The articles and scientific publications mainly concern the following research topics:
- Optimization of the management of artificial reservoirs to overcome drought periods
- Analysis, optimization and protection of water distribution networks in the new context of smart water networks
- Hydrodynamic modeling of underground aquifers for the remediation of contaminated sites
The first theme refers to the research carried out in the field of optimization of the management of an artificial reservoir, in particular the study of techniques for decision support systems - using metaheuristic optimization approaches based on fuzzy logic and genetic algorithms - capable of automatically managing, through specific decision and control systems, the release of the volumes of an artificial reservoir in different operating conditions, ordinary and drought, evaluated with the aid of techniques for identifying and predicting stochastic processes, such as AR, ARX, ARMA, etc., and Monte Carlo type simulation. The research topic was carried out in collaboration with researchers who are experts in electronic control in order to develop a completely automatic management system. The research was conducted on an artificial reservoir in Sicily.
The research conducted on water distribution systems refers to the second topic. In particular - after having investigated the effects of the alteration of the hydraulic performance of the networks due to the application of the districtisation methodology, both pursuant to the Ministerial Decree n. 99 of 1997 and the indications of the main international organizations such as IWA and AWWA, and the opportunities offered by the management of pressures for the reduction of losses in a water distribution network - optimal techniques have been developed for the automatic partitioning of networks based on metaheuristic optimization procedures of the definition of water districts and the degree of regulation of the valves for pressure management.
To this end, starting from graph theory and graph partitioning techniques used in computer science for the distribution of calculation meshes to processors, original algorithms have been developed based on the coupling of hydraulic simulation techniques, also with a pressure driven approach, evolutionary algorithms, such as genetic algorithms and ant algorithms, and graph partitioning techniques.
In particular, within the topic of Smart Water Networks, research is being developed for the definition of methodologies, criteria and algorithms, borrowed from Complex Network Theory, for a better understanding of the relationships between topology, resilience and robustness of water networks, in order to improve their design, management and partitioning into districts.
Furthermore, as part of the optimal management of aqueduct networks, techniques for identifying the law of demand and loss and the spatio-temporal distribution of demand have been developed, and a pilot site has been created where experimental activities have been conducted for the calibration of the models and the validation of the proposed techniques.
With reference to the third topic, the research was aimed at the development of hydrodynamic modeling techniques of aquifers and permeable systems, such as hydraulic barriers and reactive permeable barriers, for the study of the remediation of contaminated sites with innovative technologies.
The publications also concern studies on the spatial distribution of hourly rainfall series and laboratory experiments on the effects of vegetation on the marine flow field.
With reference to the third theme, the research investigated the engineering opportunities offered by the creation of reactive permeable barriers to be inserted within surface and underground aquifers, for the remediation of aquifers contaminated by waste landfills using in situ techniques. The effects of the interaction between soils and materials with different permeability were analyzed in order to develop systems, such as permeable barriers and arrays of permeable wells, optimal for minimizing construction costs and maximizing the effectiveness of remediation.
The research has therefore proposed alternative techniques to the traditional ex situ pump and treat technique, comparing its technological and economic advantages and disadvantages. The aquifer modeling was carried out with heterogeneous and anisotropic saturated soils, using hydraulic conductivities varying in space and time and two-dimensional and three-dimensional approaches. The study was conducted starting from piezometric and contamination data from a real site hosting several waste landfills in Campania.
List of main publications
Books
DI NARDO A., Di Natale M., Di Mauro A.: Water Supply Network District Metering. Theory and Case Study. 01/2012: pages 1-100; Springer.
DI NARDO A., Bortone I., Musmarra D.: Study of the contaminated site of Masseria del Pozzo-Schiavi in the municipality of Giugliano in Campania. Quantitative considerations on the effectiveness of pump and treat technology. 01/2010: pages 0-136; ABBIABBè EDIZIONI, ISBN: 8890210818.
DI NARDO A., Di Natale F., Iacomino A., Iervolino M., Musmarra D.: The underground aquifers in the Giugliano area. A qualitative study. 01/2009: pages 0-120; ABBIABBè EDIZIONI, ISBN: 8890210834.
Scopus Publications
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Giudicianni C., Greco R., Santonastaso G.F.: Water supply network partitioning based on weighted spectral clustering. Studies in Computational Intelligence (2017), Vol. 693. DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-50901-3_63.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Gargano R., Giudicianni C., Greco R., Santonastaso G.F.: Performance of partitioned water distribution networks under spatial-temporal variability of water demand. Environmental Modeling and Software (2018), Vol. 101. DOI:10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.12.020.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Di Mauro A., Santonastaso G.F., Palomba A., Locoratolo S.: Calibration of a water distribution network with limited field measures: The case study of Castellammare di Stabia (Naples, Italy). Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (2019), Vol. 11353 LNCS. DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-05348-2_36.
Sanneh J., Di Mauro A., Venticinque S., Santonastaso G.F., Di Nardo A., Wang Y., Lee J.: Water demand forecasting time series data. Embracing Analytics in the Drinking Water Industry (2022).
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Giudicianni C., Santonastaso G.F., Tzatchkov V., Varela J.M.R., Yamanaka V.H.A.: Water Supply Network Partitioning Based on Simultaneous Cost and Energy Optimization. Procedia Engineering (2016), Vol. 162. DOI:10.1016/j.proeng.2016.11.048.
