A water supply system is a complex network of pipes, canals and storage and treatment facilities that collects, treats, stores, and distributes water to consumers. Increasing population and its associated demands requires systems to be expanded and adapted over time to provide a sustainable...

An optimal pump operation schedule that maintains satisfactory hydraulics conditions can generally reduce energy consumptions compared to the traditional trial and error based pump operation schedule. Linking an evolutionary based optimization algorithm with a hydraulic simulation model has...