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SES 2-4-3: RTC 2 Location: HSB2 Session Chair: Manfred Schütze Session Chair: Sabuj Chandra Biswas | |
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4:00pm - 4:15pm
Real-Time Control as the Unifying Element in Urban Water Systems – Implications on Modelling Practices 1: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands; 2: Partners4UrbanWater, The Netherlands Climate change, rapid urbanization, and environmental pressures require that Urban Drainage Systems (UDS) transition from a largely grey infrastructure to sustainable and adaptive systems. Real-Time Control (RTC) has emerged as a tool to enable adaptivity of the UDS to various pressures yet has not been explored as a tool to facilitate long-term transition by integrating within the urban water system. This paper presents a methodology for analysing transitioning scenarios and proposes a unifying RTC approach integrating the entire urban water system. A conceptual case of a Dutch municipality transitioning to a largely blue and green infrastructure (BGI)-based UDS illustrates the methodology's potential to align traditional goals, as flood and CSO reduction, with surface- and groundwater management. Results highlight the advantages of linking previously disconnected subsystems through an integrated control approach, accumulating benefits over time and space. The approach implies necessary changes in the traditional RTC modelling, as the boundaries of the systems expand and the RTC strategy itself has to be modified to include model coupling and data assimilation to address the complexity of integrated systems. | |