Di Nardo A., Boccelli D.L., Herrera M., Creaco E., Cominola A., Sitzenfrei R., Taormina R.: Smart urban water networks: Solutions, trends and challenges. Water (Switzerland) (2021), Vol. 13. DOI:10.3390/w13040501.
Di Mauro A., Santonastaso G.F., Venticinque S., Di Nardo A.: Impact of COVID-19 emergency on residential water end-use consumption measured with a high-resolution IoT system. Aqua Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society (2021), Vol. 70. DOI:10.2166/aqua.2021.088.
Palma L., Creaco E., Iervolino M., Leopardi A., Santonastaso G.F., Nardo A.D.: SWANP: A Comprehensive Tool for Optimized Water Network Clustering. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2025: Cool Solutions to Hot Topics - Proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2025 (2025). DOI:10.1061/9780784486184.099.
Santonastaso G.F., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Giudicianni C., Greco R.: Scaling-laws of flow entropy with topological metrics of water distribution networks. Entropy (2018), Vol. 20. DOI:10.3390/e20020095.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Greco R., Santonastaso G.F.: Heuristic optimization methods for Smart WAter Network Partitioning. OPT-i 2014 - 1st International Conference on Engineering and Applied Sciences Optimization, Proceedings (2014).
Farina A., Di Nardo A., Gargano R., van der Werf J.A., Greco R.: A simplified approach for the hydrological simulation of urban drainage systems with SWMM. Journal of Hydrology (2023), Vol. 623. DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129757.
Palma L., Ortiz C., Hatam F., Besner M.-C., Nardo A.D., Prévost M.: Impact of urban heat island and cool island on chlorine residual, DBPs and microbial indicators in drinking water distribution system. Water Research (2026), Vol. 303. DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2026.126143.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Giudicianni C., Greco R., Santonastaso G.F.: Water distribution network clustering: Graph partitioning or spectral algorithms?. Studies in Computational Intelligence (2018), Vol. 689. DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-72150-7_97.
Bortone I., Erto A., Santonastaso G., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Musmarra D.: Design of Permeable Adsorptive Barriers (PABs) for groundwater remediation by COMSOL Multi-physics simulations. Desalination and Water Treatment (2015), Vol. 55. DOI:10.1080/19443994.2014.957931.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Musmarra D., Santonastaso G.F., Tzatchkov V., Alcocer-Yamanaka V.H.: A district sectorization for water network protection from intentional contamination. Procedia Engineering (2014), Vol. 70. DOI:10.1016/j.proeng.2014.02.057.
Di Mauro A., Cominola A., Castelletti A., Di Nardo A.: Urban water consumption at multiple spatial and temporal scales. A review of existing datasets. Water (Switzerland) (2021), Vol. 13. DOI:10.3390/w13010036.
Santonastaso G.F., Creaco E., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M.: Post-disaster response and restoration of btown network based on primary network. 1st International WDSA/CCWI 2018 Joint Conference (2018).
Bortone I., Chianese S., Erto A., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Santonastaso G.F., Musmarra D.: Risk analysis for a contaminated site in north of Naples (Italy). Chemical Engineering Transactions (2015), Vol. 43. DOI:10.3303/CET1543322.
Pagano M., Santonastaso G.F., Di Nardo A., Cuomo S., Schiano Di Cola V.: Machine Learning Model for Battle of Water Demand Forecasting †. Engineering Proceedings (2024), Vol. 69. DOI:10.3390/engproc2024069037.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Chianese S., Musmarra D., Santonastaso G.F.: Combined recursive clustering and partitioning to define optimal DMAs of water distribution networks. Environmental Modeling and Software for Supporting a Sustainable Future, Proceedings - 8th International Congress on Environmental Modeling and Software, iEMSs 2016 (2016), Vol. 4.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Di Mauro A., Martínez Díaz E., Blázquez Garcia J.A., Santonastaso G.F., Tuccinardi F.P.: An advanced software to design automatically permanent partitioning of a water distribution network. Urban Water Journal (2020), Vol. 17. DOI:10.1080/1573062X.2020.1760322.
Di Nardo A., Natale M.D., Santonastaso G.F., Tzatchkov V.G., Alcocer-Yamanaka V.H.: Water network sectorization based on graph theory and energy performance indices. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (2014), Vol. 140. DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000364.
Giudicianni C., Herrera M., di Nardo A., Carravetta A., Ramos H.M., Adeyeye K.: Zero-net energy management for the monitoring and control of dynamically-partitioned smart water systems. Journal of Cleaner Production (2020), Vol. 252. DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119745.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Santonastaso G.F., Tzatchkov V., Alcocer Yamanaka V.H.: Divide and conquer partitioning techniques for smart water networks. Procedia Engineering (2014), Vol. 89. DOI:10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.247.
Bortone I., Santonastaso G., Erto A., Chianese S., Di Nardo A., Musmarra D.: An innovative in-situ DRAINage system for advanced groundwater reactive TREATment (in-DRAIN-TREAT). Chemosphere (2021), Vol. 270. DOI:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129412.
Kungolos A., Di Nardo A., Mallios Z., Manakou V., Emmanouil C.: Effective environmental management within the context of sustainability and economic development: a special issue from the 13th International Conference on Protection and Restoration of the Environment (PREXIII), July 3–8, 2016, Mykonos island, Greece. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2018), Vol. 25. DOI:10.1007/s11356-018-2752-1.
