Professor Joby Boxall FREng (he/him)

PhD

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Professor of Water Infrastructure Engineering

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j.b.boxall@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5760
Room E104a, Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)

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Professor Joby Boxall FREng
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Room E104a
Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Profile

My research protects public health and well-being by ensuring the quantity and quality of our drinking water and the resilience and sustainability of our water supply.

Professor Joby Boxall

Professor Joby Boxall is Chair of Water Infrastructure Engineering.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management.

He trained as a civil engineer, specialising in hydraulics. His PhD was in mixing and transport of pollutants in natural river channels.

Joby’s research is concerned with urban water (with a focus on water supply, distribution pipe networks in particular), and helps to protect public health and well-being through ensuring the quantity and quality of that supply. His research is challenge driven and involves close collaboration and trusted partnerships across the water sector.

He takes a multidisciplinary approach to ensuring the provision of sustainable water services in the face of global grand challenges such as population growth and increasing density, climate change and ageing infrastructure. Joby’s research focuses on the operation and management of water distribution systems, ranging from leakage, to water quality and asset management.

His core expertise is in hydraulic engineering, but he is known for integration and application of other disciplines to address major challenges. His interdisciplinary work ranges from applied microbiology to computer to social science. His leadership of the EPSRC Water Grand Challenges consortium is a flagship example of this.

His long-running Prediction of Discolouration in Distribution Systems research is a leading example of world leading research delivering real world impact and change. It has and continues to help water companies and their supply chain to deliver substantial service improvements in the supply of safe and wholesome drinking water through ageing pipe infrastructure, while delivering multi-million-pound efficiency savings.

He looks at the conditions inside our water pipes, including the biofilms in our water systems to ensure they don’t harbour harmful bacteria. He also investigates contaminant ingress, where dangerous contaminants can enter pipes through leaks and be transported through the pipe network.

Water contamination research

Joby’s research aims to understand our hydraulics systems’ behaviour by modelling networks and using data, modelling and AI to better understand and predict where failures might occur and to inform proactive decision making.

His research on leakage ranges from fundamental understanding of fluid structure ground iterations to novel artificial intelligence based software for leak detection that has been commercialised.

Joby has taught a range of modules, from specialist masters levels modules on modelling water distribution systems, to core undergraduate modules on open channel flow and principles of hydraulics. He pioneered innovative ‘self-teach’ open-channel flow laboratory classes.

Joby has held a number of important roles in the Department including being Head of Department from 2017 until 2021. He was also Departmental Director of Research from 2009 to 2014, where he led the 2014 Research Excellence Framework submission.

Publications

Edited books

  • Boxall J & Maksimovic C (Ed.) (2009) Integrating Water Systems: Proceedings of Computer and Control in the Water Industry 2009. CRC Press.
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Journal articles

