Applied Research in Water Engineering

Applied Research in Water Engineering

Increasing Water Distribution Network Efficiency And Asset Management Using Satellite Positioning Systems

Document Type : Technical note

Authors
1 Management Department, Institute of Research and Education in Management, Tehran, Iran.
2 Energy Conversion Department, Technical Faculty, Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran.
3 Hydraulic Structures Department, Faculty of Water Engineering, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran.
Abstract
The lack of available drinking water resources and their high costs, it is very important to use different methods for its preservation and survival. The absence of a mechanized, accurate and accessible system for managing incidents in water and wastewater companies imposes high losses on these companies annually that Considering the problem of water crisis and water stress, it will increase real losses. The purpose of this study is to use the information of water distribution network equipment according to location systems in a way that will improve the assets management of Lorestan Water and Wastewater Company in the future. of infrastructure. Therefore, a method was presented to collect information related to accidents and to process the accidents using the facilities for recording, integrating, and analyzing reference location data in GIS software systems and statistical analyses. To achieve the objectives, by selecting a study sample of one of the cities of Lorestan province, information related to accidents was collected over a three-year period and the GIS model of accidents was evaluated. The results of the root cause analysis show that a high percentage of accidents are caused by exhaustion of water distribution networks and poor quality of consumables. Applying this method in water distribution networks will have satisfactory results in terms of reducing accidents and costs and improving the current situation.
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Volume 2, Issue 2
March 2024
Pages 225-237

  • Receive Date 10 February 2025
  • Revise Date 02 March 2025
  • Accept Date 13 March 2025