Psomopoulos C.S., Kungolos A., Di Nardo A.: Advances in Industrial Waste Reduction. Applied Sciences (Switzerland) (2023), Vol. 13. DOI:10.3390/app13031403.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Santonastaso G.F.: A comparison between different techniques for water network sectorization. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply (2014), Vol. 14. DOI:10.2166/ws.2014.046.
Creaco E., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Giudicianni C., Santonastaso G.F.: Multi-object approach for WSN Partitioning in the framework of Pressure Driven Analysis. CCWI 2017 - 15th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry (2017).
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Di Mauro A.: Case study: Monterusciello network. CISM International Center for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures (2013). DOI:10.1007/978-3-7091-1493-3_4.
Buono M., Capece S., Caputo F., Cascini M., Chivăran C., Nardo A.D., Iervolino M., Munno M.: A COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF ADVANCED ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS; [A COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF ADVANCED ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS]. Sustainable Mediterranean Construction (2024), Vol.
Di Nardo A., Cavallo A., Di Natale M., Greco R., Santonastaso G.F.: Dynamic Control of Water Distribution System Based on Network Partitioning. Procedia Engineering (2016), Vol. 154. DOI:10.1016/j.proeng.2016.07.460.
Paez D., Filion Y., Castro-Gama M., Quintiliani C., Santopietro S., Sweetapple C., Meng F., Farmani R., Fu G., Butler D., Zhang Q., Zheng F., Diao K., Ulanicki B., Huang Y., Deuerlein J., Gilbert D., Abraham E., Piller O., Bałut A., Brodziak R., Bylka J., Zakrzewski P., Li Y., Gao J., Jian C., Ou C., Hu S., Sophocleous S., Nikoloudi E., Mahmoud H., Woodward K., Romano M., Santonastaso G.F., Creaco E., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Bibok A., Salcedo C., Aguilar A., Cuero P., González S., Muñoz S., Pérez J., Posada A., Robles J., Vargas K., Franchini M., Galelli S., Kim J.H., Iglesias-Rey P., Kapelan Z., Saldarriaga J., Savic D., Walski T.: Battle of Postdisaster Response and Restoration. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (2020), Vol. 146. DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001239.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Iervolino M., Musmarra D., Santonastaso G.F.: Convolution integral vs. Finite difference for the inverse problem of detection of a contamination source in rivers. Desalination and Water Treatment (2017), Vol. 86. DOI:10.5004/dwt.2017.20876.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Musmarra D., Santonastaso G.F., Tzatchkov V., Alcocer-Yamanaka V.H.: Dual-use value of network partitioning for water system management and protection from malicious contamination. Journal of Hydroinformatics (2015), Vol. 17. DOI:10.2166/hydro.2014.014.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Di Mauro A., Santonastaso G.F., Giudicianni C.: Criteria, objectives and methodologies for water network partitioning. Italian Journal of Engineering Geology and Environment (2018), Vol. 2018. DOI:10.4408/IJEGE.2018-01.S-04.
by Nardo A., Giudicianni C., Greco R., Herrera M., Santonastaso G.F.: Applications of graph spectral techniques to water distribution network management. Water (Switzerland) (2018), Vol. 10. DOI:10.3390/w10010045.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Giudicianni C., Musmarra D., Varela J.M.R., Santonastaso G.F., Simone A., Tzatchkov V.: Redundancy Features of Water Distribution Systems. Procedia Engineering (2017), Vol. 186. DOI:10.1016/j.proeng.2017.03.244.
Giudicianni C., Di Nardo A., Greco R., Scala A.: A Community-Structure-Based Method for Estimating the Fractal Dimension, and its Application to Water Networks for the Assessment of Vulnerability to Disasters. Water Resources Management (2021), Vol. 35. DOI:10.1007/s11269-021-02773-y.
Giudicianni C., Di Nardo A., Greco R., Santonastaso G.F.: Simplified approach for water distribution network dividing. 1st International WDSA/CCWI 2018 Joint Conference (2018).
Di Nardo A., Bortone I., Chianese S., Di Natale M., Erto A., Santonastaso G.F., Musmarra D.: Odorous emission reduction from a waste landfill with an optimal protection system based on fuzzy logic. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2019), Vol. 26. DOI:10.1007/s11356-018-2514-0.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Di Mauro A.: Water leakage management. CISM International Center for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures (2013). DOI:10.1007/978-3-7091-1493-3_1.
Santonastaso G.F., Bortone I., Chianese S., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Erto A., Karatza D., Musmarra D.: Discontinuous permeable adsorptive barrier design and cost analysis: a methodological approach to optimisation. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2018), Vol. 25. DOI:10.1007/s11356-017-0220-y.
Herrera M., Wright R., Giudicianni C., Di Nardo A., Izquierdo J.: Complex Network Multiresolution for Optimal Sensor Placement in Big Urban Infrastructures. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications (2018), Vol. 308. DOI:10.3233/978-1-61499-918-8-74.
Erto A., Bortone I., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Musmarra D.: Permeable Adsorptive Barrier (PAB) for the remediation of groundwater simultaneously contaminated by some chlorinated organic compounds. Journal of Environmental Management (2014), Vol. 140. DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.03.012.
