Research Initiation: Reliability of Municipal Water Supply and Distribution Systems Under Recurring Drought Conditions

气候波动可能会造成相当大的 城市供水风险， 高污染地区的供水系统（水务署） 水需求量。 该项目将 检查这些系统的风险， 有两种类型的干旱导致的失败 模式：a）总需求超过总需求 供应;和B）需求率超过系统 容量 水务署的三个系统类别， 研究对象：受以下因素约束的系统 仅供应品的可用性;系统 受治疗和分布的限制 仅限容量;以及受两者约束的系统 能力和供应。 技术将被 用于数字估计风险 供水系统经常出现干旱 条件 结果将提供水 保护战略，以减少影响 干旱对城市社区的影响

Climate fluctuations may pose a considerable risk to municipal water supply and distribution systems (WSD) in areas with high rates of water demand. The project will examine the risks to such systems associated with two types of drought-induced failure modes: a) aggregate demand exceeding aggregate supply; and b) demand rate exceeding system capacity. Three classes of WSD systems will be studied: systems constrained by availability of supplies only; systems constrained by treatment and distribution capacity only; and systems constrained by both capacity and supplies. Techniques will be developed for numerically estimating the risks to WSD systems under recurring drought conditions. Results will provide water conservation strategies to decrease the impact of drought on urban communities.