4th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences

Welcome from the Chairs

Conference Title: Urban Hydraulic Cycle in a Climate Changing Environment

We are pleased to welcome you to the 4th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS-4), which will be held online, promoted by the open-access journal Water https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water.

In the last few years, three International Electronic Conferences on Water Sciences (ECWS-1, ECWS-2, and ECW-3) have addressed important water-related aspects. A fourth conference, aimed at deepening the discussion on issues of the urban hydraulic cycle (UHC), is needed, with the attention focused on water resources availability and exploitation and related management and works, drinking water processes, supply and water distribution systems, storm and sanitary sewers, and wastewater treatments.

Climate change can alter the balance between the different components of the hydrological cycle. The induced variability may affect water resources availability, people’s lifestyle, and the behavior of water systems as a whole. It is necessary to introduce new models, processes, and methodologies for better (a) understanding how to exploit the available water resources and maintaining a sustainable regime of water use; (b) improving drinking water quality and sanitation, particularly in developing countries; (c) managing the water supply and distribution systems to reduce energy consumption and leakages, ensuring good quality; (d) designing, monitoring, and operating sanitary, storm, and combined sewers avoiding pollutant dispersion in the environment and urban floods; and (e) developing new wastewater treatments and processes to improve the water quality returned to the environment.

The ECWS-4 invites researchers from the academia as well as from the industry to contribute with novel ideas and experiences to deal with processes within the context of UHC, making references to the following topics framed in a climate changing environment with a special focus on sustainability:

Managing Water Resources from Aquifers, Rivers and Lakes
Drinking Water Treatments and Processes with Special Focus on Developing Countries
Water Supply and Distribution Systems
Sanitary, Storm and Combined Sewers and Related Control Works
Wastewater Treatment Modeling, Optimization and Control

Conference Secretariat

Vanessa Sun

Email: [email protected]

Call for Submissions

The 4th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS-4) will be held from 13 to 29 November 2019 online . This event enables the researchers of research field to present their research and exchange ideas with their colleagues without the need to travel. All proceedings will be published on the conference homepage in open access format.

Through this event, we aim to cover the following topics:

Managing Water Resources from Aquifers, Rivers and Lakes
Drinking Water Treatments and Processes with Special Focus on Developing Countries
Water Supply and Distribution Systems
Sanitary, Storm and Combined Sewers and Related Control Works
Wastewater Treatment Modeling, Optimization and Control

The conference will be completely free of charge—both to attend and for scholars to upload and present their latest work on the conference platform. Selected papers presented in ECWS-4 will be published in a Special Issue of journal Water undergone a full peer-review (ISSN 2073-4441; Impact Factor: 2.524 (2018) with a 20% discount on the APCs); ECWS-4 offers you the opportunity to participate in this international, scholarly conference without having the concern or expenditure of travel — all you need is your computer and access to the Internet. We would like to invite you to “attend” this conference and present your latest work.

Abstracts (in English) should be submitted by 30 September 2019 online at https://www.sciforum.net/login. For accepted abstracts, the full paper can be submitted by 31 October 2019. The conference itself will be held 13-29 November 2019.

We hope you will be able to join this exciting event and support us in making it a success. ECWS-4 is organized and sponsored by MDPI, a scholarly open access publisher based in Basel, Switzerland.

Paper Submission Guidelines

For information about the submission procedure and preparation of a full presentation, please refer to the "Instructions for Authors".

Conference Chairs

Prof. Dr. Marco Franchini

Hydraulic Infrastructures, Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, 44100, Ferrara, Italy

Prof. Dr. Bruno Brunone

Water Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, I-06125 Perugia, Italy

Conference Committee

Prof. Dr. Felipe de Barros

Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, 3620 South Vermont Ave., 90089 Los Angeles, CA, USA

Prof. Dr. Paola Verlicchi

Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Prof. Dr. Yves Filion

Department of Civil Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Prof. Dr. Dominic Boccelli

Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Prof. Dr. Corrado Gisonni

Hydraulic Engineering, Department of Engineering, Università della Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, 9 Aversa Caserta 81031, Roma, Italy

Prof. Dr. Rita F. Carvalho

Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra, R. Luís Reis Santos, Pólo II, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal

