Heuristic Space Reduction Method for Source Localization in Water Distribution Networks.

ABSTRACT: Ensuring water security and enabling timely responses to contamination events in water distribution systems (WDSs) rely heavily on the accurate and timely localization of contamination sources. Despite advances in water quality monitoring technologies, such as continuous sensing and grab-sampling, the coverage of monitoring remains sparse in most WDSs, making it difficult to accurately pinpoint the source of contamination. This paper introduces a novel source localization methodology designed to overcome these challenges by integrating sparse continuous sensing with targeted manual grab-sampling. The proposed approach iteratively narrows down the set of probable contamination sources by applying heuristics that account for the timing and signals from sensor measurements. To further address

SUBMITTER: Riano-Briceno G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11915354 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature