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

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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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