  • John EDA, Boxall JB, Collins RP, Bowman ET & Susmel L (2026) . International Journal of Fatigue, 202.
  • Boxall J (2025) . Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, 5(3).
  • Gleeson K, Husband S & Boxall J (2025) . AQUA — Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society.
  • Slater FC, Fish KE & Boxall JB (2025) . Frontiers in Microbiology, 16.
  • John EDA, Boxall JB, Collins RP, Bowman ET & Susmel L (2025) . Experimental Mechanics, 65(5), 605-623.
  • Orime H, Tait S, Boxall J, Shepherd W & Schellart A (2024) . Water Supply, 24(11), 3759-3775.
  • John E, Boxall J, Collins R, Bowman E & Susmel L (2024) . Engineering Failure Analysis, 165.
  • Pointl M, Marques J, Pick FC, Salcedo C, Vertommen I, Zeidan M, Boxall J, Cunha MC, Fuchs-Hanusch D, Jung D , Ostfeld A et al (2024) . Water, 16(13).
  • Kyritsakas G, Boxall J & Speight V (2024) . AWWA Water Science, 6(3).
  • Kennedy (Doronina) A, Husband S, Boxall J & Speight V (2024) . AQUA — Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society, 73(5), 999-1012.
  • John E, Boxall J, Collins R, Bowman E & Susmel L (2024) . Engineering Integrity – Journal of the Engineering Integrity Society, 56, 12-17.
  • Gleeson K, Husband S, Gaffney J & Boxall J (2024) . Journal of Hydroinformatics, 26(1), 143-161.
  • John E, Boxall J, Collins R, Bowman E & Susmel L (2024) . International Journal of Fatigue, 178.
  • Gourbesville P, Freni G, Demir I, García Navarro P, Lin G-F, Boxall J, Brentan BM, Nguyen VT-V, Tassi P, Hinkelman R , Di Cristo C et al (2023) . Digital Water, 1(1).
  • Shepherd W, Mounce S, Gaffney J, Sailor G, Shah N, Smith N, Cartwright A & Boxall J (2023) . Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 149(10).
  • Boxall J, Blokker M, Schaap P, Speight V & Husband S (2023) . Water Research, 243.
  • Sunny I, Husband S & Boxall J (2023) . Water Research, 242.
  • Kyritsakas G, Boxall J & Speight V (2023) . Frontiers in Water, 5.
  • Boatwright S, Mounce S, Romano M & Boxall J (2023) . Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 149(9).
  • Park JW, Boxall J & Maeng SK (2023) . Water Research, 242, 120172-120172.
  • Kyritsakas G, Boxall JB & Speight VL (2023) . AQUA — Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society.
  • Gleeson K, Husband S, Gaffney J & Boxall J (2023) . Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology.
  • Díaz S, Boxall J, Lamarche L & González J (2023) . Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 149(5).
  • Husband S, Boxall J & Sunny I (2023) . Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.
  • Doronina A, Husband P, Boxall J & Speight V (2023) Influence of service reservoir construction age on the likelihood of bacteriological failure occurrence. Institute of Water Journal(8), 22-25.
  • Liu F, Schellart A, Boxall J, Mayfield M & Tait S (2023) . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, 176(2), 67-76.
  • Calero Preciado C, Soria-Carrasco V, Boxall J & Douterelo I (2022) . Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10.
  • Fish K, Sharpe RL, Biggs CA & Boxall JB (2022) . Plos Water, 1(8).
  • Boxall J, Speight V, Kyritsakas G, Kazemi E, Husband S, Bright S, Ledgar S, Montgomery L & Flavell K (2022) The application of artificial intelligence techniques to better manage iron in drinking water distribution systems. Institute of Water Journal(7), 28-34.
  • Makana LO, Shepherd WJ, Tait S, Rogers CDF, Metje N, Boxall JB & Schellart ANA (2022) . Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice, 13(3).
  • Liu F, Schellart A, Shepherd W, Boxall J, Mayfield M & Tait S (2022) . Journal of Cleaner Production, 358.
  • Pick FC, Fish KE, Husband S & Boxall JB (2021) . Frontiers in Microbiology, 12.
  • Mounce SR, Shepherd WJ, Boxall JB, Horoshenkov KV & Boyle JH (2021) Autonomous robotics for water and sewer networks. HydroLink, 2021(2), 55-62.
  • Calero Preciado C, Husband S, Boxall J, del Olmo G, Soria-Carrasco V, Maeng SK & Douterelo I (2021) . Water Research, 201.
  • Pick FC, Fish KE & Boxall JB (2021) . Water Research, 198.
  • Calero Preciado C, Boxall J, Soria-Carrasco V, Martínez S & Douterelo I (2021) . Frontiers in Microbiology, 12.
  • Zhu J, Boxall JB, Hills AF, Dwyer-Joyce RS, Anderson SR & Collins RP (2021) . Infrastructures, 6(2).
  • Weston SL, Collins RP & Boxall JB (2021) . Water Research, 194, 116890-116890.
  • Worley R, Ma K, Sailor G, Schirru MM, Dwyer-Joyce R, Boxall J, Dodd T, Collins R & Anderson S (2020) . Sensors, 20(19).
  • Fish KE, Reeves-McLaren N, Husband S & Boxall J (2020) . npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 6.
  • Doronina A, Husband P, Boxall J & Speight V (2020) . Urban Water Journal, 17(8), 735-744.
  • Parrott C, Dodd TJ, Boxall J & Horoshenkov K (2020) . Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 101.
  • Xu W, Zhou X, Xin K, Boxall J, Yan H & Tao T (2020) . Water Resources Research, 56(5).
  • Liu F, Tait S, Schellart A, Mayfield M & Boxall J (2020) . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 123.
  • Carpitella S, Del Olmo G, Izquierdo J, Husband S, Boxall J & Douterelo I (2020) . Water, 12(5).
  • Agudeloâ€Vera C, Avvedimento S, Boxall J, Creaco E, de Kater H, Di Nardo A, Djukic A, Douterelo I, Fish K, Iglesias Rey PL , Jacimovic N et al (2020) . Water, 12(4).
  • Sunny I, Husband PS & Boxall JB (2020) . Water Research, 169.
  • Pick FC, Fish KE, Biggs CA, Moses JP, Moore G & Boxall JB (2019) . PLOS ONE, 14(12).
  • Furnass WR, Mounce SR, Husband S, Collins RP & Boxall JB (2019) . Smart Water, 4.
  • Weston SL, Collins RP & Boxall JB (2019) . Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 5(12), 2132-2141.
  • Preciado CC, Boxall J, Soria-Carrasco V & Douterelo I (2019) . Access Microbiology, 1(1A).
  • Speight V, Mounce SR & Boxall JB (2019) . Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 5(4), 747-755.
  • Sharpe RL, Biggs CA & Boxall JB (2019) . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Water Management, 172(1), 3-13.
  • Douterelo I, Sharpe RL, Husband S, Fish KE & Boxall JB (2019) . Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 6(1).
  • Jones S, Shepherd W, Collins R & Boxall J (2019) . Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice, 10(1).
  • Douterelo I, Calero-Preciado C, Soria-Carrasco V & Boxall JB (2018) . Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 4(12), 2080-2091.
  • Fish KE & Boxall JB (2018) . Frontiers in Microbiology, 9(OCT).
  • Douterelo I, Fish KE & Boxall JB (2018) . Water Research, 141, 74-85.
  • Fox S, Boxall J & Collins R (2018) . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 144(7).
  • Fish K, Osborn AM & Boxall JB (2017) . Science of the Total Environment, 593-594, 571-580.
  • Sunny I, Husband S, Drake N, Mckenzie K & Boxall J (2017) . Drinking Water Engineering and Science, 10(2), 45-52.
  • Mounce SR, Ellis K, Edwards JM, Speight VL, Jakomis N & Boxall JB (2017) . Water Resources Management, 31(5), 1575-1589.
  • Caffoor I, Speight V & Boxall J (2017) . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Water Management, 170(3), 111-114.
  • Douterelo I, Jackson M, Solomon C & Boxall J (2017) . Science of the Total Environment, 581-582, 277-288.
  • Fox S, Collins R & Boxall JB (2017) . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 143(2).
  • Husband S & Boxall J (2016) . Water Research, 107, 127-140.
  • Husband S, Fish KE, Douterelo I & Boxall J (2016) . Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 16(4), 942-950.
  • Douterelo I, Husband S, Loza V & Boxall J (2016) . Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82(14), 4155-4168.
  • Blokker EJM, Furnass WR, Machell J, Mounce SR, Schaap PG & Boxall JB (2016) . Environments, 3(2).
  • Fox S, Collins R & Boxall J (2016) . Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - Aqua, 65(2), 103-115.
  • Mounce SR, Blokker EJM, Husband PS, Furnass W, Schaap PG & boxall JB (2016) . Journal of Hydroinformatics, 1(18), 96-114.
  • Mounce SR, mounce RB & Boxall JB (2015) . Urban Water Journal.
  • Cook DM, Husband PS & Boxall JB (2015) . Urban Water Journal.
  • Douterelo I, Jackson M, Solomon C & Boxall J (2015) . Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.
  • Bridgeman J, Baker A, Brown D & Boxall JB (2015) . Science of the Total Environment, 524, 338-346.
  • Fox S, Shepherd W, Collins R & Boxall J (2015) . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering.
  • Mounce SR & Boxall JB (2015) . Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management .
  • Fish KE, Collins R, Green NH, Sharpe RL, Douterelo I, Osborn AM & Boxall JB (2015) . PLoS ONE, 10(2).
  • Husband S & Boxall J (2015) . Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - Aqua, 64(5), 529-542.
  • Brevis W, Susmel L & Boxall J (2015) . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 229(7), 1240-1259.
  • Douterelo I, Boxall JB, Deines P, Sekar R, Fish KE & Biggs CA (2014) . Water Research, 65, 134-156.
  • Douterelo I, Sharpe R & Boxall J (2014) . J Appl Microbiol, 117(1), 286-301.
  • Douterelo I, Husband S & Boxall JB (2014) . Water Res, 54, 100-114.
  • Machell J, Mounce SR, Farley B & Boxall JB (2014) . Drinking Water Engineering and Science, 7(1), 23-33.
  • Mounce SR, Mounce RB, Jackson T, Austin J & Boxall JB (2014) . Journal of Hydroinformatics, 16(3), 617-632.
  • Machell J & Boxall J (2014) . JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT, 140(9).
  • Karaca F, Raven PG, Machell J, Varga L, Camci F, Chitchyan R, Boxall J, Ulanicki B, Skworcow P, Strzelecka A , Ozawa-Meida L et al (2013) . Futures, 49, 35-48.
  • Douterelo I, Sharpe RL & Boxall JB (2013) . Water Research, 47(2), 503-516.
  • Furnass WR, Mounce SR & Boxall JB (2013) . Environmental Modelling and Software, 40, 78-87.
  • Ramalingam B, Sekar R, Boxall JB & Biggs C (2013) Aggregation and biofilm formation of bacteria isolated from domestic drinking water. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 13(4), 1016-1023.
  • Brevis W, Susmel L & Boxall JB (2013) . Key Engineering Materials, 577-578, 125-128.
  • Collins R & Boxall J (2013) . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 139(10), 1052-1061.
  • Furnass WR, Collins RP, Husband PS, Sharpe RL, Mounce SR & Boxall JB (2012) Modelling both the continual erosion and regeneration of discolouration material in drinking water distribution systems. New Developments in IT & Water.
  • Farley B, Mounce SRM & Boxall JB (2012) Development and field validation of a burst localisation methodology. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 139(6), 604-613.
  • Mounce S, Machell J & Boxall J (2012) . Water Science and Technology Water Supply, 12(5), 580-587.
  • Shucksmith JD, Boxall JB, Staszewski WJ, Seth A & Beck SBM (2012) . Journal - American Water Works Association, 104(8), E457-E465.
  • Camci F, Ulanicki B, Boxall J, Chitchyan R, Varga L & Karaca F (2012) . Environmental Science and Technology, 46(10), 5271-5272.
  • Sekar R, Deines P, Machell J, Osborn AM, Biggs CA & Boxall JB (2012) . Journal of Applied Microbiology, 112(6), 1220-1234.
  • Lan-Anh NT, Boxall JB, Saul AJ & Willems P (2012) . Journal of Urban Water, 9(4), 259-276.
  • Collins RP, Boxall JB, Karney BW, Brunone B & Meniconi S (2012) . Journal of the American Water Works Association, 104(4), E243-E251.
  • Mounce SR, Mounce RB & Boxall JB (2012) . Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 138(2), 187-191.
  • Machell J & Boxall J (2012) . Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 138(6), 624-638.
  • Shucksmith JD, Boxall JB & Guymer I (2012) . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 137(12), 1624-1635.
  • Ghazali MF, Beck SBM, Shucksmith JD, Boxall JB & Staszewski WJ (2012) . Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 29, 187-200.
  • Shucksmith JD, Boxall JB & Guymer I (2011) . Water Resources Research, 47(10).
  • Ghazali MF, Staszewski WWJ, Shucksmith JD, Boxall JB & Beck SBM (2011) . Structural Health Monitoring, 10(4), 351-360.
  • Ostojin S, Mounce SR & Boxall JB (2011) . Journal of Hydroinformatics, 13(3), 295-306.
  • Cook DM & Boxall JB (2011) . Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice, 2(4), 113-122.
  • Mounce SR, Mounce RB & Boxall JB (2011) . Journal of Hydroinformatics, 13(4), 672-686.
  • Husband PS & Boxall JB (2011) . Water Research, 45(1), 113-124.
  • Farley B, Mounce SR & Boxall JB (2010) . Urban Water Journal, 7(6), 345-356.
  • Husband PS, Whitehead J & Boxall JB (2010) . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Water Management, 163(8), 397-406.
  • Mounce SR & Boxall JB (2010) . Water Science and Technology Water Supply, 10(3), 437-444.
  • Shucksmith JD, Boxall JB & Guymer I (2010) . Water Resources Research, 46(4).
  • Deines P, Sekar R, Husband PS, Boxall JB, Osborn AM & Biggs CA (2010) . Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 87(2), 749-756.
  • Deines P, Sekar P, Jensen HS, Biggs CA, Boxall JB, Osborn AM & Tait S (2010) . Drinking Water Engineering and Science, 3(2), 91-99.
  • Mounce SR, Boxall JB & Machell J (2010) . Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 136(3), 309-318.
  • Taghvaei M, Beck SBM & Boxall JB (2010) Leak detection in pipes using induced water hammer pulses and cepstrum analysis. International Journal of COMADEM, 13(1), 19-25.
  • Husband S & Boxall JB (2010) . Journal of Environmental Engineering, 136(1), 86-94.
  • Machell J, Mounce SR & Boxall JB (2009) Online modelling of water distribution systems: A UK case study. Drinking Water Engineering and Science Discussions, 2(2), 279-294.
  • Machell J, Boxall J, Saul A & Bramley D (2009) . Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 135(5), 382-391.
  • Boxall J & Tait S (2008) . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Civil Engineering, 161(3), 138-143.
  • Husband PS, Boxall JB & Saul AJ (2008) . Water Research, 42(16), 4309-4318.
  • Wilson CAME, Guymer I, Boxall JB & Olsen NRB (2007) . Journal of Hydraulic Research, 45(5), 610-616.
  • Shucksmith J, Boxall J & Guymer I (2007) . Acta Geophysica, 55(1), 95-103.
  • Boxall JB, O'Hagan A, Pooladsaz S, Saul AJ & Unwin DM (2007) . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Water Management, 160(2), 73-82.
  • Taghvaei M, Beck SBM, Staszewski WJ & Boxall JB (2007) . Key Engineering Materials, 347, 607-612.
  • Vreeburg J & Boxall JB (2007) . Water Research, 41, 519-529.
  • Boxall JB & Guymer I (2007) . Water Research, 41, 341-354.
  • Boxall JB & Prince RA (2006) . Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology Aqua, 55(3), 207-219.
  • Boxall JB & Saul AJ (2005) . Journal of Environmental Engineering, 131(5), 716-725.
  • Boxall JB, Saul AJ & Skipworth PJ (2004) Modeling for hydraulic capacity. Journal of the American Water Works Association, 96(4), 161-169.
  • Seth A, Bachmann RT, Boxall JB, Saul AJ & Edyvean R (2004) . Water Science and Technology, 49(2), 27-32.
  • Boxall J, Shepherd W, Guymer I & Fox K (2003) . Water Science and Technology, 47(7-8), 343-350.
  • Boxall JB, Skipworth PJ & Saul AJ (2003) . Water Science and Technology Water Supply, 3(1-2), 179-186.
  • Boxall JB & Guymer I (2003) . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 129(2), 129-139.
  • Boxall JB, Guymer I & Marion A (2003) Transverse mixing in sinuous natural open channel flows. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 41(2), 758-768.
  • Wilson CAME, Boxall JB, Guymer I & Olsen NRB (2003) . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 129(10), 758-768.
  • Boxall JB & Guymer I (2003) . Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 129(2), 129-139.
  • Boxall JB, Guymer I & Marion A (2002) . Journal of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, 16(3), 194-198.
  • Boxall JB & Guymer I (2001) . Water Management, 148(4), 263-275.
  • Lamb NST & Boxall J () . AQUA — Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society.
  • Fish K, Osborn AM & Boxall J () . Environmental science : water research & technology.
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Book chapters

