Patent ID: 8660703

Claim:
A control method for controlling a wastewater network, said network including actuators suitable for influencing the flow rates of water in the network, with the behavior of the actuator depending on setpoints, the method comprising: creating a list of one or more network states, said list comprising an initial network state; creating a list of predetermined rain types and a list of predetermined sets of setpoints; obtaining rain state information representative of forecast or measured rain; selecting a rain type from the list of predetermined rain types as a function of forecast or measured rain; selecting a set of setpoints from the list of predetermined sets of setpoints, as a function of the selected rain type; sending the selected set of setpoints to said actuators; obtaining network state information representative of a current or forecast state of the network; if none of the network states in the list of one or more network states corresponds to the network state information, determining at least one new set of setpoints as a function of a model of the network and as a function of the network state information; and adding said new set of setpoints to said list of sets of setpoints.