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Vulnerability of drinking water supply and respondent’s perception on the quality of water supply in Dhaka City, Bangladesh
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, has been consistently ranked as one of the most populated and polluted cities in the world. The city has been...
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Innovative water management using abandoned quarries for urban water supply and flood mitigation
Floods and droughts are becoming common and concurrently occurring in different parts of the world due to changing global climate. Innovative and...
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Sustainable Water Supply Infrastructure for Amritsar, India
A safe, dependable, and reachable water supply is crucial for good health. Still, more than a billion people do not have access to a good quality...
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Drinking water quality & health risk assessment of secondary water supply systems in residential neighborhoods
Secondary water supply systems (SWSSs) are important components of the water supply infrastructure that ensure residents’ drinking water safety....
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The challenge of closing the climate adaptation gap for water supply utilities
Many drinking water utilities face immense challenges in supplying sustainable, drought-resilient services to households. Here we propose a...
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Two-year Monitoring of Microbiological Water Quality in Small Water Supply Systems: Implications for Microbial Risk Management
Small water supply systems (SWSSs) are often more vulnerable to waterborne disease outbreaks. In Japan, many SWSSs operate without regulation under...
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Analysis of Water Footprint and Sustainability of the Cotton Supply Chain in Pakistan
Cotton is a major cash crop that is vital to the economic prosperity of agrarian economies. Finished cotton fabric consumes a large amount of water....
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The Influence of Biofilm on Bulk Water Quality Pollution in Water Supply Networks
The process of transporting drinking water from the water treatment plant to users by water supply networks often leads to a problem of water quality...
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Water and production reflections on the water supply to urban workshops in roman times
Research into water management in Roman towns has traditionally focused on its supply by means of aqueducts and its use in the thermal baths and domus ...
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Evaluation of dynamic eco-efficiency of water companies: the influence of non-revenue water and water supply interruptions
Benchmarking the dynamic performance of water companies is a powerful tool to develop sound policies. However, it requires the use of reliable and...
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Proposal of a regulatory index of quality of water supply services—RIQS
Among the challenges faced by regulatory authorities in the water sector, the large number of municipal supply services to be inspected and the cost...
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Lead was an acceptable material for Roman water supply systems
This study analyzed the impact of lead pipes on livelihood security in Roman cities. A pressure test was conducted on a lead pipe excavated in the...
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An extended period modeling of water supply systems using hydraulic simulators
Operators and managers of water supply systems (WSS) are now more concerned with the periodic pattern of water usage throughout the day (24 h) due to...
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A participatory approach for characterizing the resilience of rural water supply systems in semi-arid areas
Rural communities often face problems of securing sustainable supply of water for drinking, domestic and agricultural uses, due to fluctuations in...
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Sustainable agritourism supply chain considering water consumption: a bi-objective mathematical model
Nowadays, the tourism industry critically plays an important role in the economy of many countries. In this regard, one of the significant parts of...
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Quantifying irrigation water demand and supply gap using remote sensing and GIS in Multan, Pakistan
Human interventions and rapid changes in land use adversely affect the adequate distribution of water resources. A research study was conducted to...
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Distribution, risk assessment of heavy metals in sediments, and their potential risk on water supply safety of a drinking water reservoir, middle China
Heavy metals in reservoir sediments were analyzed to assess the pollution level and to understand the potential risk on water supply safety. Heavy...
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Comprehensive evaluation of urban water supply security based on the VIKOR-TOPSIS method
To determine the security status of urban water supplies, a comprehensive evaluation model of urban water supply security based on the VIKOR and...
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Development of the marine predators algorithm for optimizing the performance of water supply reservoirs
Optimal reservoir operation involves complex decision making. The marine predators algorithm (MPA) is herein applied and evaluated with several...
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Cost and water footprint trade-off in a supply chain optimization model
AbstractWater footprint (WF) is an appropriate tool to help any water-intensive industrial system to adapt to climate change. WF is a metric where...