  • Boxall J, Dewis N, Machell J, Gedman K, Saul A, van der Kleij F, Smith A & Sunderland N (2024) , Water Supply and Distribution Systems Second Edition (pp. 211-245).
  • Speight V, boxall JB, Husband PS, Cantor AF, Friedman M, Jacque A & Slabaugh R (2017) Fundamentals of internal corrosion and metal release In Giani R (Ed.), M58--internal Corrosion Control in Water Distribution Systems American Water Works Association
  • Boxall JB & Mounce SR (2011) Chapter 8: Field data In Wu Z (Ed.), Water Loss (pp. 147-167). Bentley Systems
  • Boxall JB, Machell J, Dewis N, Gedman K & Saul A (2011) Chapter 8: Operation, maintenance and performance In Savic & Banyard (Ed.), Water Distribution Systems (pp. 193-226). ICE
  • Boxall JB & Mounce SR (2011) Chapter 9: Online monitoring and detection In Wu Z (Ed.), Water Loss (pp. 147-167). Bentley Systems
  • Guymer I, Wilson CAME & Boxall JB (2005) (pp. 51-69). Wiley
  • Boxall JB, Guymer I & Wilson CAME (2005) Chapter 3: Modelling solute transport processes in free surface flow CFD schemes In Bates PD, Lane SN & Ferguson RI (Ed.), Computational Fluid Dynamics Applications in Environmental Hydraulics (pp. 51-70). John Wiley & Sons
  • Taghvaei M, Beck SBM, Staszewski WJ & Boxall JB () , Key Engineering Materials (pp. 607-612). Trans Tech Publications Ltd.
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Conference proceedings

