Quantitative monitoring of water conditions in a field is a critical ability for environmental science studies. We report the design, fabrication and testing of a low cost, miniaturized and sensitive electrochemical based nitrate sensor for quantitative determination of nitrate concentrations in water samples. We have presented detailed analysis for the nitrate detection results using the minia...

With the upcoming widespread distribution of smart meters for electricity, gas and water consumption, new opportunities are closely linked to new privacy concerns. In this paper, we present protocols that can be used to privately compute aggregate measurements, allowing for fraudand leakage detection as well as statistical evaluation of meter measurements, without revealing any information abou...

One of the problems with proposals for substantial institutional change in water systems is that modification and irreversibility make the process slow, cautious and costly to society. Experimental economics yields a formal and replicable system for analyzing alternative market structures, such as the ‘smart’ market, before they are actually implemented. For example, a ‘smart’ water market can ...

T o be effective, smart systems need to be instrumented, interconnected, and intelligent. Instrumentation enables the collection of timely, high-quality data through embedded sensors that communicate over wireless or wired networks. Instrumented devices such as smart meters for gas, electricity, and water continually monitor the supply and demand for these utilities, and might actuate strategie...

Kentler 20. yüzyılın son çeyreğinde iş, eğitim, ticaret ve eğlence gibi nedenlere bağlı olarak insanların ilgi odağı olmuşlardır. Bu yüzden kentlere nüfus akını olmuş kentler kalabalık mekanlar haline gelmişlerdir. Dolayısıyla kalabalıklaşan kentlerin yönetiminde hizmetlerinin sunumunda birtakım yeni metotlar oluşturma böylece hem hizmetlerin kolaylıklar elde edilmesi de kent kaynaklarının kull...

The application of Information and Communication Technology in different assets of urban life has contributed to generating the notion of Smart City in which Smart WAter Network (SWAN) can be assumed as subsystems. The possibility of inserting remote control valves and flow meters in a WDS allows the implementation of the paradigm of “divide and conquer”, that consists into divide a large water...