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Public policies as strategic asset management enablers: the case of Portugal.

Alegre, H.; Amaral, R.; Brito, R.; Baptista, J. M. (IWA Publishing, 2019-09)

Urban water supply, wastewater and storm water services (globally, water services) are essential to the society. The lack of permanent, safe and respondent services has inevitable consequences on the public health and ...
Strategic Asset Management approach for planning investment in a large-scale irrigation system.

Brito, R.; Alegre, H.; Machado, P. (IWA Publishing, 2019-09)

Urban water services have been applying infrastructure asset management (IAM) principles in the last two decades. Rural water services are still grasping this concept, even though some of the IAM fundamentals are already ...
Approach To Develop a Climate Change Resilience Assessment Framework

Cardoso, M. A.; Brito, R. (IWA Publishing, 2019-09)

Urban areas are complex, vulnerable and continuously evolving, with interacting strategic services, assets and stakeholders. Potential effects of climate dynamics on urban areas may include the aggravation of current ...
Avaliação da Resiliência dos Serviços Urbanos de Águas face às Alterações Climáticas

Cardoso, M. A.; Brito, R.; Pereira, C.; David, L. M. (IST, 2019-07)

"As áreas urbanas constituem sistemas dinâmicos, complexos e vulneráveis envolvendo múltiplos serviços urbanos estratégicos, como abastecimento de água, gestão de águas residuais, pluviais e resíduos, energia, transportes. ...
The Development of a Framework for Assessing the Energy Efficiency in Urban Water Systems and Its Demonstration in the Portuguese Water Sector

Loureiro, D.; Silva, C.; Cardoso, M. A.; Mamade, A.; Alegre, H.; Rosa, M. J. (MDPI Open Acess Journals, 2020-01)

Urban water systems (UWSs) are energy-intensive worldwide, particularly for drinking-water pumping and aeration in wastewater treatment. Usual approaches to improve energy efficiency focus only on equipment and disregard ...
Demand scenario planning approach in water distribution systems of Portugal using regression techniques

Cabral , M.; Mamade, A.; Loureiro, D.; Amado, C; Covas, D. (IWA Publishing, 2019-04)

This paper aims to develop and apply an approach for short-, medium- and long-term scenario planning. Construction of water demand scenarios is of the utmost importance for planning, design and operation of distribution ...
Using economic asset valuation to meet rehabilitation priority needs in the water sector

Cabral, M.; Loureiro, D.; Covas, D. (Taylor & Francis online, 2019-08)

The current study aims at economic asset valuation of water and wastewater infrastructures to prioritize rehabilitation interventions using the infrastructure value index (IVI) as a key performance indicator. The proposed ...
OpencoastS: an open-access service for the automatic generation of coastal forecast systems

Oliveira, A.; Fortunato, A. B.; Rogeiro, J.; Teixeira, J.; Azevedo, A.; Lauvaud, L.; Bertin, X.; Gomes, J.; David, M.; Pina, J.; Rodrigues, M.; Lopes, P. (Elsevier, 2020-02)

Coastal forecast systems are used for many purposes, including harbor management, search and rescue operations, and response to extreme events. However, the generation and operation of these systems is timeconsuming, requires ...
Estimation of costs for monitoring urban water and wastewater networks

Cabral , M.; Loureiro, D.; Almeida, M. C.; Covas, D. (IWA Publishing, 2019-01)

In many water distribution systems, water losses are a major problem and an integrated management strategy is required for both the efficient use of water resources and the minimisation of non-revenue water. For foul sewer ...
Influência dos sedimentos em suspensão no transporte e sobrevivência de E. coli no estuário do Tejo

Mendes, S.; Mesquita, E.; Rodrigues, M.; Menaia, J. (APESB, 2019-12)

Investigou-se a capacidade de sedimentos em suspensão no estuário do Tejo para co-transportar Escherichia coli, como indicador do comportamento das bactérias entéricas. Esta capacidade foi atestada i) pela correlação entre ...
Pilot Studies and Cost Analysis of Hybrid Powdered Activated Carbon/Ceramic Microfiltration for Controlling Pharmaceutical Compounds and Organic Matter in Water Reclamation

Viegas, R.M. C.; Mesquita, E.; Campinas, M.; Rosa, M. J. (MDPI, 2019-12)