  • Gleeson K, Husband S & Boxall J (2025) . . 21st Computing and Control in the Water Industry Conference (CCWI 2025) at the University of Sheffield
  • Lokk R, Boxall J, Holmes M, Provost A, Romano M & Husband S (2025) . . 21st Computing and Control in the Water Industry Conference (CCWI 2025) at the University of Sheffield
  • Geranmehr M, Collins R & Boxall J (2025) . 21st Computing and Control in the Water Industry Conference (CCWI 2025) at the University of Sheffield
  • Bhandari D, Quinn D, You S, Smith C, Sloan B & Boxall J (2025) . . 21st Computing and Control in the Water Industry Conference (CCWI 2025) at the University of Sheffield
  • Tijsseling R, lewis O, Boxall J & Husband S (2025) . 21st Computing and Control in the Water Industry Conference (CCWI 2025) at the University of Sheffield
  • Bostan M, Speight V, Fish K, Slater F & Boxall J (2025) . 21st Computing and Control in the Water Industry Conference (CCWI 2025) at the University of Sheffield
  • Perera I, Speight V, young S & Boxall J (2025) . 21st Computing and Control in the Water Industry Conference (CCWI 2025) at the University of Sheffield
  • Mounce S, Mounce R & Boxall J (2025) . 21st Computing and Control in the Water Industry Conference (CCWI 2025) at the University of Sheffield
  • Shekofteh M, Horoshenkov K, gowdy C, blenkharm A & Boxall J (2025) . 21st Computing and Control in the Water Industry Conference (CCWI 2025) at the University of Sheffield
  • Gleeson K, Husband S, Gaffney J & Boxall J (2025)
  • Whitelegg C, Collins R, Boxall J & Young S (2024) . Engineering proceedings, Vol. 69(1). Ferrara, Italy, 1 July 2024 - 1 July 2024.
  • Kyritsakas G, Husband S, Gleeson K, Flavell K & Boxall J (2024) . Engineering proceedings, Vol. 69(1). Ferrara, Italy, 1 July 2024 - 1 July 2024.
  • Lokk R, Boxall J & Husband S (2024) . Engineering Proceedings, Vol. 69(1). Ferrara, Italy, 1 July 2024 - 1 July 2024.
  • Husband S, Walkington-Mayo N & Boxall J (2024) . Engineering Proceedings, Vol. 69(1). Ferrara, Italy, 1 July 2024 - 1 July 2024.
  • Quinn D, Tsagkari E, Bhandari DS, Fish K, You S, Sloan WT, Boxall J & Smith CJ (2024) . Proceedings of The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024), Vol. 69(1). Ferrara, Italy, 1 July 2024 - 1 July 2024.
  • Bhandari DS, Quinn D, Tsagkari E, Fish K, Pick F, Boxall J, Smith C, You S & Sloan W (2024) . Proceedings of The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024), Vol. 69(1). Ferrara, Italy, 1 July 2024 - 1 July 2024.
  • Carneiro I, Fish K, Jarvis P, Haley J, Webber F, Gaskin P & Boxall J (2024) . Proceedings of The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024), Vol. 69(1). Ferrara, Italy, 1 July 2024 - 1 July 2024.
  • Park J, Pick F, Fish K, Quinn D, Smith C, Speight V & Boxall J (2024) . Proceedings of The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024), Vol. 69(1). Ferrara, Italy, 1 July 2024 - 1 July 2024.
  • Seyoum AG, Tait S, Schellart ANA, Shepherd W & Boxall J (2024) . Proceedings of The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024), Vol. 69(1). Ferrara, Italy, 1 July 2024 - 1 July 2024.
  • John E, Boxall J, Collins R, Bowman E & Susmel L (2024) . Engineering Proceedings, Vol. 69(1). Ferrara, Italy, 1 July 2024 - 1 July 2024.
  • John E, Boxall J, Collins R, Bowman E & Susmel L (2024) Experimental validation of a model for predicting the bending fatigue strength of corroded grey cast iron water pipes. Proceedings of the 9th Engineering Integrity Society International Conference on Durability & Fatigue, Vol. 2 (pp 482-493). Cambridge, UK, 19 June 2024 - 19 June 2024.
  • Seyoum AG, Tait S, Schellart ANA, Shepherd W & Boxall J (2024) Optimizing mobile sensor movement and trajectory to improve water distribution network calibration. HIC 2024: 15th International Conference on Hydroinformatics: From Nature to Digital Water: Challenges and Opportunities (pp 149-150). Beijing, China, 27 May 2024 - 27 May 2024.
  • Perera IR, Boxall J, Speight V, Young S & Moore G (2024) . 15th International Conference on Hydroinformatics (pp 452-454), 27 May 2024 - 30 May 2024.
  • Gleeson K, Husband S, Gaffney J, O’Shea S, Lopes AC & Boxall J (2024) . 15th International Conference on Hydroinformatics (pp 567-569), 27 May 2024 - 30 May 2024.
  • Rabab S, Collins R, Yu Y, Taliana A, Trow S & Boxall J (2024) . 15th International Conference on Hydroinformatics (pp 15-16), 27 May 2024 - 30 May 2024.
  • Yu Y, Rabab S, Collins R, Alps T, Hampton E & Boxall J (2024) . 15th International Conference on Hydroinformatics (pp 10-11), 27 May 2024 - 30 May 2024.
  • Seyoum A, Tait S, Boxall J & Schellart A (2023) Optimal placement of sensors for network calibration using pressure dependent modelling. 11th IWA Symposium on Modelling and Integrated Assessment, 24 September 2023 - 27 September 2023.
  • Seyoum A, Tait S, Boxall J, Schellart A & Shepherd W (2023) Moving sensor deployment for network-wide pipe roughness calibration. 11th IWA Symposium on Modelling and Integrated Assessment, 24 September 2023 - 27 September 2023.
  • Kazemi E, Kyritsakas G, Husband S, Flavell K, Speight V & Boxall J (2023) . IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 1136 (pp 012047). Bucharest, Romania, 4 July 2022 - 4 July 2022.
  • Gleeson K, Husband S, Gaffney J & Boxall J (2023) . IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 1136 (pp 012046). Bucharest, Romania, 4 July 2022 - 4 July 2022.
  • Kyritsakas G, Speight V & Boxall J (2023) . IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 1136 (pp 012048). Bucharest, Romania, 4 July 2022 - 4 July 2022.
  • Boxall JB, Shepherd WJ, Tait SJ, Schellart ANA, Metje N, Makana LO, Bouch CJ, Bowman BM, Shrimpton EA & Rogers CDF (2022) A VISION FOR PERVASIVE AUTONOMOUS INSPECTION OF BURIED PIPE INFRASTRUCTURE. 38th Annual International no Dig Conference and Exhibition 2022 Istt 2022
  • Pick F, Fish K, Husband S & Boxall J (2020)
  • Fish K, Gaskin P & Boxall J (2020)
  • Kyritsakas G, Speight V, Thom C & Boxall J (2019) A machine learning application on water quality datasets for understanding the factors of bacteriological failures on service reservoirs. Proceedings of the IWA-Aspire Conference. Hong Kong, 31 October 2019 - 2 November 2019.
  • Doronina A, Husband P, Speight V & Boxall J (2019) The operational value of inlet monitoring at service reservoirs. Proceedings of the 17th International Computing and Control for the Water Industry Conference, 1 September 2019 - 4 September 2019.
  • Kyritsakas G, Speight V, Thom C & Boxall J (2019) Investigating drinking water behaviour treated by different disinfection with the use of a machine learning technique on water quality datasets. datasets’ Proceedings of the 17th International Computing and Control for the Water Industry Conference, 1 September 2019 - 4 September 2019.
  • Husband P, Boxall J & Al-Saffar MSA (2019) Discolouration modelling. Proceedings of the 17th International Computing and Control for the Water Industry Conference, 1 September 2019 - 4 September 2019.
  • Kazemi E, Mounce SR, Husband PS & Boxall JB (2018) . HIC 2018. 13th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Vol. 3 (pp 1030-1039). Palermo, Italy, 1 July 2018 - 1 July 2018.
  • Pick FC, Fish KE, Moses JP & Boxall JB (2018) Development of assimilable organic carbon assay and field application within drinking water treatment. 1st International Wdsa Ccwi 2018 Joint Conference
  • Husband S & Boxall J (2018) Understanding material accumulation and discolouration risk in distribution networks. 1st International Wdsa Ccwi 2018 Joint Conference
  • Fish KE, Husband SP & Boxall JB (2018) The impact of chlorine concentration on the discolouration response of biofilms in drinking water distribution systems. 1st International Wdsa Ccwi 2018 Joint Conference
  • Weston S, Collins RP & Boxall JB (2018) Transient mobilisation of replicated biofilms. WDSA / CCWI Joint Conference 2018. Kingston, Canada, 23 July 2018 - 23 July 2018.
  • Sunny I, Husband S & Boxall J (2018) Seasonal temperature and turbiditybehaviour in trunkmains. 1st International Wdsa Ccwi 2018 Joint Conference
  • Boatwright S, Romano M, Mounce SR, Woodward K & Boxall JB (2017) . FigShare CCWI2017 data repository
  • Starczewska D, Gaffney J, Boult S, Mounce SR & Boxall JB (2017) . FigShare CCWI2017 data repository
  • Mounce SR, Fargus A, Weeks M, Young J, Ejimbe D, Goya E, Holburn M, Jackson T & Boxall JB (2017) . Figshare CCWI2017 data repository
  • Mackey T, Mounce SR, Boxall JB & Cashman A (2017) . FigShare CCWI 2017 data repository
  • Ma K, Schirru M, Zahraee AH, Dwyer-Joyce R, Boxall J, Dodd TJ, Collins R & Anderson SR (2017) . 2017 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM). Munich, Germany
