The University of Sheffield
Pennine Water Group

Yorkshire Water Strategic Partnership 2005-2010

In April 2005 Yorkshire Water Services established a strategic 5 year partnership with the Pennine Water Group, to meet YWS research needs associated with all aspects of buried infrastructure assets.

The outputs from the partnership proposes significant benefits by improved integration of all aspects of Yorkshire Water service provision, improved stakeholder and regulatory awareness, reduced customer complaint, reduced failures and the provision of high quality water and wastewater services at minimum cost. There are currently 10 live projects of value circa £1M:

Clean Water Projects

Project Title Summary Additional Info
Automated Data Analysis

(NOW COMPLETED)		 Research into an automated computing system for the detection and location of leakage in water distribution systems. Poster pdf
Distributed Water Age & Quality

(NOW COMPLETED)		 Endeavouring to shed some light on the reasons for bacteriological water quality sample failures in distribution networks. External Website
Internal Live Mains Repairs

(NOW COMPLETED)		 Developing the inflatable patch concept from a concept prototype through to a stage where, if successful, the product can be introduced to an industrial company for final development prior to mass production. Poster pdf
Leak Detection Using Transient Analysis

(NOW COMPLETED)		 The development and testing of a prototype system in real water supply networks for the detection of a bursts/leaks using pressure transients. Poster pdf

Waste Water Projects

Project Title Summary Additional Info
CSO Analytics

(NOW COMPLETED)		 Application of Artificial Intelligence and Fuzzy Logic to optimise CSO performance and management in near real time. N/A
CSO Performance Model

(NOW COMPLETED)		 To develop a CSO performance model using artificial intelligence techniques to predict CSO spills corresponding to rainfall events. Poster pdf
DG5 Monitor

(NOW COMPLETED)		 To develop a suite of new and novel instruments and communications technology for the prediction of DG5 flooding incidents. Poster pdf
Radar Rainfall

(NOW COMPLETED)		 To use Met Office radar data to determine the return period of individual storms and for the predictive modelling of the performance of sewer systems. Poster pdf
Real Time Monitoring

(NOW COMPLETED)		 To establish a communications and monitoring strategy that is appropriate for near real time control applications in sewerage systems. Poster pdf
Strategic Catchments

(NOW COMPLETED)		 To set up 2 strategic research catchments with long term monitoring for flow and quality in the sewerage system and receiving watercourse. To use the data to better understand and optimise system performance. Poster pdf
Uncertainty in Water Quality Predictions

(NOW COMPLETED)		 To test the sensitivity and uncertainty of prediction of existing UK water industry water quality models. Poster pdf
Water Quality SONDE

(NOW COMPLETED)		 Optimisation of water quality surveys through the use of online data collection. N/A