Barros D.B., Giaducianni C., Herrera M., Di Nardo A., Brentan B.: Pressure Sensors Placement Using Graph Signal Processing and Sampling Theory. Proceedings of the IAHR World Congress (2022). DOI:10.3850/IAHR-39WC2521716X20221773.
Creaco E., Di Nardo A., Iervolino M., Santonastaso G.: Closure to "Head-Drop Method for the Modeling of Pressure Reducing Valves and Variable Speed Pumps in Water Distribution Networks". Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (2024), Vol. 150. DOI:10.1061/JHEND8.HYENG-13926.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Santonastaso G.F., Tuccinardi F.P., Zaccone G.: SWANP: Software for automatic smart WAter network partitioning. Proceedings - 7th International Congress on Environmental Modeling and Software: Bold Visions for Environmental Modeling, iEMSs 2014 (2014), Vol. 3.
Giudicianni C., Herrera M., Di Nardo A., Greco R., Creaco E., Scala A.: Topological Placement of Quality Sensors in Water-Distribution Networks without the Recourse to Hydraulic Modeling. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (2020), Vol. 146. DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001210.
Alvisi S., Franchini M., Marsili V., Mazzoni F., Salomons E., Housh M., Abokifa A., Arsova K., Ayyash F., Bae H., Barreira R., Basto L., Bayer S., Berglund E.Z., Biondi D., Boloukasli Ahmadgourabi F., Brentan B., Caetano J., Campos F., Cao H., Cardona S., Carreño Alvarado E.P., Carriço N., Chatzistefanou G.-A., Coy Y., Creaco E., Cuomo S., de Klerk A., Di Nardo A., Dicarlo M., Dittmer U., Dziedzic R., Ebrahim Bakhshipour A., Eliades D., Farmani R., Ferreira B., Gabriele A., Gamboa-Medina M.M., Gao F., Gao J., Gargano R., Geranmehr M., Giudicianni C., Glynis K., Gómez S., González L., Groß M., Guo H., Habibi M.N., Haghighi A., Hammer B., Hans L., Hayslep M., He Y., Hermes L., Herrera M., Hinder F., Hou B., Iglesias-Rey A., Iglesias-Rey P.L., Jang I.-S., Izquierdo J., Jahangir M.S., Jara-Arriagada C., Jenks B., Johnen G., Kalami Heris M., Kalumba M., Kang M.-S., Khashei Varnamkhasti M., Kim K.-J., Kley-Holsteg J., Ko T., Koochali A., Kossieris P., Koundouri P., Kühnert C., Kulaczkowski A., Lee J., Li K., Li Y., Liu H., Liu Y., López-Hojas C.A., Maier A., Makropoulos C., Martínez-Solano F.J., Marzouny N.H., Menapace A., Michalopoulos C., Moraitis G., Mousa H., Namdari H., Nikolopoulos D., Oberascher M., Ostfeld A., Pagano M., Pasha F., Perafán J., Perelman G., Pesantez J., Polycarpou M., Quarta M.G., Que Q., Quilty J., Quintiliani C., Ramachandran A., Reynoso Meza G., Rodriguez V., Romano Y., Saldarriaga J., Salem A.K., Samartzis P., Santonastaso G.F., Savic D., Schiano Di Cola V., Schol D., Seyoum A.G., Shen R., Simukonda K., Sinske A., Sitzenfrei R., Sonnenschein B., Stoianov I., Tabares A., Todini E., Tsiami L., Tsoukalas I., Ulusoy A.-J., Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia L., van Heerden A., Vaquet J., Vaquet V., Wallner S., Walraad M., Wang D., Wu S., Wu W., Wunsch A., Yao Y., Yu J., Zanfei A., Zanutto D., Zhang H., Ziebarth M., Ziel F., Zou J.: Battle of Water Demand Forecasting. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (2025), Vol. 151. DOI:10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-6887.
Nardo A.D., Creaco E., Manakou V., Musmarra D., Prevost M.: Innovative approach and design for environmental protection from arising threats. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2021), Vol. 28. DOI:10.1007/s11356-021-14002-5.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Greco R., Santonastaso G.F.: Ant algorithm for smart water network partitioning. Procedia Engineering (2014), Vol. 70. DOI:10.1016/j.proeng.2014.02.058.
Giudicianni C., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Greco R., Santonastaso G.F., Scala A.: Topological taxonomy of water distribution networks. Water (Switzerland) (2018), Vol. 10. DOI:10.3390/w10040444.
Giudicianni C., Herrera M., Di Nardo A., Oliva G., Scala A.: The faster the better: On the shortest paths role for near real-time decision making of water utilities. Reliability Engineering and System Safety (2021), Vol. 212. DOI:10.1016/j.ress.2021.107589.
Agudelo-Vera C., Avveggiato S., Boxall J., Creaco E., de Kater H., Nardo A.D., Djukic A., Douterelo I., Fish K.E., Rey P.L.G., Jacimovic N., Jacobs H.E., Kapelan Z., Solano J.M., Pachongo C.M., Piller O., Quintiliani C., Ručka J., Tuhovčák L., Blokker M.: Drinking water temperatures around the globe: Understanding, policies, challenges and opportunities. Water (Switzerland) (2020), Vol. 12. DOI:10.3390/W12041049.
