INCREASING THE PERFORMANCE AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK USING PRESSURE MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Pressure management is one of the most constructive strategies of leakage management in water distribution networks. The aim of this paper is an economic analysis taking into consideration the numerous aspects of the implementation of pressure management. For this reason, a mathematical model was elaborated in EPANET software for determining the advantages starting from implementing pressure management on the reduction of leakage, active leakage control and energy consumption. As a case study, the advanced pressure management system was applied through the installation of time modulated and flow modulated pressure reducing valves in a district metered area (DMA) located in Ia i city. Pressure management is now perceived as having an increasingly wide extent of benefits not only covering environmental and water conservation benefits of reducing leak flow rates and some parts of consumption.