Optimal Locations of Monitoring Stations in Water Distribution System
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 118, Issue 1
Abstract
The Safe Drinking Water Act requires that the water quality in water distribution systems is to be sampled at locations that are representative of the system; but the act does not describe how the sampling should be done. In this research, a concept of coverage is defined, and methods on how to locate monitoring stations in a network are described. The best set of stations is one that maximizes the coverage. The problems were formulated as integer programming problems, and were solved on a PC using an integer programming code. Two examples of their application to real systems are shown.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 118 • Issue 1 • January 1992
Pages: 4 - 16
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Copyright © 1992 ASCE.
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Published online: Jan 1, 1992
Published in print: Jan 1992
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