Assessing the results of a virtual pressure management project applied in Kos Town water distribution network
Assessing the results of a virtual pressure management project applied in Kos Town water distribution network
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评估科斯镇供水管网虚拟压力管理项目的结果
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2016
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K. Gonelas
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V. Kanakoudis;K. Gonelas
AbstractWater pressure management (PM) is one of the most cost-effective ways for a water utility to reduce water leakage, pipes’ bursts, improve the level of services provided to its customers and lower its operating expenses. The present paper presents a pilot pressure management project designed for the water distribution system of Kos Town (capital of Kos Island, Greece). Kos Town experiences extreme variations regarding its population served by the local water utility between summer and winter. The PM implementation was achieved by developing the system’s hydraulic simulation model using the commercial software, Watergems V8i. For the water demand allocation of the model, the spatial allocation of water demand at street level approach was used because the customers’ water meters were not geo-referenced. The results were compared to multiplicatively weighted Voronoi diagram method’s results and to field measurements. The simulation process took into account the respective demand patterns of the variou...