Prof. Dr. Panagiotis G. Kougias

Waste Management & Bioprocessing , Hellenic Agricultural Organisation- DEMETER, Soil and Water Resources Institute, PO Box 60458, 57001, Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece

Sessions

A. Managing Water Resources from Aquifers, Rivers and Lakes
B. Drinking Water Treatments and Processes with Special Focus on Developing Countries
C. Water Supply and Distribution Systems
D. Sanitary, Storm and Combined Sewers and Related Control Works
E. Wastewater Treatment Modeling, Optimization and Control

Instructions for Authors

Instructions for Authors

Submission

Submissions should be done by the authors online by registering with www.sciforum.net, and using the "Submit New Abstract" function once logged into system.

Scholars interested in participating with the conference can submit their abstract (about 200-300 words covering the areas of manuscripts for the proceedings issue) online on this website until 30 September 2019.
The Conference Committee will pre-evaluate, based on the submitted abstract, whether a contribution from the authors of the abstract will be welcome for the 4nd International Electronic Conference on Water Science. All authors will be notified by 10 October 2019 about the acceptance of their abstract.
If the abstract is accepted for this conference, the author is asked to submit his/her manuscript, optionally along with a PowerPoint and/or video presentation of his/her paper (only PDF), until the submission deadline of 31 October 2019.
The manuscripts and presentations will be available on https://sciforum.net/conference/ECWS-4 for discussion and rating during the time of the conference 13-29 November 2019.
Accepted papers will be published in the journal Proceedings. After the conference, the Conference Committee will select papers that may be included for publication in the Special Issue "Urban Water Management: A Pragmatic Approach" by the Open Access Journals Water with a 20% discount off the Article Processing Charge (APC).

Proceedings Paper

Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must have the following organization:

Title
Full author names
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses
Abstract
Keywords
Introduction
Methods
Results and Discussion
Conclusions
(Acknowledgements)
References

Manuscripts should be prepared in MS Word or any other word processor and should be converted to the PDF format before submission. The publication format will be PDF. The manuscript should count at least 3 pages (incl. figures, tables and references). There is no page limit on the length, although authors are asked to keep their papers as concise as possible.

Presentation Slides
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the Manuscript. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly in the website using Sciforum.net's proprietary slides viewer. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results can be presented. Slides should be converted to the PDF format before submission so that our process can easily and automatically convert them for online displaying.

Video Presentations
Besides their active participation within the forum, authors are also encouraged to submit video presentations. If you are interested in submitting, please contact the conference organizer at [email protected] to get to know more about the procedure. This is an unique way of presenting your paper and discuss it with peers from all over the world. Make a difference and join us for this project!

Submission of Manuscripts

Submission: Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.sciforum.net/login by registering and logging in to this website.

Accepted File Formats

MS Word: Manuscript prepared in MS Word must be converted into a single file before submission. When preparing manuscripts in MS Word, the Electronic Conference on Materials Science Microsoft Word template file (see download below) must be used. Please do not insert any graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) into a movable frame which can superimpose the text and make the layout very difficult.
Electronic Conference on Water Science MS Word Template File

