Relating water quality and age in drinking water distribution systems using self-organising maps

“Understanding and managing water quality in drinking water distribution system is
essential for public health and wellbeing, but is challenging due to the number and complexity
of interacting physical, chemical and biological processes occurring within vast, deteriorating
pipe networks. In this paper we explore the application of Self Organising Map techniques to
derive such understanding from international data sets, demonstrating how multivariate, non-linear
techniques can be used to identify relationships that are not discernible using univariate and/or
linear analysis methods for drinking water quality. The paper reports on how various microbial
parameters correlated with modelled water ages and were influenced by water temperatures in three
drinking water distribution systems.”
(Citaat: Blokker, E.J.M., Furnass, W.R., et al. Relating water quality and age in drinking water distribution systems using self-organising maps – Environments 3(2016)2)