Cost-efficiency of multi-purpose sensor networks for drinking water distribution networks

“Innovations in sensor technology progressively increase the possibilities for drinking water companies to complement water quality monitoring programs by installing networks of real-time water quality sensors. Because of the significant financial and organizational investments, goals and added values of on-line sensor networks are ideally established prior to installation. A sensor network that simultaneously serves multiple objectives can yield higher benefits than single-objective networks (Kroll & King, 2010) and this could modulate the cost-return function towards choices in favor of investment in (multi-purpose) sensor networks.”

(Citation: van Summeren, J.R.G., Vries, D., Vertommen, I., van Thienen, P., IJszenga, M. – Cost-efficiency of multi-purpose sensor networks for drinking water distribution networks – CCWI, Amsterdam, 7-9 November 2016)