Sustainable Water Systems

Knowledge Management for More Sustainable Water Systems

The management and sharing of complex data, information and knowledge is a fundamental and growing concern in the Water and other Industries for a variety of reasons. For example, risks and uncertainties associated with climate, and other changes require knowledge to prepare for a range of future scenarios and potential extreme events. Formal ways in which knowledge can be established and manag...

Sustainable Control of Water-Associated Diseases – A Systems Approach

1.1. Purpose The motivation for this “think piece” paper (now in an early, incomplete and draft form) is the need to define the shortto mid-term research agenda for the design, monitoring and assessment of sustainable strategies aimed at reducing the burden of infectious water-associated disease. As will be discussed, the existing health burden is huge, providing clear evidence of deficiencies ...

A Decision Support System for Planning Sustainable Water Distribution Systems

In this paper, an interactive decision support system is proposed to assist experts who prepare water resource management plans for decision makers and stakeholders. Several visualization techniques such as circle views, grid layout, small multiple maps, and simpli∗e-mail: a [email protected] †e-mail: [email protected] ‡e-mail: [email protected] §e-mail: hagen@inform...

Evolving sustainable water networks

The need for efficient pipe networks for urban water supply and drainage is introduced and discussed in the context of global sustainable development. The role of computer based analysis and design tools in the planning and operation of such systems is described, with the way in which these tools can help to minimize use of resources, energy and water losses being explained. In particular, nume...

Sustainable Food And Water Security