Palma L., Di Nardo A., Hatam F., Santonastaso G.F., Prévost M.: Investigating the Efficacy of Topological Methods for Optimal Sensor Placement in Water Distribution Systems †. Engineering Proceedings (2024), Vol. 69. DOI:10.3390/engproc2024069093.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Gisonni C., Iervolino M.: A genetic algorithm for demand pattern and leakage estimation in a water distribution network. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA (2015), Vol. 64. DOI:10.2166/aqua.2014.004.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Giudicianni C., Musmarra D., Santonastaso G.F., Simone A.: Water distribution system clustering and partitioning based on social network algorithms. Procedia Engineering (2015), Vol. 119. DOI:10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.876.
Santonastaso G.F., Di Nardo A., Creaco E.: Dual topology for partitioning of water distribution networks considering actual valve locations. Urban Water Journal (2019), Vol. 16. DOI:10.1080/1573062X.2019.1669201.
Di Nardo A., Santonastaso G.F., Di Natale M., Ferrara P., Moccia G., Bosco R., Giacobbe S., Vigliotti M., Ruberti D., Donadio C., Mozingo L.A., Valente R.: A Case Study in Southern Italy to Estimate the Effectiveness of GSI for Quality Life Improvement in an Urban Context. International Low Impact Development Conference 2023: Adaptation and Resilience for a Changing World - Proceedings of the International Low Impact Development Conference 2023 (2023). DOI:10.1061/9780784485002.002.
Santonastaso G.F., Bortone I., Chianese S., Erto A., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Musmarra D.: Application of a discontinuous permeable adsorptive barrier for aquifer remediation. A comparison with a continuous adsorptive barrier. Desalination and Water Treatment (2016), Vol. 57. DOI:10.1080/19443994.2015.1130921.
Santonastaso G.F., Di Nardo A., Creaco E., Musmarra D., Greco R.: Comparison of topological, empirical and optimization-based approaches for locating quality detection points in water distribution networks. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2021), Vol. 28. DOI:10.1007/s11356-020-10519-3.
Santonastaso G.F., Erto A., Bortone I., Chianese S., Di Nardo A., Musmarra D.: Experimental and simulation study of the restoration of a thallium (I)-contaminated aquifer by Permeable Adsorptive Barriers (PABs). Science of the Total Environment (2018), Vol. 630. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.169.
di Nardo A., di Natale M., Giudicianni C., Santonastaso G.F., Tzatchkov V., Varela J.M.R.: Economic and energy criteria for district meter areas design of water distribution networks. Water (Switzerland) (2017), Vol. 9. DOI:10.3390/w9070463.
Bortone I., Erto A., Nardo A.D., Santonastaso G.F., Chianese S., Musmarra D.: Pump-and-treat configurations with vertical and horizontal wells to remediate an aquifer contaminated by hexavalent chromium. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology (2020), Vol. 235. DOI:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2020.103725.
Palma L., Hatam F., Di Nardo A., Prévost M.: Design of Monitoring Systems for Contaminant Detection in Water Networks Under Pipe Break-Induced Events. Sensors (2025), Vol. 25. DOI:10.3390/s25175320.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Santonastaso G.F., Tzatchkov V.G., Alcocer-Yamanaka V.H.: Performance indices for water network partitioning and sectorization. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply (2015), Vol. 15. DOI:10.2166/ws.2014.132.
Ciaponi C., Creaco E., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Giudicianni C., Musmarra D., Santonastaso G.F.: Reducing impacts of contamination in water distribution networks: A combined strategy based on network partitioning and installation of water quality sensors. Water (Switzerland) (2019), Vol. 11. DOI:10.3390/w11061315.
Di Nardo A., Bortone I., Di Natale M., Erto A., Musmarra D.: A heuristic procedure to optimize the design of a permeable reactive barrier for in situ groundwater remediation. Adsorption Science and Technology (2014), Vol. 32. DOI:10.1260/0263-6174.32.2-3.125.
Santonastaso G.F., Bortone I., Chianese S., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Musmarra D.: A Smart Fuzzy System applied to reduce odor production from a waste landfill. Chemical Engineering Transactions (2014), Vol. 40. DOI:10.3303/CET1440005.
Giudicianni C., Herrera M., di Nardo A., Adeyeye K.: Automatic Multiscale Approach for Water Networks Partitioning into Dynamic District Metered Areas. Water Resources Management (2020), Vol. 34. DOI:10.1007/s11269-019-02471-w.
Bortone I., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Erto A., Musmarra D., Santonastaso G.F.: Remediation of an aquifer polluted with dissolved tetrachloroethylene by an array of wells filled with activated carbon. Journal of Hazardous Materials (2013), Vol. 260. DOI:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.06.050.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Di Mauro A.: Design support methodology. CISM International Center for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures (2013). DOI:10.1007/978-3-7091-1493-3_3.
Cavallo A., Di Nardo A., De Maria G., Di Natale M.: Automated Fuzzy Decision and Control System for reservoir management. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA (2013), Vol. 62. DOI:10.2166/aqua.2013.046.
Giudicianni C., Herrera M., Di Nardo A., Creaco E., Greco R.: Multi-criteria method for the realistic placement of water quality sensors on pipes of water distribution systems. Environmental Modeling and Software (2022), Vol. 152. DOI:10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105405.
Giudicianni C., Herrera M., Nardo A.D., Adeyeye K., Ramos H.M.: Overview of Energy Management and Leakage Control Systems for Smart Water Grids and Digital Water. Modeling (2020), Vol. 1. DOI:10.3390/modelling1020009.
