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An Integrated Decision-Making Framework to Appraise Water Losses in Municipal Water Systems

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  • Shaher H. Zyoud

    (Department of Building Engineering and Environment, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Palestine Technical University-Kadoorei, P. O. Box Tulkarem – Jaffa Street 7, Tulkarem, Palestine)

  • Daniela Fuchs-Hanusch

    (Institute of Urban Water Management and Landscape Water Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 10/I–8010 Graz, Austria)

Abstract

To mitigate the acute water shortage problems, water utilities are combating to find potential solutions. Water losses management in Water Supply Networks (WSNs) is amongst the prominent solutions. This work intends to develop a decision support framework to diagnose the criticality of WSNs according to an associated Water Loss Risk Index (WLRI) at pipe and zone levels. It utilized the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) to evaluate the influential factors that contribute to water losses. The Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation Technique (FSET) has been utilized to assess WLRI at pipe level and Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) operator has been used to aggregate the individual WLRI values for each zone. The framework is extended by incorporating Monte Carlo simulation model to generate the final ranking of zones. The outcomes of this simulation showed fair stability in terms of ranking the scrutinized zones. The integration of this framework in water losses management practices and planning policies of water utilities has a large potential in improving water supply services and the performance of WSNs.

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  • Shaher H. Zyoud & Daniela Fuchs-Hanusch, 2020. "An Integrated Decision-Making Framework to Appraise Water Losses in Municipal Water Systems," International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITDM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 19(05), pages 1293-1326, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitdm:v:19:y:2020:i:05:n:s0219622020500297
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219622020500297
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    1. Seyed Farhan Moosavian & Daryoosh Borzuei & Abolfazl Ahmadi, 2022. "Cost Analysis of Water Quality Assessment Using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 36(12), pages 4843-4862, September.
    2. Jorge de Andrés-Sánchez & Angel Belzunegui-Eraso & Francesc Valls-Fonayet, 2021. "Assessing Efficiency of Public Poverty Policies in UE-28 with Linguistic Variables and Fuzzy Correlation Measures," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(2), pages 1-25, January.

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