Public Water Supply: Models, Data and Operational Management

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ISBN: 9780419232209 | 0419232206
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 8/19/1998

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Provides practical guidance in developing skills that contribute to the delivery of safe, wholesome & reliable public water supplies. Offers clear, comprehensive explanations of real situations which managers will find useful in understanding the data requirements of new systems & making the most of available resources.

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Introduction
Acknowledgements
Notation
Important SI units
Basic conversion factors
Data management systems in water supply
Water supply at the millennium
Managing a water supply system
Data required for operational management
Data capturing system
Data management system
The dissemination of operational data
Analysis of operational data
The value of on-line data
Deciphering the message
The logic of data
Analysing the balance
The case for mathematical modelling
Modelling water supply system elements
Structure of a hydraulic model
Modelling real-life systems
Sources of water
Pipes and pipe networks
Service connections and public standpipes
Reservoirs
Pumping stations
Valves
Modelling of demand
Introduction
Definitions and terminology
Analysis of demand
Capturing, holding and converting data to information
Losses
Modelling demand
Mathematical methods applied in modelling
The principles of modelling
Computation of one steady state
Continuous stimulation
Initial state
Choosing adequate software
Making a model
The general approach to model making
Practical advice on model building
Solving difficulties and some common errors
Recognising typical solutions
First simulation runs
Calibration of the model
Modelling and real-life problems
Simulation models as tools for design
Modelling and operational management
The use of models in a water company
Modelling energy costs
Modernisation of control systems
Models and operational management - cases from real life
Leads for beginners
Appendices
References
Glossary
Index
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