Manuscript Preparation

References: References must be numbered in order of appearance in the text (including tables and legends) and listed individually at the end of the manuscript. We recommend preparing the references with a bibliography software package, such as EndNote, ReferenceManager or Zotero to avoid typing mistakes and duplicated references. Citations and References in Supplementary files are permitted provided that they also appear in the main text and in the reference list. In the text, reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before the punctuation; for example [1], [1–3] or [1,3]. For embedded citations in the text with pagination, use both parentheses and brackets to indicate the reference number and page numbers; for example [5] (p. 10). or [6] (pp. 101–105). The Reference list should include the full title as recommended by the ACS style guide. The style file for endnote, MDPI.ens, can be found at https://endnote.com/downloads/style/mdpi
Author List and Affiliations: Authors' full first and last names must be provided. The initials of any middle names can be added. The PubMed/MEDLINE standard format is used for affiliations: complete address information including city, zip code, state/province, country, and all email addresses. At least one author should be designated as corresponding author, and his or her email address and other details should be included at the end of the affiliation section. Please read the criteria to qualify for authorship.
Figures, Schemes and Tables: All figure files should be separately uploaded during submission. Figures and schemes must be provided at a sufficiently high resolution (minimum 1000 pixels width/height, or a resolution of 300 dpi or higher). All Figure file formats are accepted. However, TIFF, JPEG, EPS and PDF files are preferred. Materials can publish multimedia files in articles or as supplementary materials. Please get in touch with the Editorial office for further information. All Figures, Schemes and Tables should also be inserted into the main text close to their first citation and must be numbered following their number of appearance (Figure 1, Scheme I, Figure 2, Scheme II, Table 1, etc.). All Figures, Schemes and Tables should have a short explanatory title and a caption. All table columns should have an explanatory heading. To facilitate the copy-editing of larger tables, smaller fonts may be used, but in no less than 8 pt. in size. Authors should use the Table option of Microsoft Word to create tables. For multi-panel figures, the file must contain all data in one file. For tips on creating multi-panel figures, please read the helpful advice provided by L2 Molecule. Authors are encouraged to prepare figures and schemes in color (RGB at 8-bit per channel). Full color graphics will be published free of charge.

For further enquiries please contact us at [email protected].

Publication Ethics Statement

Authors wishing to publish their papers are asked to abide to the following rules:

Any facts that might be perceived as a possible conflict of interest of the author(s) must be disclosed in the paper prior to submission.
Authors should accurately present their research findings and include an objective discussion of the significance of their findings.
Data and methods used in the research need to be presented in sufficient detail in the paper, so that other researchers can replicate the work.
Raw data should preferably be publicly deposited by the authors before submission of their manuscript. Authors need to at least have the raw data readily available for presentation to the referees and the editors of the journal, if requested. Authors need to ensure appropriate measures are taken so that raw data is retained in full for a reasonable time after publication.
Simultaneous submission of manuscripts to more than one journal is not tolerated.
Republishing content that is not novel is not tolerated (for example, an English translation of a paper that is already published in another language will not be accepted).
If errors and inaccuracies are found by the authors after publication of their paper, they need to be promptly communicated to the editors of this journal so that appropriate actions can be taken. Please refer to our policy regarding publication of publishing addenda and corrections.
Your manuscript should not contain any information that has already been published. If you include already published figures or images, please obtain the necessary permission from the copyright holder to publish under the CC-BY license.
Plagiarism, data fabrication and image manipulation are not tolerated.

Copyright
MDPI AG, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe that authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting a Communication paper to this conference, you retain the copyright of your paper, but you grant MDPI AG the non-exclusive right to publish this paper online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your paper to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher (if required by that publisher).

List of accepted submissions (37)

