Boatwright, Shaun Romano, Michele Mounce, Stephen Woodward, Kevin Boxall, Joseph CCWI2017: F93 'Investigating a spatially constrained geostatistical technique for approximate leak/burst event location' Responding quickly to leaks and bursts in water distribution systems can provide a number of benefits to water companies. Therefore, methods which allow a water company to determine the approximate location of leaks and bursts in a timely manner are desirable. This paper presents 10 examples of a spatially constrained inverse-distance weighted interpolation technique for determining the approximate location of a new leak or burst which has been tested using pressure data collected during a number of bursts simulated by opening fire hydrants in a real water distribution system. The results of the examples indicate that the SCIDW technique can reduce the proportion of the DMA which needs to be searched but that there are a number of factors, which have been identified as a result of these examples, which affect the leak/burst localisation performance which are not currently accounted for by the methodology. CCWi2017;Leak/burst localisation;inverse-distance weighted interpolation;spatial constraint;Civil Engineering not elsewhere classified 2017-09-01
    https://orda.shef.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/CCWI2017_F93_Investigating_a_spatially_constrained_geostatistical_technique_for_approximate_leak_burst_event_location_/5364916
10.15131/shef.data.5364916.v1