{"id":32925,"date":"2020-08-21T12:55:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T12:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tugraztestweb.asol.at\/gesamtverzeichnis\/unkategorisiert\/multi-criteria-decision-making-techniques-for-water-loss-management-in-water-supply-networks-of-developing-countries\/"},"modified":"2020-08-21T14:56:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T12:56:21","slug":"multi-criteria-decision-making-techniques-for-water-loss-management-in-water-supply-networks-of-developing-countries-ebook","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/tugraztestweb.asol.at\/en\/gesamtverzeichnis\/bauingenieurwissenschaften\/multi-criteria-decision-making-techniques-for-water-loss-management-in-water-supply-networks-of-developing-countries-ebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-criteria decision making techniques for water loss management in water supply networks of developing countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch<\/a>.<\/p>

Water utilities in most of the developing countries follow complex
\noperation techniques for the distribution of available amounts of water,
\n e.g. intermittent water supply. This is driven by different factors
\nsuch as: increasing water demands in parallel with water scarcity
\nconditions and technical and economic deficiencies. This approach is
\ncounterproductive to the objectives of water supply networks and has
\nnumerous associated failures like: inequitable distribution of water,
\nrisks on public health and increasing the rates of assets deterioration
\nor the high rates of bursts as a result of pressure fluctuations. One of
\n the major promising approaches toward mitigation of the previously
\nmentioned deficiencies is the promotion of water loss management
\npractices.<\/p>\n

This study provides methodologies to assist water
\nutilities in the developing countries to manage water losses in water
\nsupply networks by:
1.   Introducing the principles and applications
\n of multi-criteria decision making techniques in water loss management
\npractices to improve the planning policies of water utilities, reach a
\nbetter control over water losses based on consensus and transparent
\ndecisions, increase the efficiency of water utilities and improve water
\nsupply services.
2.   Developing an efficient decision support framework to manage water losses by:
–   developing
\n a multi criteria decision making framework with the purpose of
\nselecting the most appropriate strategies to manage water losses and,
–   developing
\n a framework to identify the zones within water supply networks that
\nhave high priority in terms of water losses with an aim of applying the
\nselected best strategy over zones with high criticality of water losses.
3.   Demonstrating the proof-of-concept of the developed frameworks by applying them to real\u2013world case studies.<\/p>\n

This
\n work will be of interest for policy makers, water utilities and
\nresearchers who have concerns in the field of water loss management, and
\n provides a source of tools and methodologies with potential to address
\nthe different challenges associated with water loss management
\npractices, essentially in the developing countries.
<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Water utilities in most of the developing countries follow complex
\noperation techniques for the distribution of available amounts of water,
\n e.g. intermittent water supply. This is driven by different factors
\nsuch as: increasing water demands in parallel with water scarcity
\nconditions and technical and economic deficiencies. This approach is
\ncounterproductive to the objectives of water supply networks and has
\nnumerous associated failures like: inequitable distribution of water,
\nrisks on public health and increasing the rates of assets deterioration
\nor the high rates of bursts as a result of pressure fluctuations. One of
\n the major promising approaches toward mitigation of the previously
\nmentioned deficiencies is the promotion of water loss management
\npractices.<\/p>\n

This study provides methodologies to assist water
\nutilities in the developing countries to manage water losses in water
\nsupply networks by:
1.   Introducing the principles and applications
\n of multi-criteria decision making techniques in water loss management
\npractices to improve the planning policies of water utilities, reach a
\nbetter control over water losses based on consensus and transparent
\ndecisions, increase the efficiency of water utilities and improve water
\nsupply services.
2.   Developing an efficient decision support framework to manage water losses by:
–   developing
\n a multi criteria decision making framework with the purpose of
\nselecting the most appropriate strategies to manage water losses and,
–   developing
\n a framework to identify the zones within water supply networks that
\nhave high priority in terms of water losses with an aim of applying the
\nselected best strategy over zones with high criticality of water losses.
3.   Demonstrating the proof-of-concept of the developed frameworks by applying them to real\u2013world case studies.<\/p>\n

This
\n work will be of interest for policy makers, water utilities and
\nresearchers who have concerns in the field of water loss management, and
\n provides a source of tools and methodologies with potential to address
\nthe different challenges associated with water loss management
\npractices, essentially in the developing countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n