Giudicianni C., Campisano A., Di Nardo A., Creaco E.: Pulsed Demand Modeling for the Optimal Placement of Water Quality Sensors in Water Distribution Networks. Water Resources Research (2022), Vol. 58. DOI:10.1029/2022WR033368.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Musmarra D., Santonastaso G.F., Tuccinardi F.P., Zaccone G.: Software for partitioning and protecting a water supply network. Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems (2016), Vol. 33. DOI:10.1080/10286608.2015.1124867.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Guida M., Musmarra D.: Water Network Protection from Intentional Contamination by Sectorization. Water Resources Management (2013), Vol. 27. DOI:10.1007/s11269-012-0133-y.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Santonastaso G.F., Venticinque S.: An Automated Tool for Smart Water Network Partitioning. Water Resources Management (2013), Vol. 27. DOI:10.1007/s11269-013-0421-1.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Giudicianni C., Greco R., Santonastaso G.F.: Weighted spectral clustering for water distribution network partitioning. Applied Network Science (2017), Vol. 2. DOI:10.1007/s41109-017-0033-4.
Creaco E., Di Nardo A., Iervolino M., Santonastaso G.: Head-Drop Method for the Modeling of Pressure Reducing Valves and Variable Speed Pumps in Water Distribution Networks. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (2023), Vol. 149. DOI:10.1061/JHEND8.HYENG-13279.
Santonastaso G.F., Di Nardo A., Creaco E., Iervolino M.: A Topological Algorithm for Sectorization of Water Distribution Networks. ACS ES and T Water (2024), Vol. 4. DOI:10.1021/acsestwater.4c00250.
Creaco E., Di Nardo A., Iervolino M., Santonastaso G.: High-Order Global Algorithm for the Pressure-Driven Modeling of Water Distribution Networks. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (2022), Vol. 148. DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001524.
Di Mauro A., Santonastaso G.F., Venticinque S., Di Nardo A.: Open Datasets and IoT Sensors for Residential Water Demand Monitoring at the End-Use Level: A Pilot Study Site in Naples (Italy). Springer Water (2022). DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-95844-2_4.
Palma L., Creaco E., Iervolino M., Marocco D., Santonastaso G.F., Di Nardo A.: Could ChatGPT Automate Water Network Clustering? A Performance Assessment Across Algorithms. Water (Switzerland) (2025), Vol. 17. DOI:10.3390/w17202995.
Bortone I., Erto A., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Santonastaso G., Musmarra D.: Design of permeable adsorbing barriers for groundwater protection: Optimization of the intervention. Chemical Engineering Transactions (2014), Vol. 36. DOI:10.3303/CET1436092.
Chianese S., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Giudicianni C., Musmarra D., Santonastaso G.F.: DMA optimal layout for protection of water distribution networks from malicious attack. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (2018), Vol. 10707 LNCS. DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-99843-5_8.
Palma L., Hatam F., Nardo A.D., Prévost M.: Contaminations in water distribution systems: a critical review of detection and response methods. Aqua Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society (2024), Vol. 73. DOI:10.2166/aqua.2024.125.
Di Nardo A., Santonastaso G.F.: Innovative methods for optimal design of water network partitioning. Embracing Analytics in the Drinking Water Industry (2022).
Facchini A., Scala A., Lattanzi N., Caldarelli G., Liberatore G., Dal Maso L., Di Nardo A.: Complexity science for sustainable smart water grids. Communications in Computer and Information Science (2017), Vol. 708. DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-57711-1_3.
Giudicianni C., Di Cicco I., Di Nardo A., Greco R.: Variance-based Global Sensitivity Analysis of Surface Runoff Parameters for Hydrological Modeling of a Real Peri-urban Ungauged Basin. Water Resources Management (2024), Vol. 38. DOI:10.1007/s11269-024-03802-2.
di Nardo A., di Natale M., Giudicianni C., Santonastaso G.F., Savic D.: Simplified approach to water distribution system management via identification of a primary network. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (2018), Vol. 144. DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000885.
Avveggiato S., Todeschini S., Giudicianni C., Di Nardo A., Walski T., Creaco E.: Modulating Nodal Outflows to Ensure Sufficient Disinfectant Residuals in Water Distribution Networks. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (2020), Vol. 146. DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001254.
Kulaczkowski A., Sanneh J., Cohall M., Sabri A.A., Wang Y., González-Ramírez J., Di Mauro A., Santonastaso G.F., Di Nardo A., Lee J.: Insights From 15 Years of New York City's Drinking Water Quality Complaints. Journal - American Water Works Association (2025), Vol. 117. DOI:10.1002/awwa.2466.
Di Mauro A., Venticinque S., Santonastaso G.F., Di Nardo A.: WEUSEDTO—Water End USE Dataset and TOols: An open water end use consumption dataset and data analytics tools. SoftwareX (2022), Vol. 20. DOI:10.1016/j.softx.2022.101214.
Di Mauro A., Di Nardo A., Santonastaso G.F., Venticinque S.: An IoT system for monitoring and data collection of residential water end-use consumption. Proceedings - International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN (2019), Vol. 2019-July. DOI:10.1109/ICCCN.2019.8847120.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Di Mauro A.: Water district metering policy and practice. CISM International Center for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures (2013). DOI:10.1007/978-3-7091-1493-3_2.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Giudicianni C., Greco R., Francesco Santonastaso G.: Complex network and fractal theory for the assessment of water distribution network resilience to pipe failures. Water Supply (2018), Vol. 18. DOI:10.2166/ws.2017.124.
