This research was supported by the Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP)
project from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
Chicago (MWRDGC). We thank Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS) and U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) for valuable data. We also thank Andrea Zimmer
and Sarah Berastegui-Vidalle for their scientific guidance related to
genetic algorithm technique. This paper is based on the model
methodology and result portion of the first author’s Ph.D. dissertation with the citation Choi, N. (2016) Understanding sewer infiltration
and inflow using impulse response functions derived from physics-based
models (Doctoral Dissertation), University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Retrieved from
https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/90540/CHOI-DISSERTATION-2016.pdf?sequence=1.