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2024 EWRI Congress

Water Distribution System Analysis (Planning & Management)

Water Distribution System Risk, Vulnerability, Reliability, and Resilience

578 - From Data to Resilience: How Hybrid Modelling Informs Decision-Making

Monday, May 20, 2024
5:45 PM – 6:00 PM CT
Room: S 101 E
The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events as a result of climate change calls for high-quality infrastructure models for use in resilience analysis and decision making. Unfortunately, many utilities and communities do not have access to accurate and detailed models due to a lack of data and resources. Furthermore, security restrictions on sharing infrastructure models presents roadblocks to research and development. To overcome these limitations, we are developing a framework to integrate incomplete water distribution system data sets with synthetic water distribution system generation techniques to rapidly develop and update infrastructure models which can be used to make investment decisions, quantify the uncertainty associated with incomplete data, and narrow the gap between resilience research and real-world application.