1st Edition

Optimisation of Monitoring Networks for Water Systems

By José L.A. Segura Copyright 2010
198 Pages
by CRC Press

198 Pages
by CRC Press

198 Pages
by CRC Press

Monitoring networks provide data that is analysed to help managers make informed decisions about their water systems. Their design and evaluation have a number of challenges that must be resolved, among others, the restriction on having a limited number of monitoring devices. This book presents innovative methods to design and evaluate monitoring networks. The main idea is to maximise the... Read more

Contents; Summary;
1. Introduction;
2. Literature Review;
3. Case Study 1: Polders of Pijnacker;
4. Case Study 2: Magdalene River;
5. Information Theory for Monitor Location;
6. Value of Information for Monitor Location;
7. Public Data Collection and Assessment of Model Reliability;
8. Conclusions and Recommendations;
9. References;
List of Figures; List of Tables; Notations; Abbrevations, Acknowledgements; About the Author.

Biography

José Leonardo Alfonso Segura was born in 1974 in Bogotá, Colombia. In 1999 he graduated as Civil Engineer from the Faculty of Engineering of the National University of Colombia. After his graduation, he entered as Junior Engineer in the LEH Laboratory, in the same University, where he worked on projects on the Magdalena River. In 2004 he started his MSc studies in Hydroinformatics at UNESCO-IHE. He started his PhD studies in 2006, now working on the challenging task of developing approaches for designing and evaluating monitoring networks.