  • Ma K, Schirru MM, Zahraee AH, Dwyer-Joyce R, Boxall J, Dodd TJ, Collins R & Anderson SR (2017) . 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp 2548-2553). Singapore
  • Weston S, Collins R & Boxall J (2017) Can a valve closure transient cause mobilisation of adhered particles?. Ccwi 2017 15th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry
  • Sunny I, Husband S, Moore G, Drake N, McKenzie K & Boxall J (2017) Discolouration risk management and chlorine wall decay. Ccwi 2017 15th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry
  • mounce , furnass , Goya E, Hawkins M & Boxall JB (2016) Clustering and Classification of Aggregated Smart Meter Data to Detter Understand how Demand Patterns Relate to Customer Type. 14th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry, 7 November 2016 - 9 November 2016.
  • Imschoot D, Furnass W, Mounce S & Boxall JB (2016) Flow-Pressure Sensor Placement Optimisation for Leak Detection in an Urban Distribution Water Network. 14th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry, 7 November 2016 - 9 November 2016.
  • irons L, Boxall JB, speight & Ganidi N (2016) Pressure from customer boundary box: new data to inform system management. 14th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry, 7 November 2016 - 9 November 2016.
  • boatwright S, Romano M, mounce , Woodward K & Boxall JB (2016) Approximating the Location of Leaks and Bursts within a District Metered Area using Statistical Process Control and Geostatistics. 14th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry, 7 November 2016 - 9 November 2016.
  • collins R, Zhu J, Mills R & Boxall JB (2016) Soil Saturation Detection from in Pipe Ultrasound Measurements. 19th World Conference on Non Destructive Testing
  • Ke M, Hassan-Zahraee A, Zhu J, Mills R, Boxall J, Dwyer-Joyce R, Dodd T, Collins R & Anderson SR (2016) Robotic Mapping and Localisation in Feature Sparse Water Pipes. 19th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing. Munich
  • Jones S, Collins R & Boxall J (2016) Do transients contribute to turbidity failures of water distribution systems?. Bhr Group 12th International Conference on Pressure Surges (pp 297-308)
  • Starczewska D, Collins R & Boxall J (2015) . Procedia Engineering, Vol. 119 (pp 1473-1482). Leicester, 2 September 2015 - 2 September 2015.
  • Starczewska D, Boxall J & Collins R (2015) A method to characterise transients from pressure signals recorded in real water distribution networks. 12th International Conference on Pressure Surges (pp 609-623). Cranfield, UK, 18 November 2015 - 18 November 2015.
  • Ulanicki B, Kapelan Z, Boxall J & Janus T (2015) . Procedia Engineering, Vol. 119 (pp 1-3)
  • Mounce SR, Pedraza C, Jackson T, Linford P & Boxall JB (2015) Cloud based machine learning approaches for leakage assessment and management in smart water networks. Procedia Engineering, Vol. 119(1) (pp 43-52). De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, 2 September 2015 - 2 September 2015.
  • Husband S, Jackson M & Boxall J (2015) . Procedia Engineering, Vol. 119 (pp 398-406)
  • Fox S, Collins R & Boxall J (2015) . Procedia Engineering, Vol. 119 (pp 35-42)
  • Ellis K, Mounce SR, Edwards J, Speight V, Jakomis N & Boxall J (2015) . Procedia Engineering, Vol. 119(1) (pp 299-308)
  • Zhu J, Collins RP, Boxall JB, Mills RS & Dwyer-Joyce R (2015) . Procedia Engineering, Vol. 119 (pp 148-157)
  • Irons LM, Boxall J, Speight V, Holden B & Tam B (2015) . Procedia Engineering, Vol. 119 (pp 834-843)
  • Speight V & Boxall J (2015) . Procedia Engineering, Vol. 119 (pp 434-441)
  • Mounce SR, Mounce RB & Boxall J (2015) Case-Based Reasoning Approach For Managing Water Quality Incidents In Distribution Systems. Proceedings of;. New York City, USA, 17 August 2014 - 17 August 2014.
  • Mounce SR, Sharpe R, Speight V, Holden B & Boxall J (2015) Self-Organizing Maps For Knowledge Discovery From Corporate Databases To Develop Risk Based Prioritization For Stagnation . Proceedings of. New York City, USA, 17 August 2014 - 17 August 2014.
  • Jones S, Shepherd W, Collins R & Boxall J (2014) . Procedia Engineering, Vol. 89 (pp 1306-1313). Bari, Italy, 14 July 2014 - 14 July 2014.
  • Mounce SR, Shepherd WJ, Sailor G, Saul AJ & Boxall JB (2014) Application Of Artificial Neural Networks To Assess CSO Performance
  • Fox S, Collins R & Boxall J (2014) . Procedia Engineering, Vol. 89 (pp 286-289)
  • Furnass WR, Douterelo, I , Collins, RP , Mounce & Boxall, JB (2014) . Procedia Engineering, Vol. 89 (pp 135-142)
  • Mounce SR, Husband SP, Furnass WR & Boxall JB (2014) . Procedia Engineering, Vol. 89 (pp 173-180)
  • Smith CJ, Sharpe R, Douterelo I & Boxall JB (2013) Potable water pipe-wall biofilm bacterial community response to conditioning shear stress and a hydraulic disturbance in a full-scale pipe loop facility. 5th International Conference Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
  • Brown D, Boxall JB & Bridgeman J (2013) Development and evaluation of a novel LED based fluorescence device for real time in-situ potable water quality assessment. NOM 2013 - IWA Natural Organic Matter Specialist Conference, Perth, Australia. Perth, Australia
  • Hampson W, Collins RP, Beck SMB & Boxall JB (2013) Transient source localisation methodology and laboratory validation. 12th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry, Perugia, Italy. Perugia, Italy
  • Husband PS, Mistry J & Boxall JB (2013) Modelling and flow conditioning to manage discolouration in trunk mains. 12th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry, Perugia, Italy. Perugia, Italy
  • Raven P, Machel JM & Boxall JB (2013) Playing in the sewers? A preliminary survey of non-structural strategies for sewer network load control. 7th International Conference on Sewer Processes & Networks. Sheffield,UK
  • Fox S, Shepherd WJ, Collins RP & Boxall JB (2013) Experimental proof of contaminant ingress into a leaking pipe during a transient event. 12th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry. Perugia, Italy
  • Starczewska D, Collins RP & Boxall JB (2013) Transient behavior in complex distribution network: A case study. 12th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry. Perugia, Italy
  • Douterelo I, Husband PS & Boxall JB (2013) Bacterial diversity of biofilms in UK drinking water networks: Implications for water quality. 3rd European Congress on Microbial Biofilms, FEMS. Gehnt, Netherlands
  • Boxall JB, Speight V, Douterelo I, Sharpe R & Fish K (2013) Impact of hydraulic events on organic and inorganic material in distribution systems. The Water Quality Technology Conference, AWWA. Long Beach, California
  • Brown D, Bridgeman J & Boxall JB (2013) Real time condition monitoring and early warning of failure of potable water using novel fluorescence spectroscopy instrumentation. Sensing in Water 2013 - SWIG. Nottingham UK
  • Raven P, Machell JM & Boxall JB (2013) The model is not the system: Path-dependent scenarios, post-normal engineering and the super-wicked problems of infrastructure. IWA Young Water Professionals. Teeside, UK
  • Husband S, Xin Y & Boxall JB (2012) . World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2012 Crossing Boundaries Proceedings of the 2012 Congress (pp 3161-3170)
  • Husband S & Boxall JB (2012) . World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2012 Crossing Boundaries Proceedings of the 2012 Congress (pp 3178-3185)
  • Collins R, Boxall J, Besner MC, Beck S & Karney B (2012) . Water Distribution Systems Analysis 2010 Proceedings of the 12th International Conference Wdsa 2010 (pp 585-594)
  • Abberton C, Boxall JB, Barret M, O'Flaherty V & Smith CJ (2012) Quantification of 16S rRNA and Escherichia coli functional genes in a water distribution system (WDS). Society of General Microbiology. Dublin, Ireland
  • Collins RP, Fox S, Starcewska , Beck SMB & Boxall JB (2012) Contaminant ingress and transient monitoring. 5th Annual Water Networks, Potable Treatment and Supply Conference. Cranfield, UK
  • Douterelo I, Shapre R, Fish KE & Boxall JB (2012) Pyrosequencing analysis of bacterial community structure in an experimental drinking water distribution system. 14th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Fish K, Douterelo I, Osborn AM & Boxall JB (2012) Characterising the physical structure and microbial community structure of drinking water biofilms. 14th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Fox S, Boxall J & Collins R (2012) Time dependent area of leaks in MDPE pipes during transient events. Bhr Group 11th International Conferences on Pressure Surges (pp 113-125)
  • Hampson WJ, Collins R, Boxall JB & Beck SBM (2012) Onset detection of transient waves using a novel experimental data set. Bhr Group 11th International Conferences on Pressure Surges (pp 707-720)
