Overview

Chris Sweetapple is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Water Systems, where he is currently working on a DEFRA-funded Floods and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme project in collaboration with East Sussex County Council.

Chris graduated from the University of Exeter with a first class degree in Civil Engineering in 2011 and continued to complete a PhD, in which he investigated strategies for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater treatment. He then worked on the Safe & SuRe project, which aimed to develop a new paradigm for urban water management in response to emerging challenges and uncertainties, and in 2015 was awarded the Scopus Young Researcher UK Award, in recognition of his work on greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater treatment. Chris has also worked on the LOTUS, FIWARE4Water and aqua3S projects, and contributed to research on wastewater-based epidemiology with the Joint Biosecurity Centre during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Publications

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2023

• Sweetapple C, Webber J, Hastings A, Melville-Shreeve P. (2023) Realising smarter stormwater management: A review of the barriers and a roadmap for real world application, Water Research, volume 244, pages 120505-120505, article no. 120505, DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2023.120505. [PDF]
• Wang M, Li M, Sweetapple C. (2023) A new framework for distributed storage tanks placement based on a resilience characteristic metric and reduced modelling, J Environ Manage, volume 342, DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118098. [PDF]
• Sweetapple C, Wade MJ, Melville-Shreeve P, Chen AS, Lilley C, Irving J, Grimsley JMS, Bunce JT. (2023) Dynamic population normalisation in wastewater-based epidemiology for improved understanding of the SARS-CoV-2 prevalence: a multi-site study, Journal of Water and Health, volume 21, no. 5, pages 625-642, DOI:10.2166/wh.2023.318. [PDF]

2022

• Farmani R, Sweetapple C. (2022) TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS OF DRINKING WATER DELIVERY: Technical aspects and sources, Routledge Handbook of Urban Water Governance, 34-43, DOI:10.4324/9781003057574-4.
• Sweetapple C, Salomons E, Le Gall F, Abid A, Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia L, Chen AS, van den Broeke J. (2022) Integrating Epanet and FIWARE for Development of Water Distribution System Digital Twins, Advances in Hydroinformatics, Springer Nature, 1081-1086, DOI:10.1007/978-981-19-1600-7_68.
• Farmani R, Sweetapple C. (2022) Traditional systems of drinking water delivery, Routledge Handbook of Urban Water Governance, Taylor & Francis, 34-43, DOI:10.4324/9781003057574-4.
• Flores-Alsina X, Arnell M, Corominas L, Sweetapple C, Fu G, Butler D, Vanrolleghem PA, Gernaey KV, Jeppsson U. (2022) Benchmarking strategies to control GHG production and emissions, Quantification and Modelling of Fugitive Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Water Systems, IWA Publishing, 213-228, DOI:10.2166/9781789060461_0213.
• Wade MJ, Lo Jacomo A, Armenise E, Brown MR, Bunce JT, Cameron GJ, Fang Z, Farkas K, Gilpin DF, Graham DW. (2022) Understanding and managing uncertainty and variability for wastewater monitoring beyond the pandemic: Lessons learned from the United Kingdom national COVID-19 surveillance programmes, Journal of Hazardous Materials, volume 424, DOI:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127456.

2021

• Wade M, Lo Jacomo A, Armenise E, Brown M, Bunce J, Cameron G, Fang Z, Farkas K, Gilpin D, Graham D. (2021) Understanding and managing uncertainty and variability for wastewater monitoring beyond the pandemic: Lessons learned from the United Kingdom National COVID-19 Surveillance Programmes, DOI:10.1002/essoar.10507606.1.
• Wade M, Lo Jacomo A, Armenise E, Brown M, Bunce J, Cameron G, Fang Z, Farkas K, Gilpin D, Graham D. (2021) Understanding and managing uncertainty and variability for wastewater monitoring beyond the pandemic: Lessons learned from the United Kingdom National COVID-19 Surveillance Programmes, DOI:10.1002/essoar.10507606.2.
• Wang M, Fang Y, Sweetapple C. (2021) Assessing flood resilience of urban drainage system based on a ‘do-nothing’ benchmark, Journal of Environmental Management, volume 288, pages 112472-112472, article no. 112472, DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112472. [PDF]
• Sweetapple C, Melville-Shreeve P, Chen AS, Grimsley JMS, Bunce JT, Gaze W, Fielding S, Wade MJ. (2021) Building knowledge of university campus population dynamics to enhance near-to-source sewage surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 detection, DOI:10.1101/2021.08.03.21261377. [PDF]
• Sweetapple C, Wade MJ, Grimsley JMS, Bunce JT, Melville-Shreeve P, Chen AS. (2021) Population normalisation in wastewater-based epidemiology for improved understanding of SARS-CoV-2 prevalence: A multi-site study, DOI:10.1101/2021.08.03.21261365. [PDF]

2020

• Baker K, Ward S, Turner B, Webber J, Sweetapple C, Drake P, Thomas D, Melville-Shreeve P, Fu G, Cherington-Rimmell S. (2020) Co-producing research with academics and industry to create a more resilient UK water sector, Research for All, volume 4, pages 150-168, DOI:10.14324/RFA.04.2.02. [PDF]
• Paez D, Filion Y, Castro-Gama M, Quintiliani C, Santopietro S, Sweetapple C, Meng F, Farmani R, Fu G, Butler D. (2020) Battle of Postdisaster Response and Restoration, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, volume 146, no. 8, DOI:10.1061/(asce)wr.1943-5452.0001239. [PDF]

2019

• Sweetapple C, Baker K, Thomas D, Butler D. (2019) Safe & SuRe Decision Support Tool, 17th International Computing & Control for the Water Industry Conference, Exeter, 1st - 4th Sep 2019.
• Wang M, Wang Y, Gao X, Sweetapple C. (2019) Combination and placement of sustainable drainage system devices based on zero-one integer programming and schemes sampling, J Environ Manage, volume 238, pages 59-63, DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.02.129. [PDF]
• Sweetapple C, Fu G, Farmani R, Butler D. (2019) Exploring wastewater system performance under future threats: Does enhancing resilience increase sustainability?, Water Research, volume 149, pages 448-459, DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2018.11.025.
• Qi W, Zhang C, Fu G, Sweetapple C, Liu Y. (2019) Impact of robustness of hydrological model parameters on flood prediction uncertainty, Journal of Flood Risk Management, volume 12, no. S1, DOI:10.1111/jfr3.12488.

