Leakage detection in water distribution networks using machine-learning strategies

• This work proposes a reliable leakage detection methodology for water distribution networks (WDNs) using machine-learning strategies. Our solution aims at detecting leakage in WDNs using efficient machine-learning strategies. We analyze pressure measurements from pumps in district metered areas (DMAs) in Stockholm, Sweden, where we consider a residential DMA of the water distribution network. Our proposed methodology uses learning strategies from unsupervised learning (K-means and cluster validation techniques), and supervised learning (learning vector quantization algorithms). The learning strategies we propose have low complexity, and the numerical experiments show the potential of using machine-learning strategies in leakage detection for monitored WDNs. Specifically, our experiments show that the proposed learning strategies are able to obtain correct classification rates up to 93.98%.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Datavetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Computer Sciences (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Samhällsbyggnadsteknik -- Vattenteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Civil Engineering -- Water Engineering (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Information Systems (hsv//eng)

Keyword

clustering

leakage detection

machine-learning

supervised learning

unsupervised learning

water distribution network

Machine learning

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