This paper investigates how to develop a learning-based demand response approach for electric water heater in a smart home that can minimize the energy cost of the water heater while meeting the comfort requirements of energy consumers. First, a learning-based, data-driven model of an electric water heater is developed by using a nonlinear autoregressive network with external input (NARX) using...

Lately there is a transition in water management: policy makers leave aside traditional methods focused on additional-supply policies and focus on water conservation using demand control methods. Water Agencies use water-pricing policies as an instrument for controlling residential water demand. However, design and evaluation of a water-pricing policy is a complex task, as economic, social and ...

Wise and sustainable uses of water resources are essential for an effective river-basin-management planning. Recent management strategy further addresses the fact that quantity and quality of water are closely interrelated, and both must be considered simultaneously for all water resources and water quality management practices. The aim of this paper is to explore the impacts of water resources...

This paper describes a software tool called Hydro Planner, being developed as part of CSIRO’s Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship Program. The main purpose of Hydro Planner is to enable urban water planners and managers to adopt a systems approach to obtain an improved understanding of how water, wastewater and stormwater systems interact with each other and with natural wate...

River Hindon is an important river catering the demand of highly populated rural and industrial cluster of western Uttar Pradesh, India. Water quality of river Hindon is deteriorating at an alarming rate due to various industrial, municipal and agricultural activities. The present study aimed at identifying the pollution sources and quantifying the degree to which these sources are responsible ...

The Water Resources Authority of Jamaica (WRAJ) under the instruction of the Ministry of Water, Jamaica is the organization responsible for water resource management on the island of Jamaica. The management of these ground-water basins involves transmitting and storing varying portions of the area’s water supply by coordinating aquifer functions with surface facilities, e.g. reservoirs and pipe...

Background: Qual2k is a stream water quality model and was used to evaluate the water quality of the Kine-Vars River and assess the response of the river to nutrient management strategies. Methods: For that purpose, 7 sample stations were selected and surface water samples were collected in the winter and summer of 2012 and were analyzed for temperature, dissolved oxygen, biological oxygen dem...

elevated water tanks as one of the main lifeline elements are the structures of high importance. since they are extremely vulnerable under lateral forces, their serviceability performance during and after strong earthquakes is a matter of concern. as such, in recent years, the seismic behavior of water tanks has been the focus of a significant amount of studies. in the present work, three reinf...