The Battle of the Water Futures is competition hosted at the 4th International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis and Computing and Control in the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2026), taking place in Paphos, Cyprus, from May 18-21, 2026. The objective is to design and operate a water distribution system over a long-term horizon under deep uncertainty, with interventions applied in stages.

The most up-to-date information, the full index, and all competition details are hosted on our official website and the Zenodo repository.

➡️ Visit the official competition website ⬅️

➡️ Visit the official competition website ⬅️

➡️ Read the problem description on (arXiv) ⬅️

Do you have questions?

Check out our discussion page on GitHub or, if you can't find an answer, send us an email to battlewaterfutures@kwrwater.nl.

This competition is organized by the Water-Futures team. Explore our projects on GitHub and learn more about our team and work on our website.

Water-Futures has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Grant Agreement No. 951424).