Development of Assessment System for Performance Evaluation of Water Distribution Systems |
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학술지명 International Workshop on the Security and Sustainability of Water Supply Systems
저자 김주환
발표일 2007-05-21
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The management of water distribution systems is very complex, not least because many of the pipes are installed underground and hidden. Moreover, the loading on the system varies over time and the pipes can be spread over a large area through different types of geography. Finally, one of the key challenges facing engineers in this field is that the water pipes are not easily accessible and the degradation patterns are not generally well understood. The primary functions of a water supply network are to provide water of adequate pressure, flow rate and quality to customers. Network reliability, or supply security can be seen as a measure of how well this service is performed, and a system is said to be reliable if it functions properly for the specified evaluation time. In Korea, the demand for clean water has been increasing due to industrial and urban development and the rise in per capita water consumption. The high pressures in water supply systems mains mean that a burst may cause significant economic losses and leak. Also, water quality in pipe is a major concerns of customers whether coloured water, bio-film appear in supplied water or not. The purpose of this research is to build evaluation tools for a water pipe network to aid decision makers working in integrated management system in the water supply industry. The network evaluation tool would investigate the impact factors, in terms of network performance. This paper presents a methodology for estimating the performance of the water supply systems that transmit and distribute water across water pipe networks. The investigations and researches were carried out to develop software to assist the evaluation of WDS with respects to hydraulics, water quality and structural analysis methods. The concepts and functions are introduced in this paper and the performance indices are discussed for accurate assessment of water distribution systems. |