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The paper presents the results of a feasibility study in need to determine if viable, effective and reliable web based early warning service in the domain of drinking water utilities can be developed. The early warning service is intended to be used by many actors in the Republic of Ireland including water utilities managers, the Irish Environmental Protection Agency personnel and the Irish Health and Safety Executive personnel. The results of this feasibility study include an assessment of whether or not a statement of requirements for a novel early warning service can be realised using a set of existing technologies. Based on these results it is concluded that it is feasible to develop a reliable and effective web-based early warning service for drinking water utilities by adapting technologies derived from multiple disciplines including safety engineering, artificial intelligence, software and web engineering.
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Dokas, I.M., Wallace, R.J., Marinescu, R., Imran, S., Foping, F. (2009). Towards a Novel Early Warning Service for State Agencies: A Feasibility Study. In: Athanasiadis, I.N., Rizzoli, A.E., Mitkas, P.A., Gómez, J.M. (eds) Information Technologies in Environmental Engineering. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88351-7_12
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