How to detect as many leaks as possible with as few flow meters as possible

“DMAs enable water companies to better monitor the water flows through the water supply grid and to identify and detect leakages more quickly. However, achieving a complete DMA configuration requires a large number of costly interventions in the drinking water distribution network. Dunea and KWR are working together to use evolutionary algorithms to optimize a configuration to require as few interventions as possible. The result is a target configuration that Dunea will gradually be completing in the coming years.”

(Citaat: van Laarhoven, K.A., Gardien, D. – How to detect as many leaks as possible with as few flow meters as possible – Water Matters (2019)april)