  • Beck S, Lloyd M & Boxall J (2012) Trapping pressure surges using two valves and feedforward control. Bhr Group 11th International Conferences on Pressure Surges (pp 721-732)
  • Leeder A, Mounce SR & Boxall JB (2012) Analysis of multi-parameter water quality data using event detection software on laboratory simulated events. 14th Water Distribution Systems Analysis Conference 2012 Wdsa 2012, Vol. 2 (pp 1018-1033)
  • Collins R, Fox S, Beck S, Saul A & Boxall J (2012) Intrusion and leakage through cracks and slits in plastic (MDPE) pipes. 14th Water Distribution Systems Analysis Conference 2012 Wdsa 2012, Vol. 2 (pp 807-815)
  • Varga L, Camci F, Boxall JB, Toossi A & Machell JM (2012) Transforming critical infrastructure: Matching the complexity of the environment to policy. European Conference on Complex Systems. Brussels, Belgium, 3 September 2012 - 7 September 2012.
  • Ramalingam B, Sekar R, Boxall JB & Biggs CA (2012) Aggregation and biofilm formation of bacteria isolated from domestic drinking water. Proceedings of IWA World Water Congress. Busan, Korea, 16 September 2012 - 21 September 2012.
  • Fish K, Collins R, Sharpe R, Osborn AM & Boxall JB (2012) The structure and stability of drinking water biofilms. 14th Water Distribution Systems Analysis Conference 2012 Wdsa 2012, Vol. 1 (pp 455-467)
  • Mounce SR, Douterelo I, Sharpe RL & Boxall JB (2012) A bio-hydroinformatics application of self-organizing map neural networks for assessing microbial and physico-chemical water quality in distribution systems. Proceedings of the 10th HydroInformatics conference. Hamburg, Germany, July 2012.
  • Ostojin S, Mounce SR , Singerton D & Boxall JB (2012) Field validation of an artificial intelligence based sewer pump control system. 9th International joint IWA/IAHR conference on Urban Drainage Modelling. Belgrade, Serbia, 3 September 2012 - 7 September 2012.
  • Sheikh QI, Boxall JB & Biggs CA (2012) . Significance of Faecal Indicators in Water: A Global Perspective (pp 131-144)
  • Husband S, Boxall JB & Williams R (2012) Discolouration risk management for trunk mains. Water Distribution Systems Analysis 2010 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference, WDSA 2010 (pp 535-542)
  • Farley B, Mounce SR & Boxall JB (2011) . Water Distribution Systems Analysis 2010 (pp 1093-1102)
  • Smith C, Shapre R & Boxall JB (2011) Biofilm bacterial community response to an experimental discolouration event in a pilot-scale water distribution system. 4th Congress of European Microbiologists FEMS. Geneva, Switzerland
  • Douterelo I, Smith C, Fish K, Sharpe R & Boxall JB (2011) Molecular analysis of bacterial biofilm communities in response to environmental perturbations within drinking water distribution systems. 4th International Conference on Environmental Industrial and Applied Microbiology. Malaga, Spain
  • Camci F, Ulanicki B, Boxall JB, Chitchyan R & Varga L (2011) Energy and utilities infrastructure: Can all be in one?. Energy and People: Futures, Complexity and Challenges Conference. Oxford
  • Furnass W, Mounce SR & Boxall JB (2011) A data-driven methodology for determining the cause of discolouration in distribution networks. 11th Computing and Control in the Water Industry 2011. Exeter
  • Bigg CA, Sheikh QI & Boxall JB (2011) Biological detection methods - challenges of moving beyond the research lab. The Significance of Faecal Indicators in Water: A Global Perspective (pp 131-144). Edinburgh, 6 June 2011 - 8 June 2011.
  • Collins R, Beck SBM & Boxall JB (2011) Contamination ingress into water distribution systems (CID): Measuring intrusion volumes in water distribution systems. 4th Developments in Water Treatment and Supply Conference. Cheltenham
  • Husband PS, Vincente H & Boxall JB (2011) Managing trunk main discolouration by managing flow. 4th Developments in Water Treatment and Supply Conference. Cheltenham
  • Collins S, Beck SBM & Boxall JB (2011) Intrusion into water distribution systems through leaks and orifices: Initial experimental results. 11th Computing and Control in the Water Industry 2011. Exeter
  • Fish KE, Sharpe RL, Green NH, Osborn AM & Boxall JB (2011) Visualising and quantifying the matrix of drinking water biofilms. IWA Biofilm Conference 2011: Processes in Biofilms. Shanghai, China
  • Ramalingam B, Sekar R, Boxall JB & Biggs CA (2011) Aggregation and biofilm formation of bacteria isolated from domestic drinking water. IWA Biofilm Conference 2011: Processes in Biofilms. Shanghai, China
  • Ostojin S, Mounce SR, Singerton D & Boxall JB (2011) Operational control of sewer pumping stations to minimise energy costs considering efficiency. 11th Computing and Control in the Water Industry 2011. Exeter
  • Husband PS, Jackson M & Boxall JB (2011) Trunk main discolouration trials and strategic planning. 11th Computing and Control in the Water Industry 2011. Exeter
  • Hampson W, Boxall JB & Beck SBM (2011) GIS thematic mapping to identify persistent failures in water distribution networks. 11th Computing and Control in the Water Industry 2011. Exeter
  • Farley B, Boxall JB & Mounce SR (2010) . 11th Annual International Symposium on Water Distribution Systems Analysis. Arizona, USA
  • Ramalingam B, Sekar R, Deines P, Boxall JB & Biggs C (2010) Intergeneric Co aggregation of drinking water bacterial isolates. IChemE Biochemical Engineering Subject Group (BESG) Young Researchers Meeting. Cambridge, UK
  • Ramalingam B, Sekar R, Deines P, Boxall JB & Biggs C (2010) Biological and biophysical properties of biofilm forming drinking water bacteria. ASM Biofilms 4 International Conference. Winchester, UK
  • Smith C, Sharpe R & Boxall JB (2010) Investigating bacterial community response during discolouration events in an experimental water distribution system. 13th International Symposium for Microbial Ecology. Seattle, USA
  • Boxall JB (2010) Discolouration in water supply: The role of metals. COST Action 637 METEAU 4th International Conference on Metals and Related Substances in Drinking Water. Kristianstad, Sweden, 13 October 2010 - 15 October 2010.
  • Lan Anh NT, Boxall JB, Saul AJ & Willems P (2010) An evaluation of three lumped conceptual rainfall-runoff models at catchment scale. British Hydrological Society 3rd International Symposium, Role of Hydrology in Managing Consequences of a Changing Global Environment. Newcastle, UK
  • Mounce SR, Farley B, Mounce RB & Boxall JB (2010) Field testing of optimal sensor placement and data analysis methodologies for burst detection and location in an urban water network. 9th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, HIC 2010. Tianjin, China
  • Ghazali MF, Beck SBM, Staszewski WJ, Shucksmith JD & Boxall JB (2010) Leakage detection in pipelines using ensemble empirical mode decomposition. Proceedings of the 5th European Workshop - Structural Health Monitoring 2010 (pp 203-208)
  • Sharpe RL, Smith CJ, Biggs CA & Boxall JB (2010) . 11th Annual International Symposium on Water Distribution Systems Analysis. Arizona, USA
  • Seth AD, Husband PS & Boxall JB (2009) Rivelin trunk main flow test. Integrating Water Systems (pp 431-434). Sheffield
  • Deines P, Osborn AM, Boxall JB & Biggs CA (2009) Microbiology in drinking water distribution systems. IChemE Biochemical Engineering Subject Group (BESG) Young Researchers Meeting. Sheffield,UK
  • Jensen HS, Sekar R, Deines P, Boxall JB, Osborn AM, Tait SJ, Larrarte F & Biggs CA (2009) Community profiling of bacteria in sewer biofilms. IWA Specialist Conference on 'Processes in Biofilms: Fundamentals to Applications'. Davis, California, USA
  • Shucksmith JD, Beck SBM, Boxall JB & Seth A (2009) The use of pressure transients to detect leaks in distribution systems. 3rd Biennial Conference of the UK Network on Potable Water Treatment & Supply. Buxton, UK
  • Husband PS, Whitehead J & Boxall JB (2009) Long term trunk main monitoring yields operational dividends. 3rd Developments in Water Treatment and Supply Conference. Buxton, UK, 1 June 2009 - 2 June 2009.
  • Shucksmith JD, Beck SBM, Boxall JB, Seth A & Staszewski WJ (2009) Leak detection in a pipeline by cepstrum analysis of a pressure transient. IV ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials (SMART 09). Porto, Portugal
  • Collins R, Boxall JB, Beck SBM & Saul AJ (2009) Contaminant ingress into distribution systems. 3rd Biennial Conference of the UK Network on Potable Water Treatment & Supply. Buxton, UK
  • Mounce SR, Boxall JB & Machell J (2009) . Proceedings of the 10th Annual Water Distribution Systems Analysis Conference, WDSA 2008 (pp 735-746)
  • Husband PS & Boxall JB (2008) . World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008 Ahupua A Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008, Vol. 316
