Browsing Theses by Supervisor "Knight, Mark"
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Automating Water Capital Activities Using Naïve Bayes Classifier with Supervised Learning Algorithm
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-09)Municipal governments have the responsibility to provide safe drinking water to residents. Maintaining water infrastructure systems to keep a certain level of service is a vital service. It is possible by assessing all ... -
Cured-in-Place Pipe Pressure Liner Experimental Study
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-06)Long-term mechanical properties are critical parameters for the design and performance of thermoset Cured-in-Place Pipe (CIPP) gravity and pressure liners. These liners have been used extensively across North America; ... -
Development of Unit Price Indices and Estimating Inflation for Potable Water and Wastewater Pipeline Capital Works Construction
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-17)The importance of sustainable financial management of water and wastewater pipeline infrastructure has grown in recent years due to the increasing backlog of maintenance, renewal and replacement of aging water and wastewater ... -
Great Lakes Regional Water Conflict Analyses
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-25)This research proposes a holistic framework to help understand and mitigate the interrelated and successive conflicts that occur over water resources in the Great Lakes and the rivers flowing into them. Local Canadian ... -
Infrastructure Asset Management Readiness Assessment of Ontario Municipal Water Utilities
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-26)The safety and quality of services provided by municipal water utilities depend on sound water and wastewater infrastructure. Nevertheless, according to the 2016 Canadian Infrastructure Report Card, about 12% of this ... -
Integrated Asset Management Framework and Model for Water Distribution Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-28)The Canadian Infrastructure Report Card (2012) estimates the replacement value of water assets to be $362 billion. Water distribution and wastewater collection networks have been in service for more than a century in the ... -
Life cycle sustainability assessment of asset management plans for municipal wastewater systems
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-24)Municipal governments have the responsibility to provide safe drinking water and handle polluted water to protect their citizen’s health and safety. Maintaining water infrastructure systems, including wastewater collection ... -
Natural Language Processing using Deep Learning for Classifying Water Infrastructure Procurement Records and Calculating Unit Costs
(University of Waterloo, 2024-03-06)This thesis introduces a novel ontology-based deep learning classification model specifically tailored for civil engineering applications, focusing on automating the extraction and classification of water infrastructure ... -
Numerical Modeling of Financially Sustainable Urban Wastewater Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-02)A system dynamics model first developed using the software Stella 7.0.2, which explores the complex behavior of the financially sustainable management of water distribution infrastructure, was converted here into a system ... -
Testing of Innovative Pipe Renewal Liners for Renovation of Potable Water Distribution Pipelines
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-19)Trenchless renovation has been in operation since the 1970’s in North America and the United Kingdom. However, it has not been widely accepted due to cost effectiveness concerns. Many Canadian cities are faced with the ... -
Water Main Life Cycle Analysis Framework for the Economic Evaluation of OM&R (Operation, Maintenance and Renovation) Strategies.
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-21)Municipal water systems deliver potable water to residents, businesses, and industries. The potable water infrastructure was mostly laid in 1880-1970`s in North America. Being a buried asset i.e. an out of sight network, ...