Bortone I., Chianese S., Erto A., Di Nardo A., De Crescenzo C., Karatza D., Santonastaso G.F., Musmarra D.: An optimized configuration of adsorptive wells for the remediation of an aquifer contaminated by multiple aromatic hydrocarbon pollutants. Science of the Total Environment (2019), Vol. 696. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133731.
Di Nardo A., Greco R., Santonastaso G.F.: Synthetic indices of robustness of water distribution networks. Urban Water Management: Challenges and Oppurtunities - 11th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry, CCWI 2011 (2011), Vol. 1.
Bortone I., Carrillo S., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Musmarra D.: Mitigation of the odorous impact of a waste landfill located in a highly urbanized area. Chemical Engineering Transactions (2012), Vol. 28. DOI:10.3303/CET1228039.
Bortone I., Nardo A.D., Natale M.D., Erto A., Musmarra D.: Permeable adsorbing barrier for groundwater protection from single-compounds and multicomponent contamination by chlorinated organic compounds. Chemical Engineering Transactions (2013), Vol. 35. DOI:10.3303/CET1335118.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Erto A., Musmarra D., Bortone I.: Permeable reactive barrier for groundwater PCE remediation: The case study of a solid waste landfill pollution. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (2010), Vol. 28. DOI:10.1016/S1570-7946(10)28170-1.
Cavallo A., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M.: A fuzzy control strategy for the regulation of an artificial reservoir. Sustainable World (2003), Vol. 6.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M.: A design support methodology for district metering of water supply networks. Water Distribution Systems Analysis 2010 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference, WDSA 2010 (2012). DOI:10.1061/41203(425)80.
Di Natale M., Ciarmiello M., Di Nardo A.: Oscillatory flow velocities through vegetation fields: Laboratory observations. Environmental Hydraulics - Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics (2010), Vol. 1.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Santonastaso G.F., Tzatchkov V.G., Alcocer-Yamanaka V.H.: Water Network Sectorization based on a genetic algorithm and minimum dissipated power paths. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply (2013), Vol. 13. DOI:10.2166/ws.2013.059.
Greco R., Di Nardo A., Santonastaso G.: Resilience and entropy as indices of robustness of water distribution networks. Journal of Hydroinformatics (2012), Vol. 14. DOI:10.2166/hydro.2012.037.
Erto A., Lancia A., Bortone I., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Musmarra D.: A procedure to design a Permeable Adsorptive Barrier (PAB) for contaminated groundwater remediation. Journal of Environmental Management (2011), Vol. 92. DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.07.044.
Cavallo A., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Natale C.: An optimal fuzzy approach to automated reservoir management. IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline) (2005), Vol. 16. DOI:10.3182/20050703-6-cz-1902.02192.
Bortone I., Chianese S., Nardo A.D., Natale M.D., Erto A., Musmarra D.: A comparison between pump & treat technique and permeable reactive barriers for the remediation of groundwater contaminated by chlorinated organic compounds. Chemical Engineering Transactions (2013), Vol. 32. DOI:10.3303/CET1332006.
Bortone I., Chianese S., Di Nardo A., Erto A., Musmarra D.: Groundwater protection by permeable adsorbing barriers at solid waste landfills. Landfills: Waste Management, Regional Practices and Environmental Impact (2012).
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Santonastaso G.F., Venticinque S.: Graph partitioning for automatic sectorization of a water distribution system. Urban Water Management: Challenges and Oppurtunities - 11th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry, CCWI 2011 (2011), Vol. 3.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M.: A heuristic design support methodology based on graph theory for district metering of water supply networks. Engineering Optimization (2011), Vol. 43. DOI:10.1080/03052151003789858.
Cavallo A., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M.: A fuzzy decision support system for a hydraulic application. IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (2007). DOI:10.1109/FUZZY.2007.4295458.
Cavallo A., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M.: Optimal fuzzy decision strategies for reservoir management. Proceedings of the 2004 World Water and Environmetal Resources Congress: Critical Transitions in Water and Environmetal Resources Management (2004).
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Di Mauro A.: Preface. CISM International Center for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures (2013).
The updated list of publications is available at the following links:
Book Chapters
Michele Di Natale, Armando Di Nardo: Urban Meteoric Water Reuse and Management. Urban Water Reuse Handbook, Edited by Saeid Eslamian, 01/2016: chapter 44 - Part X: pages 533-547; CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, ISBN: 9781482229141, DOI:10.1201/b19646-55.
Journal Publications
A. Di Nardo, M. Di Natale, C. Giudicianni, D. Musmarra, J. M. Rodriguez Varela, G. F. Santonastaso, A. Simone, V. Tzatchkov (2017). Redundancy Features of Water Distribution System. Procedia Engineering 186, Pages 412-419.
A. Di Nardo, M. Di Natale, C. Giudicianni, C. Laspidou, F. Morlando, G. F. Santonastaso and D. Kofinas (2017). Spectral analysis and topological and energy metrics for water network partitioning of Skiathos island. European Water 58: 423-428.
CASCETTA F., DI NARDO A., DI NATALE M.: The districting of water distribution networks. 01/2005; 3:18-23.