Id	Title	Authors	Presentation Video	Presentation Pdf
sciforum-027373	A tool to estimate the location of high conductivity channels in heterogeneous porous media Calogero Benedetto Rizzo , Felipe de Barros Submitted: 30 Sep 2019 Abstract: Show Abstract	Calogero Benedetto Rizzo , Felipe de Barros	N/A		Show Abstract
Solute transport in groundwater is characterized by a high level of uncertainty since it is impossible to completely measure the spatial distribution of key soil properties, such as the hydraulic conductivity. Several studies have shown how an heterogeneous hydraulic conductivity field may lead to the formation of preferential channels (or high conductivity channels) in which the solute flows. Given a realization of the hydraulic conductivity field, it is possible to estimate the location of preferential channels using a graph-theory based method. The minimum hydraulic resistance and least resistance path are efficiently computed, so that these metrics can be effectively employed to assess the uncertainty of preferential flows using computationally intensive stochastic methods, such as Monte-Carlo simulations. For example, these metrics can be used for site characterization, choosing locations where to sample the hydraulic conductivity in order to reduce the uncertainty of high conductivity channels. As a consequence, our preliminary studies displayed more than 40% reduction on first arrival time uncertainty, when compared to a regular grid sampling protocol with the same number of sampling locations. The iterative sampling strategy can be reproduced using LazyMole, an open-source tool implementing the algorithms to compute the minimum hydraulic resistance and least resistance path for a given hydraulic conductivity field.
sciforum-027317	Prediction of phytoplankton biomass in small rivers of Central Spain by data mining method of Partial Least-Squares Regression Juan Carlos García-Prieto , Manuel García Roig , Javier Burguillo Muñoz , José Bernardo Proal Najera Submitted: 29 Sep 2019 Abstract: Show Abstract	Juan Carlos García-Prieto , Manuel García Roig , Javier Burguillo Muñoz , José Bernardo Proal Najera	N/A	N/A	Show Abstract
Abstract: The Water Framework Directive (WFD, EC, 2000) states that the "good" ecological status of natural water bodies must be based on the chemical and biological features, compared to the reference conditions. To fulfill the protection of surface waters established in the Water Framework Directive is necessary to monitor the ecological and chemical status of waters quality, especially under drastic conditions of floods or droughts, due to the greater epidemiological risks that occur during these periods. Phytoplankton is one of the five groups suggested for the assessment of the ecological condition of surface waters under the Water Framework Directive. Phytoplankton is considered a good environmental bioindicator and the spatio-temporal variability in the of phytoplankton communities structures plays an important role in the composition and function of aquatic ecosystems. Although Climate Change has a strong impact on phytoplankton communities and water quality, the development of robust techniques to predict and control phytoplankton growth is still in progress. The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of the different stressors associated with the change in phytoplanktonic communities in small rivers in the center of the Iberian Peninsula. An statistical study on the identification of the limiting variables in the phytoplankton growth and its seasonal variation by Climate Change was carried out. In this study, a method based on the partial least-squares regression technique (PLS) have been used to predict the concentration of phytoplankton and cyanophytes from 22 variables usually monitored in rivers. The predictive models have shown a good agreement using training data sets. The models were useful to reveal differences between rivers and seasons (dry and wet). The phytoplankton biomass of rivers in dry periods showed greatest similarities, being these dry periods the most important factor in the phytoplankton proliferation.
sciforum-026936	PID tuning of a multivariable activated sludge process with nitrification and denitrification with multi-objective optimization Gilberto Reynoso-Meza , Elizabeth Pauline Carreño-Alvarado Submitted: 06 Sep 2019 Abstract: Show Abstract	Gilberto Reynoso-Meza , Elizabeth Pauline Carreño-Alvarado	N/A	N/A	Show Abstract
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are responsible of attenuating the environmental impact that waste in effluent discharged to receiving waters has. As a consequence of this, new techniques for an effective control are valuable, not just for minimising this impact, but also for minimising operational costs using efficiently the energy usage. Such kind of problems, with several objectives to fulfil (and usually in conflict) are termed as multi-objective problems. Within this context, multi-objective optimisation techniques have shown to be a valuable tool in the control engineering field to tune different kinds of controllers for complex systems. To accomplish this, a simultaneous optimisation approach is carried on, in order to approximate a set of Pareto-optimal solutions. Such solutions differ in the level of trade-off exhibited in two (or more) conflicting objectives. The multi-objective approach for controller tuning in one-input/one-output processess is well documented in the literature. Nevertheless, that is not the case of multivariable control. This fact is mainly due to the quantity of design objectives required to evaluate the multi-objective performance of several outputs. In this work we elaborate a proposal to handle multi-objective problems for multivariable processes. Performance evaluation is performed (via simulation) in a multivariable benchmark for the PID control of an activated sludge process with nitrification and denitrification.
sciforum-026935	Water leaks detection by thermographic image analysis: lab case study Elizabeth Carreño Alvarado , Gilberto Reynoso Meza Submitted: 06 Sep 2019 Abstract: Show Abstract	Elizabeth Carreño Alvarado , Gilberto Reynoso Meza	N/A	N/A	Show Abstract
It is important to remember that water is a non-renewable resource, necessary for all creatures on earth. In cities, this resource is supplied by water supply networks, that must be flexible enough to follow the population growth.Those networks start to fail, for large or small cities, due to different situations: ageing process; linking new networks with old ones; lack of maintenance. One of the most undesirable failures is water losses due to leaks in the supplying system. There are mainly two types of water losses: the visible and the non-visible. Within the non-visible we have those that are detectable by acoustic methods and those that are not. Here we decide to study new techniques for leak detection, since leaks non-visible are more difficult to find (detect).This is the aim of this paper. In a previous stage we have been studying the possibility of obtaining thermographic images to develop visualisation techniques on pipes as an option for leak detection.Analysing this possibility, with previous studies we have established conditions for taking images for later analysis, which has confirmed the benefits of the use of thermography as a tool. Here we present a case study where images were taken in a controlled atmosphere in a laboratory, using a physical model that contained a buried pipe with a simulated loss of water. During the entire duration of the test, images were taken at a certain interval of time and afterwards the images where analysed. The results show the benefits and limitations of the technique, which should continue to be studied since thermal imaging cameras and computers to process the images are day by day more powerful and accessible.
sciforum-027366	Evaluation of RapidEye-3 Satellite Data for Assessing Water Turbidity of Lake Borabey Gordana Kaplan , Zehra Yigit Avdan , Serdar Goncu , Ugur Avdan Submitted: 30 Sep 2019 Abstract: Show Abstract	Gordana Kaplan , Zehra Yigit Avdan , Serdar Goncu , Ugur Avdan	N/A		Show Abstract
In water resources management, remote sensing data and techniques are essential in watershed characterization and monitoring, especially when no data are available. Water quality is usually assessed through in-situ measurements which require high cost and time. Water quality parameters help in decision making regarding the further use of water-based on its quality. Turbidity is an important water quality parameter and an indicator of water pollution. In the past few decades, remote sensing has been widely used in water quality research. In this study, we compare turbidity parameters retrieved from high-resolution image with in-situ measurements collected from Borabey Lake, Turkey. Here the use of RapidEye-3 images (5 m-resolution) allows for a detailed assessment of spatio-temporal evaluation of turbidity, through the Normalized Difference Turbidity Index (NDTI). The turbidity results were then compared with data from twenty-one in-situ measurements collected at the same period. The actual water turbidity measurements showed high correlation with the estimated NDTI mean values with an R² of 0.84. The research findings support the use of remote sensing data of RadipEye-3 to estimate water quality parameters in small water areas. For future studies, we recommend investigating different water quality parameters using high-resolution remote sensing data.