This paper addresses the enhanced removal of pharmaceutical compounds (PhCs), a family of contaminants of emerging concern, and effluent organic matter (EfOM) in water reclamation by powdered activated carbon/coagulation/ceramic ...
Joint Report on the performance of the new pine nut shell derived PACs produced at pilot scale – extra work

Mesquita, E.; Mestre, A.S.; Viegas, R.M. C.; Carvalho, A. P.; Rosa, M. J. (2019-10)

This report constitutes the fifth deliverable of actions B3 and B4 and describes the extra-work developed in these actions after January 2018 joint deliverable of actions B3 and B4 of LIFE Impetus project, and describes ...
Joint Report on the performance of the new pine nut shell derived PACs – extra work

Mesquita, E.; Mestre, A.S.; Viegas, R.M. C.; Carvalho, A. P.; Rosa, M. J. (2019-09)

This report constitutes the fourth deliverable of actions B3 and B4 and describes the extra-work developed in these actions after January 2018. This extra-work from actions B3 and B4 proofs that it is possible to produce, ...
Hidralerta system: application to the Madalena do Pico and S. Roque do Pico ports

Fortes, C. J. E. M.; Reis, M. T. L. G. V.; Poseiro, P.; Pinheiro, L.; Mendonça, A. C.; SALVADOR, M.; Reis, F.; Azevedo, E. B. (EdiBios, 2019-09)

Under the framework of the ECOMAPORT project, two new prototypes of the forecast, early warning and risk management HIDRALERTA system to the ports of Madalena do Pico and S. Roque do Pico, both on the Island of Pico, Azores ...
Sines breakwater harbour: the OSOM+ monitoring program

Fortes, C. J. E. M.; Capitão, R.; Lemos, R.; Neves, M. G.; Silva, L. G.; Henriques, M. J.; Martins, T. (EdiBios, 2019-09)

Since 1986, the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC) has developed a program for Systematic Observation of Maritime Works (OSOM) for the structures under the responsibility of the former Port and Maritime ...
Analysis of the incident sea-waves and of the consequent run-up in the RODBreak experiment

Spans, J.H.; Santos, J. A.; Fortes, C. J. E. M.; Pinheiro, L. (EdiBios, 2019-09)

In 2017, the RODBreak experiment was conducted. The experiment aimed at characterizing wave run-up, overtopping and damage in rubble-mound breakwaters. The reason for these experiments was the huge impact that climate can ...
Risk forecast system for a moored ferry ship in S. Roque do Pico port

Pinheiro, L.; Fortes, C. J. E. M.; Reis, M. T. L. G. V.; Poseiro, P. (EdiBios, 2019-09)

In this paper, the development of such system, called SWAMS ALERT, is detailed and an illustration on how it applies to a real port is presented, namely the port of S. Roque do Pico. SWAMS ALERT is as risk forecast and ...
Damage assessment in rubble-mound breakwaters under oblique wave incidence

Lemos, R.; Peña, E.; Santos, J. A.; Sande, J.; Figuero, A.; Alvarellos, A.; Laiño, E.; Reis, M. T. L. G. V.; Fortes, C. J. E. M.; Kerpen, N.B. (EdiBios, 2019-09)

Regarding the stability of armour layers, several authors have proposed guidelines on how to consider the effects of oblique waves (e.g. Yu et al., 2002, Van Gent, 2014; Maciñeira & Burcharth, 2016). Especially for very ...
Análise e acompanhamento dos trabalhos de reabilitação para melhoria da situação ambiental envolvente aos furos de abastecimento de água do concelho de Praia da Vitória, Açores - Relatório do ano 2019

Leitão, T. E.; Henriques, M. J. A. (2019-12)

No âmbito da assessoria técnica para a "Análise e acompanhamento dos trabalhos de reabilitação para melhoria da situação ambiental envolvente aos furos de abastecimento de água do concelho de Praia da Vitória, Açores", que ...
Measuring armour layer damage in rubble-mound breakwaters under oblique wave incidence

Lemos, R.; Reis, M. T. L. G. V.; Fortes, C. J. E. M.; Peña, E.; Sande, J.; Figuero, A.; Alvarellos, A.; Laiño, E.; Santos, J. A.; Kerpen, N.B. (Hydraulic Engineering Repository, 2019-09)

This paper presents a set of scale-model tests carried out to extend the range of wave steepness values analyzed in wave run-up, overtopping and armour layer stability studies, focusing on oblique extreme wave conditions ...

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