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A resilience-based prioritization scheme for water main rehabilitation

2016; UWA Publishing; Volume: 65; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2166/aqua.2016.053

1365-2087

He Jin, Kalyan R. Piratla,

Urban Stormwater Management Solutions

Research Article| February 11 2016 A resilience-based prioritization scheme for water main rehabilitation He Jin; He Jin 1Glenn Department of Civil Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Kalyan R. Piratla Kalyan R. Piratla 1Glenn Department of Civil Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA E-mail: kpiratl@clemson.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua (2016) 65 (4): 307–321. https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2016.053 Article history Received: April 11 2015 Accepted: January 17 2016 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Permissions Search Site Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsThis Journal Search Advanced Search Citation He Jin, Kalyan R. Piratla; A resilience-based prioritization scheme for water main rehabilitation. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua 2 June 2016; 65 (4): 307–321. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2016.053 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex Water supply infrastructure in the United States is one lifeline system that is in dire need of huge financial investments to counter pipeline deterioration while keeping up with increasing demands and reliability goals. With decreasing financial resources available to state and local governments, effective decision-making tools for pipeline prioritization are becoming an increasingly integral part of the water utility industry. A majority of existing prioritization frameworks are merely based on the likelihood of the failure of pipelines and the resulting consequences, with little consideration given to the utility's response time to a water pipeline failure. This paper presents a novel resilience-based framework for effective prioritization of water distribution pipelines. The novelty lies in estimating the utility's response time to a pipeline failure. The proposed framework is demonstrated on a section of a real water distribution network in a coastal city of the United States. The pipeline priority results obtained are also compared with those from a more traditional risk-based prioritization scheme, and a reasonably significant difference has been observed. While availability of quality data is a challenge, this study brings to attention the importance of response time to water pipeline failures and demonstrates the merits of incorporating it in a prioritization scheme. decision-making tools, resilience, water distribution pipelines © IWA Publishing 2016 You do not currently have access to this content.