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<p>The cumulated effects of climate changes and accelerated urban development, amplified by insufficient funding and/or capacity to implement proactive methods and strategies for monitoring and optimization of water supply systems negatively impact the operation and overall efficiency of these systems, generating considerable problems regarding public comfort and safety and also service costs. Out of all problems, the most tangible issues for the final user are the ones related to the distribution network – the closest system component. In order to address these problems, an integrated analysis of the conditions of each urban area is required, accounting for actual water demand, pressure requirements, network configuration, power consumption and development forecasts. This article presents the set of measures proposed for optimisation of the distribution network of Babadag Town from Romania, consisting of changes intended to improve the hydraulic capacity of the network and also on reducing the water loss based on water balance evaluation and hydraulic modelling of existing and proposed network configurations.</p>
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The cumulated effects of climate changes and accelerated urban development, amplified by insufficient funding and/or capacity to implement proactive methods and strategies for monitoring and optimization of water supply systems negatively impact the operation and overall efficiency of these systems, generating considerable problems regarding public comfort and safety and also service costs. Out of all problems, the most tangible issues for the final user are the ones related to the distribution network – the closest system component. In order to address these problems, an integrated analysis of the conditions of each urban area is required, accounting for actual water demand, pressure requirements, network configuration, power consumption and development forecasts. This article presents the set of measures proposed for optimisation of the distribution network of Babadag Town from Romania, consisting of changes intended to improve the hydraulic capacity of the network and also on reducing the water loss based on water balance evaluation and hydraulic modelling of existing and proposed network configurations.

Distribution networks performance improvement by sectorisation and operating pressures reduction – case study: babadag town

Modelling in Civil Environmental Engineering

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The cumulated effects of climate changes and accelerated urban development, amplified by insufficient funding and/or capacity to implement proactive methods...

Distribution networks performance improvement by sectorisation and operating pressures reduction – case study: babadag town

Published Online: Mar 10, 2023

Page range: 25 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmce-2022-0008

Keywords
Urban Water Supply, Distribution Networks Sectorisation, Hydraulic Modelling, Water Loss Reduction

© Alexandru JERCAN et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Distribution networks performance improvement by sectorisation and operating pressures reduction – case study: babadag town

Published Online: Mar 10, 2023

Page range: 25 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmce-2022-0008

KeywordsUrban Water Supply, Distribution Networks Sectorisation, Hydraulic Modelling, Water Loss Reduction

© Alexandru JERCAN et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Urban Water Supply, Distribution Networks Sectorisation, Hydraulic Modelling, Water Loss Reduction