CAVALLO A., DI NARDO A., DI NATALE M.: Fuzzy Control of Artificial Reservoirs. WSEAS Transactions on Systems 01/2003; 4(2):1118-1124.
Conference Proceedings
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M. (2017). Criteria for districting water distribution networks. Proceedings of the XXXVIII edition, 21–24 June 2017. Edibios, Cosenza.
Bortone I., Chianese S., Di Nardo A., Erto A., Musmarra D., Ottobrino V., Karatza D., Santonastaso G. F. (2017). Optimal design of Adsorptive Barrier (PAB-D) for groundwater remediation in multiple aromatic hydrocarbon contamination. Proceeding of the Sixth International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics (CEMEPE) and SECOTOX Conference.
Santonastaso G. F., Bortone I., Chianese S., Di Natale M., Di Nardo A., Erto A., Musmarra D. (2017). A smart optimization methodology of the pumping phase of a pump and treat system for groundwater remediation. Proceeding of the Sixth International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics (CEMEPE) and SECOTOX Conference.
Armando Di Nardo et al.: New Perspectives for Smart Water Network monitoring, partitioning and protection with innovative On-line Measuring Sensors. E-proceedings of the 36th IAHR World Congress; 06/2015.
A. Di Nardo, G. F. Santonastaso, R. Battaglia, D. Musmarra, F. P. Tuccinardi, F. Castaldo, B. Della Ventura, M. Iervolino, R. Velotta: Smart identification system of surface water contamination by an innovative biosensor network. CEMEPE - 5th International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics; 06/2015.
A. Di Nardo, M. Di Natale, G. F. Santonastaso, D. Musmarra, F. P. Tuccinardi, G. Zaccone: SWANP 2.0: advanced tool for Smart Water Network Partitioning and Protection. Water Ideas 2014, Bologna, Italy; 10/2014.
Armando Di Nardo, Michele Di Natale, Dino Musmarra, Giovanni Francesco Santonastaso, V. Tzatchkov, V. H. Alcocer Yamanaka: Optimal design of network partitioning for water distribution system protection from intentional contamination. 11th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, New York, USA; 08/2014.
Alberto Cavallo, Armando Di Nardo, Michele Di Natale: An Automatic Smart Decision and Control System for Reservoir Management Based on Fuzzy Logic. 10th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Hamburg, Germany; 07/2012.
A. Di Nardo, M. Di Natale, G. F. Santonastaso: Identification of isolated water sectors of a water distribution network with a methodology based on graph theory. The aqueduct and drainage networks, Ferrara; 05/2012.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Santonastaso G. F., Tzatchkov V. G., Alcocer-Yamanaka V. H.: Water Network Sectorization based on genetic algorithm and minimum dissipated power paths. Proceedings of WaterLossEurope 2012.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Greco R., Santonastaso G. F.: Synthetic indices for the districting of a water distribution network. Proceedings of the XXXIII Conference on Hydraulics and Hydraulic Constructions; 01/2012.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Santonastaso G. F., Venticinque S.: Divide and conquer: an automatic system for partitioning Smart Water Networks. Proceedings of the XXXIII Conference on Hydraulics and Hydraulic Constructions; 01/2012.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Santonastaso G. F.: A methodology for the districting of a water distribution network based on graph theory. The management of water networks; 01/2011.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Guida M., Musmarra D.: Water supply network protection from malicious attacks by sectorization. Proceedings of VI EWRA International Symposium; 01/2011.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Greco R., Santonastaso G. F.: Resilience and Entropy Indices for Water Supply Network Sectorization in District Meter Areas. Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Hydroinformatics; 01/2010.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Greco R., Santonastaso G. F.: On the use of entropy and resilience as indices of the performance of a water network. Proceedings of the XXXII Conference on Hydraulics and Hydraulic Constructions; 01/2010.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Santonastaso G. F.: A heuristic methodology for the districting of a water distribution network. Proceedings of the XXXII Conference on Hydraulics and Hydraulic Constructions; 01/2010.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Ciarmiello M.: Graph Theory As A Tool For Design Of District-Metered Water Supply Networks. Proceedings of 33rd IAHR 2009 Congress; 01/2009.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Gisonni C., Iervolino M., Musmarra D.: Districtization of the water network of the Monterusciello 2 district in Pozzuoli: the European Hydranet project and the creation of the pilot site. Proceedings of the Third Seminar on "Leak detection and management of aqueduct networks"; 01/2008.
Cascetta F., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Gisonni C., Greco R.: A methodology for the districting of a water distribution network: the case of Villaricca (NA). Proceedings of the Second Seminar on "Leak detection and management of aqueduct networks"; 01/2006.
Cavallo A., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M.: Optimal fuzzy decision strategies for water reservoir management. Proceedings of the XXIX Conference on Hydraulics and Hydraulic Constructions; 01/2004.
Cavallo A., Di Nardo A., Di Natale M.: Management of an artificial reservoir using a fuzzy control strategy. Proceedings of the XXVIII Conference on Hydraulics and Hydraulic Constructions; 01/2002.
Doctoral thesis
Di Nardo, A., Fuzzy optimal decision and control strategies for the automatic management of an artificial reservoir in ordinary and drought conditions, Aversa, 2004.
Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Di Mauro A.: Preface. CISM International Center for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures (2013).