The University of Sheffield
Pennine Water Group

Publications by Dr Will Shepherd

Journal Papers

Schellart, A.N.A, Shepherd, W. & Saul,  A.J. (2011)
Influence of rainfall estimation error and spatial variability on sewer flow prediction at a small urban scale.
Advances in Water Resources
In Press. DOI 10.1016/j.advwatres.2011.10.012

Savic, D., Giustolisi, O., Berardi, L., Shepherd, W., Djordjevic, S. & Saul, A. (2006)
Modelling sewer failure by evolutionary computing.
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management
159 (June WM2), pp 111–118.

Savic, D., Djordjevic, S., Dorini, G., Shepherd, W., Cashman, A. & Saul, A.J. (2005)
COST-S: a new methodology and tools for sewerage asset management based on whole life costs.
Water Asset Management International
1 (4), pp 20-24.

Boxall, J.B., Shepherd, W.J., Guymer, I. & Fox, K. (2003)
Changes in water quality parameters due to in-sewer processes.
Water science and technology
47 (7/8), pp 343-350.

Conference Papers

Shepherd, W., Blanksby, J., Doncaster, S. & Poole, T. (2011)
Quantifying the effect of buildings and surface roughness on 2D flood modelling.
Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
11-16 September

Shepherd, W., Saul, A.J., & Hanson, D. (2010)
A Case Study of Long Term Sewer Hydraulic Monitoring.
Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Sewer Processes and Networks, Surfers Paradise, Australia.
7-10 November

Shepherd, W., Doncaster, S., Blanksby, J. & Poole, T. (2009)
A combined 1D/2D approach to flood modelling within the City of Bradford.
Proceedings of International Conference on Urban Flood Management, Paris, France
26-27 November

Schellart, A., Shepherd, W., Saul, A. & Hanson, D. (2009)
Rainfall Radar – Accuracy and use for Hydraulic Modelling.
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling (CD), Tokyo, Japan
7-12 September

Shepherd, W., Schellart, A., Saul, A. & Hanson, D. (2009)
Comparison of rainfall radar and rain gauge data and application to sewer hydraulic modelling.
Integrating Water Systems – Procs of 10th Int. Conf. on Computing and Control for the Water Industry, Sheffield, England
1-3 September, p763-766.

Shepherd, W., Saul, A. & Boxall, J. (2008)
Quantifying the performance of storm tanks.
Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage (ICUD), Edinburgh, Scotland
31 August–5 September

Kurth, A., Saul, A., Mounce, S., Shepherd, W. & Hanson, D. (2008)
Application of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) for the prediction of CSO discharges.
Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage (ICUD), Edinburgh, Scotland,
31 August–5 September

Saul, A.J., Shepherd, W. & Boxall, J. (2007)
Quantifying the Performance of Storm Tanks at Wastewater Treatment Works.
Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress (CD), Tampa, Florida, USA.
15-19 May

Shepherd, W., Cashman, A., Djordjevic, S., Dorini, G., Saul, A., Savic, D. & Lewis, L. (2005)
Investigation of blockage relationships and the cost implications for sewerage network management.
Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Urban Drainage (CD), Copenhagen, Denmark.
21-26 August

Boxall JB, Shepherd WJ, Saul AJ, (2005)
Modular sewer quality simulation software.
Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Urban Drainage (CD), Copenhagen, Denmark.
21-26 August

Saul, A.J., Blanksby, J.R., Shepherd, W.J., Barker, C. & Tillotson, M. (2005)
Performance Evaluations of Storm Tanks.
Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Urban Drainage (CD), Copenhagen, Denmark.
21-26 August

Shepherd, W., Cashman, A., Djordjevic, S., Dorini, G., Saul, A., Savic, D., Lewis, L., Walters, G. & Ashley, R. (2004)
Whole life costing of sewer systems. WINNER OF YOUNG AUTHOR'S AWARD
Proceedings of WaPUG Autumn Meeting 2004 (http://www.wapug.org.uk), Blackpool, England.
10–12 November

Cashman, A., Djordjevic, S., Savic, D., Saul, A., Walters, G., Shepherd, W., Dorini, G., Kapelan, Z., Ashley, R. & Blanksby, J. (2004)
A Whole life costing methodology for urban drainage management.
Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling (UDM’04), Dresden, Germany.
15-17 September

Boxall, J.B., Shepherd, W.J., Guymer, I. & Fox, K. (2003)
Changes in water quality parameters due to in-sewer processes.
Proceedings of Enviro 2002 & IWA 3rd world water congress, [CD-ROM], Melbourne, Australia.
7-12 April 2002, Artarmon: AWA, e20026.

Guymer, I., Shepherd, W.J., Dearing, M., Dutton, R. & Saul, A.J. (2002)
Solute Retention in Storage Tanks.
Proceedings of 9th International conference on urban drainage, Portland, Oregon, USA.
8-13 September

Shepherd, W., Guymer, I., Saul, A. (2001)
Solute retention and mixing characteristics in CSO structures.
Proceedings of Urban Drainage Modelling (UDM) Symposium, World Water and Environmental Congress, Orlando, Florida, USA.
20-24 May

Shepherd, W., Guymer, I. & Saul, A. (2000)
Soluble pollutant retention in a CSO structure.
Proceedings of WaPUG Autumn Meeting 2000 (http://www.wapug.org.uk), Blackpool, England.
November