  • Taghvaei M, Beck SBM, Boxall JB, Seth A & Staszewski WJ (2008) Leak and feature detection in a water distribution network. Bhr Group Surge Analysis System Design Simulation Monitoring and Control 10th International Conference on Pressure Surges (pp 125-135)
  • Farley B, Boxall JB & Mounce SR (2008) . 10th Annual International Symposium on Water Distribution Systems Analysis. South Africa
  • Deines P, Osborn AM, Boxall JB & Biggs CA (2008) Microbiology of urban water systems: An interdisciplinary approach. Marie Curie Workshop as part of the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF). Barcelona, Spain
  • Deines P, Osborn AM, Boxall JB & Biggs CA (2008) How clean is your drinking water?. Society for General Microbiology Annual Meeting. Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  • Shepherd W, Saul A & Boxall J (2008) Quantifying the performance of storm tanks. Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage. Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Prior K, Machell J, Boxall JB & Saul AJ (2008) Implications for treatment processes and networks following water saving initiatives. 2nd European Water and Wastewater Conference. Birmingham
  • Savic D, Boxall JB, Ulanicki B, Kapelan Z, Macropoulos C, Fenner R, Soga K, Marshall I, Maksimovic C, Ashley RM & Graham N (2008) . Proceedings: Water Distribution Systems Analysis. South Africa, 17 August 2008 - 20 August 2008.
  • Naser G, Karney BW & Boxall JB (2007) . 8th Annual Water Distribution Systems Analysis Symposium 2006 (pp 152)
  • Saul AJ, Shepherd W & Boxall J (2007) Quantifying the performance of storm tanks at wastewater treatment works. Restoring Our Natural Habitat - Proceedings of the 2007 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress
  • Haines R, Boxall JB & Brooke JM (2007) Providing dynamic water distribution network information to field engineers. Developments in Water Treatment and Supply Conference. Bath, UK
  • Husband PS & Boxall JB (2007) Repeat DMA flushing operations: Discolouration comparison, modelling and management. Developments in Water Treatment and Supply Conference. Bath, UK
  • Cook DM, Seth A, Boxall JB & Hall SJ (2007) Managing discolouration risk due to valve movements. Developments in Water Treatment and Supply Conference. Bath, UK
  • Mounce SR, Boxall JB & Machell J (2007) An artificial neural network/fuzzy logic system for DMA flow meter data analysis providing burst identification and size estimation. Proceedings of the Combined International Conference of Computing and Control for the Water Industry, CCWI2007 and Sustainable Urban Water Management, SUWM2007 (pp 313-320)
  • Mounce SR, Machell J & Boxall JB (2007) . 8th Annual Water Distribution Systems Analysis Symposium 2006 (pp 91)
  • Machell J, Boxall JB & Saul AJ (2007) . 8th Annual Water Distribution Systems Analysis Symposium 2006 (pp 135)
  • Boxall JB & Tait SJ (2006) Inquiry based, directed-study hydraulic laboratories. LTEA Conference. Manchester, UK, June 2006.
  • Lan Anh NT, Boxall JB, Saul AJ & Willems P (2006) Development of a holistic approach to river modelling in the Bradford catchment (UK). Proceeding of the 7th International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering (ICHE-2006). Philadelphia, USA
  • Boxall JB, Shepherd WJ, Saul AJ & Hanson DS (2005) Modular sewer quality simulation. Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Urban Drainage (CD) (pp 21-26)
  • Husband PSH & Boxall JB (2005) Material accumulation and mobilisation in a pipe loop system. Developments in Water Treatment and Supply. York
  • Boxall JB, O Hagan A, Pooladsaz S, Saul AJ & Unwin DM (2005) Pipe level estimation of burst rates in water distribution mains. 8th Computing and Control for the Water Industry (CCWI) Water Management for the 21st Century. Exeter
  • Cook DM, Boxall JB, Hall SJ & Styan E (2005) Structural integrity and water quality in water distribution networks. 8th Computing and Control for the Water Industry (CCWI) Water Management for the 21st Century. Exeter
  • Boxall JB & Dewis ND (2005) . ASCE ERWI World Water and Environmental Water Resources. Anchorage
  • Husband PS, Boxall JB & Saul AJ (2004) Comparison of maintenance and rehabilitation strategies for discolouration risk control in water distribution systems. IWA World Water Congress. Marakesh
  • Boxall JB & Guymer I (2004) Longitudinal dispersion in an extreme meander channel, with changes in shape. River Flow 2004 - 2nd International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics. Naples
  • Boxall JB, Saul AJ, Gunstead JD & Dewis N (2003) Regeneration of discolouration in distribution systems. ASCE, EWRI, World Water and Environmental Resources Conference. Philadelphia
  • Wilson CAME, Olse NRB, Boxall JB & Guymer I (2003) Three-dimensional numerical simulation of longitudinal dispersion in a meandering channel. XXX IAHR Congress. Thessaloniki
  • Boxall JB & Guymer I (2003) Transverse mixing in natural open channels. XXX IAHR Congress. Thessaloniki
  • Dutton R, Guymer I & Boxall JB (2003) Assessing transient storage effects in a natural formed meandering channel. XXX IAHR Congress. Thessaloniki
  • Boxall JB, Saul AJ, Unwin DM, Dewis N & Gunstead JD (2003) Water quality in distribution systems: Rehabilitation and maintenance strategies. CCWI Advances in Water Supply Management. London
  • Unwin DM, Saul AJ & Boxall JB (2003) Data mining and relationship analysis of water distribution system databases for improved understanding of operations performance. CCWI Advances in Water Supply Management. London
  • Boxall JB, Skipworth PJ & Saul AJ (2001) A novel approach to describing sediment movement in distribution mains, based on measured particle characteristics. Water Software Systems (pp 263-273). Leicester
  • Guymer I, Boxall JB, Marion A, Potter R, Trevisan P, Bellinello M & Dennis P (1999) Longitudinal dispersion in a natural formed meandering channel. Conference Proceedings of the 28th IAHR Congress. Graz, Austria, 22 August 1999 - 27 August 1999.
  • Harry AJ, Guymer I & Boxall JB (1998) The use of laser measurement techniques in an investigation of the mechanics of solute entrainment in dead zones. Proceedings of Flow Modelling and Turbulence Measurements, ISFTM. Tainan, Taiwan, 5 October 1998 - 8 October 1998.
  • John E, Boxall J, Collins R & Bowman E () . Proceedings of the 21st Computing and Control in the Water Industry Conference, 1 September 2025 - 3 September 2025.
  • Rogers J, Speight V, Fish K, Moore G & Boxall J () . The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024) (pp 2-2)
  • John EDA, Boxall J, Collins R, Bowman E & Susmel L () . Proceedings - 2nd International Join Conference on Water Distribution System Analysis (WDSA)& Computing and Control in the Water Industry (CCWI), 18 July 2022 - 22 July 2022.
  • Rogers J, Fish K, Speight V, Fairley H, Knowles G & Boxall J () . Proceedings - 2nd International Join Conference on Water Distribution System Analysis (WDSA)& Computing and Control in the Water Industry (CCWI), 18 July 2022 - 22 July 2022.
  • Doronina A, Husband S, Boxall J & Speight V () . Proceedings - 2nd International Join Conference on Water Distribution System Analysis (WDSA)& Computing and Control in the Water Industry (CCWI), 18 July 2022 - 22 July 2022.
  • Lokk R, Blokker M, Boxall J, Romano M, Provost A & Husband S () . Proceedings - 2nd International Join Conference on Water Distribution System Analysis (WDSA)& Computing and Control in the Water Industry (CCWI), 18 July 2022 - 22 July 2022.
  • Boatright S, Romano M, Mounce SR, Woodward K & Boxall JB () Optimal sensor placement and leak/burst localisation in a water distribution system using spatially–constrained inverse-distance weighted interpolation. 13th International Conference on Hydroinformatics. Palermo, Italy, 1 July 2018 - 1 July 2018.
  • Fish K, Douterelo , husband & Boxall JB () The impact of hydraulic conditions upon drinking water distribution system biofilms. biofilms’ IWA Specialist Conference Biofilms in Drinking Water systems from treatment to tap. Arosa, Switzerland, 23 August 2015 - 26 August 2015.
  • husband , douterelo , fish & Boxall JB () Biofilms and Discolouration Material Accumulation Processes in Drinking Water Distribution Systems and Modelling the Hydraulic. IWA Specialist Conference Biofilms in Drinking Water systems from treatment to tap. Arosa, Switzerland, 23 August 2015 - 26 August 2015.
  • Mackey T, Mounce S, Boxall J & Cashman A ()
  • Sunny IZ, Husband S, Moore G, Drake N, Mckenzie K & Boxall J ()
  • Collins R, Weston S & Boxall J ()
  • Starczewska D, Gaffney J, Boult S, Mounce S & Boxall J ()
  • Mounce S, Fargus A, Weeks M, Young J, Ejimbe D, Goya E, Holburn M, Jackson T & Boxall J ()
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Reports

