GISMOWA: Geospatial Risk-Based Analysis Identifying Water Quality Monitoring Sites in Distribution Systems
Publication: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 143, Issue 6
Abstract
Monitoring water quality in drinking water distribution systems is the basis for proactive approaches to prevent or manage emerging water quality issues, and such a monitoring requires a strategic selection of relevant and representative monitoring sites. GISMOWA is a new GIS and risk-based analysis tool to identify and prioritize pipe segments for water quality monitoring and to comply with existing monitoring and sampling guidelines. The tool was designed to integrate multiple parameters categorized as (1) hydraulic and structural weaknesses in the system, e.g., residence time; (2) external threats, e.g., contaminated sites; and (3) sensitive consumers, e.g., hospitals, in a GIS environment. The tool used a multicriteria decision analysis to evaluate multiple monitoring site parameters and map zones particularly suitable for water quality monitoring. GISMOWA was applied to Danish water distribution systems as a transparent and simple-to-use tool facilitating a complete overview of the distribution system, including sensitive consumers and consumers in general, thus fulfilling a precondition for a HACCP-based monitoring strategy of drinking water.
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Acknowledgments
The project was a part of the innovation project “RiskStyr” and was funded by the partners and “Water in Urban Areas” under the Danish Agency for Science, Technology, and Innovation. The project was a collaboration among Aarhus Water, HOFOR, VCS Denmark, DHI, the Nature Agency, and the municipality of Odense. The authors wish to thank Erling Nissen for providing data from VCS Denmark, Kurt Brinkmann Kristensen for providing data from Aarhus Water, and Søren Lind for providing data from HOFOR. Finally, the authors wish to thank students involved in the early development of GISMOWA: Thomas Grønkjær, Tina Bay Mathiesen, and Marie Lilian Høgild Færge.
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Received: Mar 9, 2016
Accepted: Nov 2, 2016
Published online: Feb 23, 2017
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Discussion open until: Jul 23, 2017
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