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List of Authors (109)

Manhal Abdulla

Giuseppe Tito Aronica

Ugur Avdan

Estefania Aviles Sacoto

Stefania Avvedimento

Faisal Baig

Alessandro Balbo

Leonardo Bayas-Jiménez

Gianfranco Becciu

Matias Boll

Brunella Bonaccorso

Iolanda Borzì

Christian X. Briceño-León

Christopher Brown

Bruno Brunone

Javier Burguillo Muñoz

Caterina Capponi

Elizabeth Carreño Alvarado

Marco Cifrodelli

Enrico Creaco

Roberta D'Ambrosio

Serin Darwish

Luís David

Felipe de Barros

Goshime Demelash Wondimagegnehu

Maitha Dhaiman Alqahtani

Vittorio Di Federico

Armando Di Nardo

Daniel Constantin Diaconu

Elias Dimitriou

Marco Franchini

Event Awards

Best Paper Award

This year, as a sponsor, Water would like to award the best paper as elected by the members of the scientific committee.

The Awards

Best Paper Award
Award Winners can publish the extended version of the paper submitted to the conference in Journal of Water, free of charge. The extended version will have a peer-review process.

Terms and Conditions:

Criteria

1. Full paper must be submitted to ECWS-4.
2. The quality of the paper.
3. The scientific content of the paper

Evaluation

1. Each Evaluation Committee member will give an assessment for each paper in terms of the criteria outlined above.
2. The score for each paper will be ranked, from highest to lowest.
3. If two or more papers get the same score, further evaluation will be carried out.
4. All decisions made by the Evaluation Committee are final.

