Imperial College London
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DR ANA MIJIC

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Reader in Water Systems Integration
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 3796ana.mijic Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Miss Judith Barritt +44 (0)20 7594 5967

 
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Location

 

310BSkempton BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@misc{Mijic:2023:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-6399,
author = {Mijic, A and Liu, L and Dobson, B},
doi = {10.5194/egusphere-egu23-6399},
title = {Water Systems Integrated Modelling framework (WSIMOD): A Python package for simulating human-impacted water quality and quantity},
type = {Other},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-6399},
year = {2023}
}
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TY  - GEN
AB  - <jats:p>The water cycle is highly interconnected; water fluxes in one part depend on physical and human processes throughout. For example, rivers are a water supply, a receiver of wastewater, and an aggregate of many hydrological, biological, and chemical processes. Thus, simulations of the water cycle that have highly constrained boundaries may miss key interactions that create unanticipated impacts or unexpected opportunities. Integrated environmental models aim to resolve the issue of boundary conditions, however they have some key limitations, and we find a significant need for a parsimonious, self-contained suite that is accessible and easy to setup. With this in mind, we have developed the WSIMOD &#8211; a Python package that allows for the representation of the water system&#8217;s demands and impacts of multiple sectors and actors&#8217; decisions within a single tool, which is considered beneficial to increasing a shared understanding of system performance and for more collaborative and coherent decisions on integrated water resources, water quality and flood management. The WSIMOD is a self-contained software package that includes modelled representations of key physical and infrastructure elements of the water cycle (urban and rural), with each type of modelled element generically described as a component. Components are written in such a way that any component can interact with any other component. This enables a flexible representation of a water system that is needed to accommodate the wide variety of different built/natural infrastructure configurations and scales. We will showcase how the WSIMOD tool has been developed and successfully tested through a range of applications in the UK, including integrated analysis of urban water systems, catchment water management and urban water neutrality. &#160;</jats:p>
AU  - Mijic,A
AU  - Liu,L
AU  - Dobson,B
DO  - 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-6399
PY  - 2023///
TI  - Water Systems Integrated Modelling framework (WSIMOD): A Python package for simulating human-impacted water quality and quantity
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-6399
ER  -
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