Impact of network sectorisation on water quality management
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Author(s)
Armand, H
Stoianov, I
Graham, N
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The sectorisation of water supply networks includes the permanent closure of valves in order to achieve a cost-effective leakage management and simplify pressure control. The impact of networks sectorisation, also known as District Metered Areas (DMAs), on water quality and discolouration has not been extensively studied and it remains unknown. In addition, hydraulic variables used in the literature for assessing the likelihood of potential discolouration are limited and inconclusive. This paper investigates a methodology to evaluate the impact of networks sectorisation (DMAs) on water quality and the likelihood of discolouration incidents. The methodology utilises a set of surrogate hydraulic variables and an analysis of the hydraulic condition in pipes with historic discolouration complaints. The proposed methodology has been applied to a large-scale water supply network, with and without sectors, in order to assess the potential impact of DMAs on water quality. The results demonstrate that the sectorisation of water supply networks (DMAs) could compromise the overall water quality and increase the likelihood of discolouration incidents. The results of this study and the proposed surrogate hydraulic variables facilitate the formulation of optimisation problems for the re-design and control of water supply networks with sectorised topologies.
Date Issued
2018-03-22
Date Acceptance
2017-04-23
Citation
Journal of Hydroinformatics, 2018, 20 (2), pp.424-439
ISSN
1464-7141
Publisher
IWA Publishing
Start Page
424
End Page
439
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Hydroinformatics
Volume
20
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2018 The Authors This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY 4.0), which permits copying, adaptation and redistribution, provided the original work is properly cited (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Grant Number
EP/K503381/1
EP/P004229/1
Subjects
water supply systems
water quality management
networks sectorisation
Publication Status
Published