how much water is being lost from water networks and where the losses are occurring is of great importance to water utilities both for operational and planning reasons as well as for reputation. An optimization-based approach is presented for simultaneously quantifying and locating water losses via the process of hydraulic model calibration that is formulated as a nonlinear optimization problem that is solved by using a genetic algorithm. The method is developed as an integrated framework of hydraulic simulation and optimization modeling. This modeling process will lead to increased operational efficiencies and lowered costs at water utilities. Paul Sage - United Utilities North West