Online monitoring of distribution systems - Investigating water quality failure events

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Motivation for the research stems from the recognition of the fact that safe and secure water supplies are vital for the health and prosperity of Canadians. The proposal addresses the major target area "Safety and Security" with a special focus on reliable water quality "event detection". The main objective of the proposed research is to detect and classify (diagnose) water quality failure events by developing, implementing and finally integrating an intelligent online monitoring system into existing water distribution networks. The proposed system will be capable of detecting and classifying the cause of water quality failure, based on streams of data obtained from embedded microfluidic lab-on-a-chip (LOC) sensors and operational SCADA systems. The major technical contributions of this research will be presented in five phases: (1) study hydraulic connectivity