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Media Partners

Conference Schedule

Deadline for Abstract Submission: 30 September 2019

Notification of Acceptance: 10 October 2019

Deadline for Submission of Full Paper/Poster/Power Point: 31 October 2019

Conference Open: 13-29 November 2018

A. Managing Water Resources from Aquifers, Rivers and Lakes

Section Chair

Prof. Dr. Felipe de Barros (Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, 3620 South Vermont Ave., 90089 Los Angeles, CA, USA)

Managing hydro-systems involves developing, distributing and planning of water resources in an optimal and scientifically sound manner. Proper water resources management is key component in order to sustain human health, ecosystem services and food security. However, achieving this goal is an arduous task given that multiple factors such as population growth, extreme events (i.e., droughts and floods), waste disposal facilities and land use change impact both water quantity and quality of both surface and subsurface water resources. For such reasons, there is an ever-increasing demand for developing novel and robust methodologies that (1) improves our fundamental understanding of the interaction between the aforementioned factors on the overall response of a given hydro-system and (2) helps decision-makers to set priorities when allocating resources. This session invites contributions focused on subjects related to managing water resources from aquifers, rivers and lakes. Contributions ranging from stochastic modeling and data analysis of water resources management are within the scope of the session.

Keywords: water quantity and quality; groundwater; rivers; lakes; risk analysis; climate change; optimal design; numerical modeling; data analysis; urban water use; contamination.

Session Chair

Prof. Dr. Felipe de Barros, Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, 3620 South Vermont Ave., 90089 Los Angeles, CA, USA

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B. Drinking Water Treatments and Processes with Special Focus on Developing Countries

Section Chair

Prof. Dr. Paola Verlicchi (Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy)

This session will focus on the main issues related to the drinking water treatments with regard to developed as well as developing countries. Contributions may refer to water source quality and its (expected and observed) variability, and to common and innovative treatment solutions able to guarantee a drinkable water.

Subject areas may include:

common and occasional compounds to remove in case of withdrawal of surface water and groundwater;
reliability and flexibility of existing water works in fulfilling the required quality;
emerging contaminants and emerging pathogens in the water sector;
common water treatment trains for small, medium and large communities;
innovative solutions for the drinking water sector based on lab and pilot scale plants as well as full scale water works;
case studies related to upgrading plants;
cost-benefit analysis of existing water works as well as of designed water works solutions;
safety measures in drinking water works aiming to guarantee the required level of water quality;
case studies related to accidental events (occasional and not expected worsening of the water source quality, malfunctioning of a water treatment step, equipment damage…);
sustainable water treatment trains for developing countries;
case studies aiming to increasing the access to water in developing countries.

Keywords: water quality; contaminants of emerging concern; water treatments; safe water; cost-benefit analysis; developing countries; developed countries.

Session Chair

Prof. Dr. Paola Verlicchi, Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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C. Water Supply and Distribution Systems

Section Chair

Prof. Dr. Yves Filion (Department of Civil Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada) (left)

Prof. Dr. Dominic Boccelli (Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA) (right)

Water supply and distribution systems are crucial to the functioning of modern societies. With the advent of global climate change, cyber-security threats, environmental degradation, and deteriorating and aging infrastructure, the focus on the proper design, management and operation of these systems has never been more crucial. In this spirit, the session will provide a forum for presenting research related to all aspects of water supply and distribution systems that pertain to the planning, design, management, and operation under changing climate environments. Topics will include: Water distribution system (WDS) modelling, security, reliability and resilience of WDSs; Climate change and impacts and management of water supply and distribution systems; Smart water systems; Real time monitoring, modelling, prediction control; SCADA, GIS and data management issues in WDSs; Water distribution network optimization: planning, design, rehabilitation and expansion; Water quality modelling and laboratory-/field-scale studies in distribution systems; Potable water re-use / integrated non-potable and potable systems; Demand forecasting, leakage and energy management; Big data techniques for water distribution analysis; Emerging technologies in water distribution systems practice.

Keywords: water supply and distribution systems; sustainability; climate change; modelling; planning; design; rehabilitation; optimization; water quality; water demand; leakage; energy; smart technologies.

