8. Glossary

Rapid event detection

Rapid identification and quantification of ‘unknown’ chemical and biological contaminations in drinking water which help event detection as well as damage prevention and/or mitigation (i.e. following an incident) in water supply systems.

On-line contamination monitoring

The use of innovative techniques (probes, sensors, etc.) and enabling technologies for online measurement of water quality as well as monitoring of performance requirements in drinking water distribution networks.

CDMS ( central data management system)

A centralized database is stored at a single location such as a mainframe computer and it is used by organisations to store all their information.

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