Infrastructure, Energy and Industry
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
Illustrative: rain routed down a catchment to the flood plain, generated, with the intensity of a scenario rising and falling
Risk Academy, led by the Nexus Consortium · Infrastructure, Energy and Industry
Water utilities deliver a service that only becomes visible when it fails: a pressure drop, a contamination event, a sewer overflow after a storm.
The model
From an ageing main to a renewal rate: bursts, real losses and the pipes replaced each year
DataModelGateDecision
The model From an ageing main to a renewal rate: bursts, real losses and the pipes replaced each year
The subtopics its courses and labs teach.
For utility engineers and managers, public health officers, regulators and resilience planners who need to assess the hydraulics, asset condition, dependencies and hazard exposure of drinking water and wastewater systems.
Each method is listed with what it assumes and where it fails.
Bodies and standards are named so learners can find and apply their published work; the Academy teaches their use and links to the publisher, and no affiliation is implied.
Water and wastewater systems's own model runs in the scene at the top of this page: set its parameters there and play the steps. The separate chart simulator is left off this page so that it stays within its size budget.
Search any place or open the world; the layers and generators follow water and wastewater systems on the planet map, the globe and in 3D.
Drag to move, right drag or Shift with a drag to turn and tilt, Ctrl with the wheel to zoom. Keyboard: arrows move, Shift with arrows turn and tilt, + and - zoom, 0 resets, V steps through the views, Escape clears.
Flat plan of the same data. The 3D twin opens on devices with WebGL once its data and library have been checked; the numbers are the same either way.
The boundaries, names and designations shown do not imply any judgement on the legal status of any territory, or any endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries. Countries: Natural Earth (public domain).
Open scholarly sources searched with the subject terms of Water and wastewater systems.
Search termsWater and wastewater systems; Water supply, treatment and distribution networks; Wastewater collection, treatment and reuse; Hydraulic modelling of networks; Asset condition, leakage and renewal; Water safety plansDerived from the Risk Academy page on Water and wastewater systems.
No source is enabled for live display on this site yet: the sources are listed for reference and none is queried. Once the publisher of record enables a source after its terms are reviewed, recent works are listed here. Metadata and links only: title, authors, venue, year, type, open-access status and licence as each source records them; works are listed for orientation, not reviewed or endorsed.
Research and preprints as they are published, by discipline, with the faculty's other tools.
The hub lists the newest research and preprints for Water and wastewater systems, each with its source and date. Open the research hub
Courses for this discipline are in development; until they open, study it through the connected courses and open lessons below.
The course catalogue lists every open course of the Academy.
| Aspect | In this area |
|---|---|
| Technology that helps | Digital twins, sensors and robotics for inspection. |
| Risk technology creates | Cascading cyber-physical failure and vendor lock-in. |
One for each course with this as its primary discipline, earned when you pass the course's assessed activities.
An achievement is a record of the learning completed and assessed here. How recognition works.
A field platform page on this subject is in development.
Nexus Foundry system pages describe what each system and its rooms are designed to do; the courses teach the methods these systems apply.
Start with Bartram, then Lambert, then Kleiner.
Nexus Reports is the Consortium's quarterly publication. What you know about this subject can become evidence, a case or a correction in the next edition, credited to you and published under CC BY 4.0 where it is your own work.
Open courses in connected disciplines teach the methods this discipline will build on.