Session Chairs

Prof. Dr. Yves Filion, Department of Civil Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Prof. Dr. Dominic Dominic Boccelli, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

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D. Sanitary, Storm and Combined Sewers and Related Control Works

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Prof. Dr. Corrado Gisonni (Hydraulic Engineering, Department of Engineering, Università della Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, 9 Aversa Caserta 81031, Roma, Italy) (left)

Prof. Dr. Rita F. Carvalho (Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra, R. Luís Reis Santos, Pólo II, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal) (right)

Climate change is assumed as the future scenario affecting the environment, heritage and existing infrastructures in today's society. An impact is expected in terms of increasing frequency of extreme storm events with implications for the operation of sewer systems, discharge structures and flood control measures, essentially due to the increase in stormwater runoff. An increasing number of exceptional events and floods is reported in urban areas, with heavy consequences in terms of environmental protection and urban safety (i.e. landslides, sediment trails, pollutant discharges, etc.). The cascade effects of these phenomena is leading to significant damage to the environment which could be irreversible.

This session will focus on the main issues related to the urban drainage systems, aiming to understand, model and predict general performance of existing/conceptual systems, including quantity and quality aspects.

For instance, contributions may refer to:

urban flooding mitigation strategies and effective stormwater management strategies for robust decision making;
calibration/validation of the hydrological/hydraulic models;
alternative sustainable solutions and integrated assessments of green infrastructure for flood mitigation, restoring hydrological cycle;
new design concepts for extreme events and urban floods;
failure scenarios under climate change conditions analysis and discussion;
new models and methodologies to monitor, operate systems and providing reliable warnings to the public;
hydraulic structures for mitigation flood risk and/or prevention of pollutant dispersion;
Inter-disciplinary approaches for local, regional and global relevance policies.

Keywords: stormwater sewers; combined sewers; hydrological/hydraulic models; flood control; extreme events in urban context; sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS); green infrastructure (GI); low impact development (LID); stormwater control measures (SCM); best management practices (BMPs); water sensitive urban design (WSUD); integrated urban water management (IUWM).

Session Chairs

Prof. Dr. Corrado Gisonni, Hydraulic Engineering, Department of Engineering, Università della Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, 9 Aversa Caserta 81031, Roma, Italy

Prof. Dr. Rita F. Carvalho, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra, R. Luís Reis Santos, Pólo II, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal

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E. Wastewater Treatment Modeling, Optimization and Control

Section Chair

Prof. Dr. Panagiotis G. Kougias (Waste Management & Bioprocessing , Hellenic Agricultural Organisation- DEMETER, Soil and Water Resources Institute, PO Box 60458, 57001, Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece)

Till recently, the treatment of wastewater was mainly associated with consequent environmental benefits. However, in the era of circular bio-economy, wastewaters are considered as valuable resources promoting sustainable deployment and establishment of modern, zero-waste communities. Thus, efficient wastewater treatment facilities can lead to minimizing carbon and water footprints, while several high-value market products can be recovered.

Nowadays, cutting-edge technologies combined with interdisciplinary approaches pave the way for more sophisticated wastewater treatment processes. It is envisaged that advanced monitoring and control will be a core element in future wastewater treatment plants resulting in process optimization. Several monitoring sensors and tools are already emerging, and it is foreseen that their coupling with control models and algorithms will dominate the decision-making process of the wastewater treatment plants.

This session welcomes different perspectives within the topic of “Wastewater treatment modeling, optimization and control”, including engineering, bioprocesses, microbiology, modelling, resource recovery and circular economy.

Keywords: wastewater treatment; modeling; control; bioprocess; biodegradation; microbiology; resource recovery; circular bio-economy.

Session Chair

Prof. Dr. Panagiotis G. Kougias, Waste Management & Bioprocessing , Hellenic Agricultural Organisation- DEMETER, Soil and Water Resources Institute, PO Box 60458, 57001, Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece

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4th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences

Part of the International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences series

13–29 Nov 2019

Welcome from the Chairs

Call for Submissions

Conference Chairs

Conference Committee

Sessions

Instructions for Authors

List of accepted submissions (37)

List of Authors (109)

Event Awards

Best Paper Award

The Awards

Terms and Conditions:

Sponsors and Partners

Sponsors

Media Partners

Conference Schedule

A. Managing Water Resources from Aquifers, Rivers and Lakes

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Submissions

B. Drinking Water Treatments and Processes with Special Focus on Developing Countries

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C. Water Supply and Distribution Systems

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D. Sanitary, Storm and Combined Sewers and Related Control Works

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E. Wastewater Treatment Modeling, Optimization and Control

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