Ebook: Improving Efficiency and Reliability in Water Distribution Systems

This book contains the lectures given in the International Course "Improving efficiency and reliability in water supply systems", hosted and sponsored by the Menendez Pelayo International University (U.I.M.P.) and co-sponsored by Aguas de Valencia, the British Council and the EC Cornett and Erasmus programmes. The short course took place in Valencia (Spain) in November 1994, with an attendance of more than one hundred delegates. We must not only acknowedge and thank Dr. Joaquin Azagra, as UIMP Director, but also his collaborators D. Luis Moreno and Lidia Lopez for their support in the preparation of the Course and during the course taking place. UIMP sponsorship allowed us to assemble in Valencia an eminent cadre of lecturers coming from all over the world, that covered in an ordered and precise fashion some of the more relevant aspects on efficiency and reliability in water supply systems. We are very thankful to all these leading lecturers for their invaluable cooperation. The publication of this book and the Spanish edition as well, have been made possible thanks to the sponsorship of both Polytechnic University of Valencia througout its Chancellor, Justo Nieto, and Aguas de Valencia throughout its General Director Alvaro Aguirre. We must also thank Kluwer Academic Publishers and especially their Publisher Petra van Steenbergen for her assistance, careful presentation and production of the book.

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Two of the main concerns in respect of water supply systems are their efficiency and their reliability, which are fully discussed in the present book, grouped into five sections: 1. Fundamentals. 2. Leakage Detection in Networks. 3. Network Management: Leakage Control. 4. Managing Water Distribution Systems to Reduce Energy Costs. 5. Reliability, Risk Analysis and Rehabilitation.
A well balanced approach has been achieved by inviting contributors from academia as well as consultancies and water supply companies.
Audience: Water supply engineers in companies and consultancies, civil engineers interested in water supply systems. This book can also be used in courses on efficiency and reliability of water supply systems.

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Two of the main concerns in respect of water supply systems are their efficiency and their reliability, which are fully discussed in the present book, grouped into five sections: 1. Fundamentals. 2. Leakage Detection in Networks. 3. Network Management: Leakage Control. 4. Managing Water Distribution Systems to Reduce Energy Costs. 5. Reliability, Risk Analysis and Rehabilitation.
A well balanced approach has been achieved by inviting contributors from academia as well as consultancies and water supply companies.
Audience: Water supply engineers in companies and consultancies, civil engineers interested in water supply systems. This book can also be used in courses on efficiency and reliability of water supply systems.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Modelling Water Distribution Networks: From Steady Flow to Water Hammer....Pages 3-32
Water Consumption in Distribution Networks Short Term Demand Forecast....Pages 33-58
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
General Overview of Unaccounted for Water in Water Distribution Systems....Pages 61-95
Leakage Detection in Practice. Application to the Water Distribution of Valencia....Pages 97-105
Monitoring Water Distribution Systems....Pages 107-132
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
Using Variable Speed Pumps to Reduce Leakage and Improve Performance....Pages 135-163
Valve Control Regulation for Reducing Leakage....Pages 165-188
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Energy Audit of a Water System Network....Pages 191-211
Pump Scheduling for Reducing Energy Costs....Pages 213-232
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Analytical and Simulation Models for Reliability Analysis in Water Distribution Systems....Pages 235-266
Hydraulic Performance and Rehabilitation Strategies....Pages 267-282
Effects of Pipe Failures on Water Distribution Networks....Pages 283-302
Optimum Design and Reliability in Water Distribution Systems....Pages 303-328
Effect of Transient Operations on the Reliability of Hydraulic Systems....Pages 329-349
Reliability and Expected Use of Dynamic Devices in a Water Distribution System....Pages 351-368
Water Quality Modeling in Pipe Networks....Pages 369-393
Modeling Water Quality Changes in Distribution Systems: A U.S. Perspective....Pages 395-414
Back Matter....Pages 415-416

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Two of the main concerns in respect of water supply systems are their efficiency and their reliability, which are fully discussed in the present book, grouped into five sections: 1. Fundamentals. 2. Leakage Detection in Networks. 3. Network Management: Leakage Control. 4. Managing Water Distribution Systems to Reduce Energy Costs. 5. Reliability, Risk Analysis and Rehabilitation.
A well balanced approach has been achieved by inviting contributors from academia as well as consultancies and water supply companies.
Audience: Water supply engineers in companies and consultancies, civil engineers interested in water supply systems. This book can also be used in courses on efficiency and reliability of water supply systems.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Modelling Water Distribution Networks: From Steady Flow to Water Hammer....Pages 3-32
Water Consumption in Distribution Networks Short Term Demand Forecast....Pages 33-58
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
General Overview of Unaccounted for Water in Water Distribution Systems....Pages 61-95
Leakage Detection in Practice. Application to the Water Distribution of Valencia....Pages 97-105
Monitoring Water Distribution Systems....Pages 107-132
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
Using Variable Speed Pumps to Reduce Leakage and Improve Performance....Pages 135-163
Valve Control Regulation for Reducing Leakage....Pages 165-188
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Energy Audit of a Water System Network....Pages 191-211
Pump Scheduling for Reducing Energy Costs....Pages 213-232
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Analytical and Simulation Models for Reliability Analysis in Water Distribution Systems....Pages 235-266
Hydraulic Performance and Rehabilitation Strategies....Pages 267-282
Effects of Pipe Failures on Water Distribution Networks....Pages 283-302
Optimum Design and Reliability in Water Distribution Systems....Pages 303-328
Effect of Transient Operations on the Reliability of Hydraulic Systems....Pages 329-349
Reliability and Expected Use of Dynamic Devices in a Water Distribution System....Pages 351-368
Water Quality Modeling in Pipe Networks....Pages 369-393
Modeling Water Quality Changes in Distribution Systems: A U.S. Perspective....Pages 395-414
Back Matter....Pages 415-416
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