EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES

2019


VOLUME 4 – ISSUE 3


  urban river ARE PFAS AN ISSUE FOR PERMEATION OF PLASTIC WATER PIPES?
An investigation into potential drinking water contamination
G Ruta, A Jayaratne and A McManemin
Factors favouring the use of plastic pipes include their ease of installation and handling, durability and good resistance to the chemicals used in water treatment, such as chlorine. 
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  urban river PLANNING URBAN WATER SYSTEM RESPONSES TO MEGADROUGHT
How looking back can help us look forward
D Verdon-Kidd, R Beatty, K Allen
Drought, the ‘creeping catastrophe’, has been a recurrent feature of many parts of southern and eastern Australia over the last three decades.  
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  urban river IoT AS A DIGITAL ENABLER OF A HYPER-CONNECTED WATER UTILITY 
How IoT can provide value for customers and utilities
C Prackwieser, D Cash and M Wassell
Internet of Things (IoT) provides near-real-time asset monitoring and analytics capabilities which lead to better customer outcomes, higher operational efficiency and improved asset performance. 
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  urban river LIVEABILITY: URBAN WATER’S NEXT HORIZON?
Five years of case studies and learnings from Melbourne Water
H Pexton and K Nagatol
The water industry has always been at the forefront of liveability in Melbourne, managing safe water supply and sewage disposal, and as shown today through... 
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  urban river MACHINE LEARNING FOR WATER MAINS MAINTENANCE
Development of a machine learning model for proactive maintenance of water mains.
D Weeraddana, B Liang, Z Li, Y Wang, F Chen, D Phillips, N Saxena and L Bonazzi.
Data61 and Western Water worked collaboratively to apply engineering expertise and machine learning tools to find a cost-effective solution to the pipe failure problem in the region west of Melbourne. 
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  urban river BASEFLOW CONTRIBUTION FROM WATER SENSITIVE URBAN DESIGN
Restoring baseflow to desirable ecological limits using water sensitive urban design
D Buck, B Taylor, L Fabbro and S Rockloff
Urbanisation has altered streamflow and severely degraded our natural aquatic ecosystems. 
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  urban river SURVIVAL ANALYSIS OF WATER PIPELINES
A prediction mechanism for asset management programs
G Carlyle
The large cost of water pipe failures in potable water networks and the need to replace aged water pipes requires water utilities to develop risk-based management plans for the replacement of water mains.  
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