Kennedy (Doronina), A. orcid.org/0000-0001-9240-1992, Husband, S. orcid.org/0000-0002-2771-1166, Boxall, J. orcid.org/0000-0002-4681-6895 et al. (1 more author) (2024) A metric for drinking water service reservoir performance as a sink or source of material. AQUA — Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society, 73 (5). pp. 999-1012. ISSN 2709-8028
Abstract
Service reservoirs (SRs) are a critical component of drinking water distribution systems that impact water quality. There are no performance measures to quantify or understand this impact. By applying the concept of sink or source behaviour to describe the processes of material accumulation and mobilisation within SRs, this research develops a practical metric to facilitate assessment and quantification of SR performance. It is demonstrated how a few weeks of continuous data from instrumentation deployment at both inlet and outlet of SRs is sufficient to reveal valuable insight into SR and network performance. Through real-world applications, we provide evidence that the metric was able to track SR performance showing both beneficial and detrimental impacts on water quality, as well as quantifying seasonality and the benefits of SR cleaning. Such insight is invaluable for proactive, justifiable, and targeted decisions on the location and frequency of maintenance and management interventions.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY 4.0), which permits copying, adaptation and redistribution, provided the original work is properly cited (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | assessment; material accumulation; performance; service reservoir; source sink model; water quality |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Civil and Structural Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 May 2024 16:08 |
Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2024 15:44 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | IWA Publishing |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.2166/aqua.2024.039 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:212410 |