  • Boxall J, Lamb N & Speight V (2017) Drinking Water Quality Big Question: How Can We Achieve 100% Compliance with Drinking Water Standards at Point of Use by 2050?
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Posters

  • Ostojin S, Mounce S, Singerton D & Boxall J (2013) Autonomous fuzzy logic control of pumping in sewer systems. 11th IWA conference on instrumentation control and automation.
  • Smith CJ, Sharpe RL & Boxall JB (2010) Investigating Bacterial Community Respone During Discolouration ¾Ã²Ý¸£Àû in an Experimental Water Distribution System. 13th International Symposium for Microbial Biology, Seattle, USA.
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Theses

  • Furnass W Modelling both the continual accumulation and erosion of discolouration material in drinking water distribution systems.
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Preprints

  • Mounce S, Mounce R & Boxall J (2025) , MDPI AG.
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Research group

Grants

Past Grants

Biomonitoring

The role of biofilms has been identified as a critical component in material layer development on the pipe walls of distribution networks.

Grand Challenge for Water

The EPSRC-funded Grand Challenge Centre for Water, comprising 6 UK universities and 100+ industrial partners working in collaboration to develop the sustainable water solutions of the future and to accelerate innovation uptake across the water sector.

CIVVSNSF CBET

This research is developing a fundamental understanding of the microbial ecology of intermittently operated water distribution systems to inform operational or construction risk reduction strategies.

EPSRC Water Grand Challenge consortium that is undertake exciting and ambitious scientific and engineering research to develop the complex sociotechnical solutions needed to address key challenges facing the water sector up to 2065.

PhD opportunities

I am always keen to hear from enthusiastic talented individuals interested in various research aspects of quantity, quality and asset management for water distribution systems infrastructure.  Specific funded PhD opportunities with me will be advertised on  and , please keep an eye on or sign up for alerts on these sites.

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