Interruption

The risk of pipe failure is one of the factors taken into account by drinking water utilities when...

The prediction of failure frequencies is important in determining pipe replacement volumes and replacement prioritisation. The predictions are...

Water mains in the Netherlands suffer failures many times every day. These events cause a nuisance in the...

Every year the drinking water sector replaces about 1% of the total drinking water distribution network. This replacement...

Data mining (the search for statistical connections in databases) is one step in ‘Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD)’.

Asset management of distribution networks is currently based on generic knowledge and models of mains groups, supplemented by...

Decision-making about which mains to replace, and when, is one of the most important issues for asset management...

As a result of the large-scale use of PVC by the Dutch drinking water sector since the 1950s,...

In several Vitens’ wellfields, water quality varies greatly from well to well. This has adverse consequences for the...

KWR conducts research into the drinking water distribution network with an eye to the quality and quantity of...

Regrowth in the distribution network is a complex phenomenon. Measures to manage regrowth in the distribution network have...

Water supply is of crucial importance for greenhouse horticulture. An adequate supply of fresh (irrigation) water has to...

Due to far-reaching computerisation, smart metering, the use of (online) sensor systems in drinking water production companies and...

Information about the soil is available from a number of sources. This information is important in the estimation...