2018

• Meng F, Sweetapple C, Fu G, Farmani R, Butler D. (2018) Placement of isolation valves for resilience management of water distribution systems, 1st International WDSA / CCWI 2018 Joint Conference.
• Sweetapple C, Diao K, Farmani R, Fu G, Butler D. (2018) A tool for global resilience analysis of water distribution systems, 1st International WDSA / CCWI 2018 Joint Conference.
• Sweetapple C, Meng F, Farmani R, Fu G, Butler D. (2018) A heuristic approach to water network post-disaster response and restoration, 1st International WDSA / CCWI 2018 Joint Conference.
• Baker K, Tang S, Sweetapple C, Ward S, Bishop T, Bulmer P, Butler D. (2018) Resilience learning for water sector culture change, 6th Joint EWA/JSWA/WEF Conference: Resilience of the Water Sector, Munich, Germany, 15th - 18th May 2018.
• Sweetapple C, Astaraie-Imani M, Butler D. (2018) Design and operation of urban wastewater systems considering reliability, risk and resilience, Water Research, volume 147, pages 1-12, DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2018.09.032.
• Meng F, Fu G, Farmani R, Sweetapple C, Butler D. (2018) Topological Attributes of Network Resilience: A Study in Water Distribution Systems. [PDF]
• Meng F, Fu G, Farmani R, Sweetapple C, Butler D. (2018) Topological Attributes of Network Resilience: A Study in Water Distribution Systems, Water Research, DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2018.06.048.
• Sweetapple C, Fu G, Farmani R, Meng F, Ward S, Butler D. (2018) Attribute-based intervention development for increasing resilience of urban drainage systems, Water Sci Technol, volume 77, no. 5-6, pages 1757-1764, DOI:10.2166/wst.2018.070. [PDF]
• Mannina G, Butler D, Benedetti L, Deletic A, Fowdar H, Fu G, Kleidorfer M, McCarthy D, Steen Mikkelsen P, Rauch W. (2018) Greenhouse gas emissions from integrated urban drainage systems: Where do we stand?, Journal of Hydrology, volume 559, pages 307-314, DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.02.058.
• Qi W, Liu J, Yang H, Sweetapple C. (2018) An ensemble-based dynamic Bayesian averaging approach for discharge simulations using multiple global precipitation products and hydrological models, Journal of Hydrology, volume 558, pages 405-420, DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.01.026.

2017

• Wang M, Sun Y, Sweetapple C. (2017) Optimization of storage tank locations in an urban stormwater drainage system using a two-stage approach, Journal of Environmental Management, volume 204, pages 31-38, DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.08.024. [PDF]
• Wang M, Sweetapple C, Fu G, Farmani R, Butler D. (2017) A framework to support decision making in the selection of sustainable drainage system design alternatives, J Environ Manage, volume 201, pages 145-152, DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.06.034. [PDF]
• Juan-García P, Butler D, Comas J, Darch G, Sweetapple C, Thornton A, Corominas L. (2017) Resilience theory incorporated into urban wastewater systems management. State of the art, Water Research, volume 115, pages 149-161, DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2017.02.047.

2016

• Butler D, Ward S, Sweetapple C, Astaraie‐Imani M, Diao K, Farmani R, Fu G. (2016) Reliable, resilient and sustainable water management: the Safe & SuRe approach, Global Challenges, volume 1, no. 1, pages 63-77, DOI:10.1002/gch2.1010. [PDF]
• Qi W, Zhang C, Fu G, Sweetapple C, Zhou H. (2016) Evaluation of global fine-resolution precipitation products and their uncertainty quantification in ensemble discharge simulations, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci, no. 20, pages 903-920, DOI:10.5194/hess-20-903-2016.

2015

• Qi W, Zhang C, Fu GT, Sweetapple C, Zhou HC. (2015) Evaluation of global fine-resolution precipitation products and their uncertainty quantification in ensemble discharge simulations, DOI:10.5194/hessd-12-9337-2015. [PDF]
• Sweetapple C, Fu G, Butler D. (2015) Does carbon reduction increase sustainability? A study in wastewater treatment, Water Research, pages 522-530, DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2015.06.047. [PDF]

2014

• Sweetapple C, Fu G, Butler D. (2014) Identifying sensitive sources and key control handles for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater treatment, Water Res, volume 62, pages 249-259, DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2014.06.002. [PDF]
• Sweetapple C, Fu G, Butler D. (2014) Multi-objective optimisation of wastewater treatment plant control to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Water Research, volume 55, pages 52-62, DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2014.02.018.
• Sweetapple C, Fu G, Butler D. (2014) Multi-objective optimisation of wastewater treatment plant control to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Water Res, volume 55, pages 52-62, DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2014.02.018. [PDF]

2013

• Sweetapple C, Fu G, Butler D. (2013) Identifying key sources of uncertainty in the modelling of greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater treatment, Water Res, volume 47, no. 13, pages 4652-4665, DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2013.05.021. [PDF]

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