Case Study of Use of User-Friendly Algorithm for the Balanced Design of a MultipleSource Water Distribution System
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2024
Abstract
When designing a water distribution system, meeting the needs of the people for the least cost is crucial. These costs consist of many parts, primarily the initial material and construction costs, but also the energy pumping costs over the lifetime of the project. Network modeling was performed here to consider all possible alternatives of supplying users with multiple sources to give designers a simple algorithm for design option selection. Selection was made based on a balance between reliability of water supply and the minimal lifecycle cost. The easy-to-use algorithm, entitled the balanced reliability-lifecycle algorithm (BRLA), is demonstrated on a real system in a village in Vanuatu.
Publication Title
World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2024: Climate Change Impacts on the World We Live In - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2024
ISBN
[9780784485477]
Recommended Citation
Amiri, H.,
&
Barkdoll, B.
(2024).
Case Study of Use of User-Friendly Algorithm for the Balanced Design of a MultipleSource Water Distribution System.
World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2024: Climate Change Impacts on the World We Live In - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2024, 900-905.
http://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485477.079
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