Component-holistic condition assessment of water distribution networks

Research Article| May 19 2017 Component-holistic condition assessment of water distribution networks Agathoklis Agathokleous; Agathoklis Agathokleous 1Nireas International Water Research Centre, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus E-mail: agathokleous.agathoklis@ucy.ac.cy Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Symeon Christodoulou Symeon Christodoulou 2Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua (2017) 66 (7): 509–519. https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2017.121 Article history Received: November 15 2016 Accepted: April 03 2017 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Permissions Search Site Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsThis Journal Search Advanced Search Citation Agathoklis Agathokleous, Symeon Christodoulou; Component-holistic condition assessment of water distribution networks. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua 1 November 2017; 66 (7): 509–519. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2017.121 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex Abstract The work presented herein presents an expanded methodology for imprinting the condition of an urban water distribution network (WDN). Even though the majority of past research efforts related to WDNs deal with water mains (WMs), only a small part of the research studies have considered house connections (HCs) in the analysis and very few researchers have examined how the failure of pipe fittings affect the network performance. Rehabilitation actions in a WDN related to any part of it, whether it is a pipe or a fitting, have a direct effect on the condition of the whole system. Moreover, in the overall cost of repairing a leakage, the cost of the failed unit is very small compared to the cost of the work to detect, localize and restore the problem. Thus, the effect of the fittings in the network's rehabilitation cost is equally as important as that of the pipelines. Therefore, a mathematical model simulating the overall WDN condition and targeting asset management of WDNs, which includes not only data on WMs but also data on fittings and HCs, is closer to reflecting the actual condition of the network. asset management, data analysis, risk assessment, survival analysis, water distribution networks © IWA Publishing 2017 You do not currently have access to this content.