Battle of Water Demand Forecasting

Alvisi S, Franchini M, Marsili V, Mazzoni F, Salomons E, Housh M, Abokifa A, Arsova K, Ayyash F, Bae H, Barreira R, Basto L, Bayer S, Berglund EZ, Biondi D, Boloukasli Ahmadgourabi F, Brentan B, Caetano J, Campos F, Cao H, Cardona S, Carreño Alvarado EP, Carriço N, Chatzistefanou GA, Coy Y, Creaco E, Cuomo S, de Klerk A, Di Nardo A, Dicarlo M, Dittmer U, Dziedzic R, Ebrahim Bakhshipour A, Eliades D, Farmani R, Ferreira B, Gabriele A, Gamboa-Medina MM, Gao F, Gao J, Gargano R, Geranmehr M, Giudicianni C, Glynis K, Gómez S, González L, Groß M, Guo H, Habibi MN, Haghighi A, Hammer B, Hans L, Hayslep M, He Y, Hermes L, Herrera M, Hinder F, Hou B, Iglesias-Rey A, Iglesias-Rey PL, Jang IS, Izquierdo J, Jahangir MS, Jara-Arriagada C, Jenks B, Johnen G, Kalami Heris M, Kalumba M, Kang MS, Khashei Varnamkhasti M, Kim KJ, Kley-Holsteg J, Ko T, Koochali A, Kossieris P, Koundouri P, Kühnert C, Kulaczkowski A, Lee J, Li K, Li Y, Liu H, Liu Y, López-Hojas CA, Maier A, Makropoulos C, Martínez-Solano FJ, Marzouny NH, Menapace A, Michalopoulos C, Moraitis G, Mousa H, Namdari H, Nikolopoulos D, Oberascher M, Ostfeld A, Pagano M, Pasha F, Perafán J, Perelman G, Pesantez J, Polycarpou M, Quarta MG, Que Q, Quilty J, Quintiliani C, Ramachandran A, Reynoso Meza G, Rodriguez V, Romano Y, Saldarriaga J, Salem AK, Samartzis P, Santonastaso GF, Savic D, Schiano Di Cola V, Schol D, Seyoum AG, Shen R, Simukonda K, Sinske A, Sitzenfrei R, Sonnenschein B, Stoianov I, Tabares A, Todini E, Tsiami L, Tsoukalas I, Ulusoy AJ, Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia L, van Heerden A, Vaquet J, Vaquet V, Wallner S, Walraad M, Wang D, Wu S, Wu W, Wunsch A, Yao Y, Yu J, Zanfei A, Zanutto D, Zhang H, Ziebarth M, Ziel F, Zou J (2025)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2025

Journal

Book Volume: 151

Article Number: 04025049

Journal Issue: 10

DOI: 10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-6887

Abstract

As part of the Battle of Water Networks competition series, the Battle of Water Demand Forecasting (BWDF) was organized in the context of the 3rd Water Distribution Systems Analysis and Computing and Control in the Water Industry (WDSA-CCWI) joint conference held in Ferrara (Italy) in 2024. In line with the previous editions of the Battle of Water Networks - the main objective of which was to address a specific problem related to the design and operation of water distribution networks - the BWDF aims to compare the effectiveness of methods for the short-term forecast of urban water demand in a set of real district metered areas. During the conference, 31 teams across the world participated in the BWDF and presented their approaches. The results obtained demonstrate the importance of (1) considering integrated approaches for short-term water demand forecasting; and (2) evaluating their performance in relation to more than one metric, case study, and period.

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Birmingham City University (BCU) United Kingdom (GB) Fraunhofer Institute for Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation (IOSB) Germany (DE) Brabant Water N.V. Netherlands (NL) University of Sheffield United Kingdom (GB) Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) / 哈工大 China (CN) University of Zambia (UNZA) Zambia (ZM) Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck / University of Innsbruck Austria (AT) Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE) Germany (DE) Imperial College London / The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine United Kingdom (GB) Universidad de los Andes - Colombia Colombia (CO) Italian Hydrological Society / Società Idrologica Italiana (SII) Italy (IT) KWR Water Research Institute Netherlands (NL) Dalian University of Technology (DUT) / 大连理工大学 China (CN) Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute / 한국전자통신연구원 Korea, Republic of (KR) AIAQUA Belize (BZ) Politecnico di Milano Italy (IT) Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Israel (IL) California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) United States (USA) (US) University of Cyprus (UCY) / Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου Cyprus (CY) Università del Salento Italy (IT) University of Waterloo (UW) Canada (CA) Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR) / Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná Brazil (BR) Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH) / Δημοκρίτειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θράκης Greece (GR) University of Exeter United Kingdom (GB) Universität Bielefeld Germany (DE) Beijing University of Technology / 北京工业大学 China (CN) Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Spain (ES) Concordia University Canada (CA) Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI) GmbH Germany (DE) National Technical University of Athens / Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο Greece (GR) Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) / Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών Greece (GR) Cardiovascular Research Foundation United States (USA) (US) Free University of Bozen - Bolzano Italy (IT) Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz / دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR) Instituto Politecnico de Setubal (IPS) / Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal Portugal (PT) University of São Paulo / Universidade de São Paulo (USP) Brazil (BR) TH Köln / Technische Hochschule Köln / Fachhochschule Köln Germany (DE) Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) United Kingdom (GB) Università degli studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli Italy (IT) University of Illinois at Chicago United States (USA) (US) Università degli Studi di Ferrara Italy (IT) University of Haifa / אוניברסיטת חיפה Israel (IL) University of Cassino and Southern Lazio / Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale (UNICAS) Italy (IT) Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) Brazil (BR) University of Macedonia / Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας Greece (GR) Cyberneid srl Italy (IT) American Association For The Advancement of Science (AAAS) United States (USA) (US) Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) Germany (DE) Università degli Studi di Pavia Italy (IT) Newcastle University United Kingdom (GB) SAS Institute United States (USA) (US) North Carolina State University United States (USA) (US) Università della Calabria (UNICAL) Italy (IT) Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Brazil (BR) Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Italy (IT)

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APA:

Alvisi, S., Franchini, M., Marsili, V., Mazzoni, F., Salomons, E., Housh, M.,... Zou, J. (2025). Battle of Water Demand Forecasting. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management-Asce, 151(10). https://doi.org/10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-6887

MLA:

Alvisi, S., et al. "Battle of Water Demand Forecasting." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management-Asce 151.10 (2025).

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