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Implementing Machine Learning Algorithms for Water Quality Event Detection: Theory and Practice

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Securing Water and Wastewater Systems

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The current chapter examines the implementation of machine learning for water quality event detection. Two alternatives—supervised and unsupervised - are examined. It can be seen that the former performs better with the existence of historical classified true events, while the latter is preferable when history is not a factor. Water properties and their influence on methodology performance are also examined. The paper explains that TOC is preferred when false negative errors are rare or when experts' probability to make mistakes is low. The manuscript provides a numerical example that illustrates the two above-mentioned methodologies.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Results from this project have been presented at the annual American Water Works Association conference in 2011, but the official report has not yet been published.

  2. 2.

    http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ml/weka/.

Abbreviations

AWWA:

American Water Works Associations

DT:

Decision tree

EDS:

Event detection system

LR:

Logistic regression

ML:

Machine learning

NN:

Neural network

USEPA:

Environmental Protection Agency

WQE:

Water quality event

WQED:

Water quality event detection

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  1. Faculty of Technology Management (MOT), Holon Institute of Technology, Holon, Israel

    Eyal Brill

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  1. Environmental Engineering and Public Heath Consultant, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Robert M. Clark

  2. Department of Economics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Simon Hakim

Appendix A

Appendix A

Following is a list of websites for common EDS systems

Gardian Blue by Hach: http://hachhst.com/products/cityguard-virtual-command-center

Canary by Sandia Labs: https://share.sandia.gov/news/resources/news_releases/canary/

Moni::tool by S::can: http://www.s-can.at/

BlueBox by WhiteWater: http://www.w-water.com/qualitysecurity/Product.aspx?id=64

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Brill, E. (2014). Implementing Machine Learning Algorithms for Water Quality Event Detection: Theory and Practice. In: Clark, R., Hakim, S. (eds) Securing Water and Wastewater Systems. Protecting Critical Infrastructure, vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01092-2_4

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