Scholarly record
FLUCTUATION OF WATER PRESSURE AND ITS IMPACT ON WATER LOSSES IN WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
Abstract
The paper deals with fluctuations in water pressure and its influence on water losses in the network, depending on the time and height of the building. Water losses, depleted infrastructure life, and rising energy costs are just some of the issues that affect grid pressure. Excessive pressure increases the risk of piping rupture and water leakage in the distribution network and increases the cost of energy that needs to be spent on pumping and producing additional drinking water. Reducing the water pressure in the distribution network means that fewer water will escape from cracks in the pipeline, which will result in a significant reduction in water losses due to leakage. Average water losses in network in the Czech Republic are approximately 18%, but the value of around 35% is not strange nowadays. Such losses then have a negative impact on the functionality of drinking water supply system, and it is therefore necessary to optimize the pressure in the water supply network. However, such optimization brings with it the need to analyze and then monitor the water mains.
Publication Impact Profile
Publication details
References7
Czech Republic. Act No. 183/2006 Coll., on territorial planning and building code (Building Act), as amended.
SOVAK Sdružení oboru vodovodů a kanalizací ČR, z.s. [online]. Available from: http://www.sovak.cz (In Czech)
Teichmann, M., Kuda F. and Proske Z. Emergency Supply of drinking water. Applied Mechanics and Materials. Stafa - Zurich, Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications Ltd., Vols 580 (2014), pp 2346-2349. ISSN: 1660-9336. DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.580-583.2346
Czech Republic. Decree No. 441/2013 Coll. In: Collection of Laws. Prague: Printing-works of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 2013. (in Czech)
About water supply portal, Water economy [online]. 22. October 2016 [cit. 2018- 04-03] Available from: http://www.ovodarenstvi.cz
Czech Republic. Act No. 274/2001 Coll., on water mains and sewer systems for public use and amending some laws, as amended.
Stein, D., Niederehe, W. Maintenance of sewer. 2nd revised and expanded edition. Publisher for architecture and technical sciences Ernst§Sohn: Germany, Berlin, 2002, ISBN 3433013160. (in Deutch)
View or Download full articleAccess options
SWS access login
Login as SWS Scientific CommitteeLogin as SWS Scientific PartnerLogin as SWS AuthorAuthors and approved SWS contributors will read and export their own linked papers after identity matching by SWS profile, email and SGEM GlobalID.
For librarian assistance: [email protected]
Purchase Instant Access
- Article can be downloaded after successful payment.
- Article may be used according to SWS library access terms.
- Article cannot be redistributed.
