This study details the development of a reconstruction model for reducing water supply risk (WSR)
in an existing water distribution network (WDN). This development included additional gate valves
for reducing the impact of a burst pipe (ImpPB), additional emergency pipes for adjacency block,
and pipe replacement to reduce the probability of a burst pipe (ProbPB). The developed model was
applied to the study area, giving a block WSR in the reconstructed network of 0.471 m3/year, with a
possible input budget of about KRW 140 million (4.5% of the maximum cost for reconstruction);
1,000 KRW = 0.92 USD = 0.69 EUR, 31 Dec 2012. This constituted a decrease of block WSR by 68.7%
compared with that of the existing pipe network. The benefit cost for WSR reduction was defined as
shown in Scenarios 1?4 at respective ratios of KRW 40,000/m3, KRW 60,000/m3, KRW 80,000/m3, and
KRW 100,000/m3. Results show that higher the benefits of reducing the WSR in existing WDNs, more the
chance for WSR reduction. On the other hand, if the benefit cost for WSR reduction is low, this indicates
that it is not possible to actively reduce WSR. In other words, it is currently difficult to accurately convert
the benefits of reduced WSRs. However, if such problems are solved in the future, it should be possible
to establish more accurate budgets and plans can for minimizing WSR in existing WDNs.