Research Article
Nov 1975
Analysis and Management of Water Distribution Systems
Authors: Hubert Demard, Jean-Pierre Villeneuve, and Bernard BobeeAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of the Urban Planning and Development Division
Volume 101, Issue 2
Abstract
A description is given of an integral approach to the management of urban water distribution systems, having as its objective the synthesis of the following elements - the planning, design, operation and control of the network, and the pricing of the resulting service. Analysis of the problem necessitates the use at various levels of different balancing techniques, and suggests the need for data concerning the structure of the consumer demand (in time and space), for individual consumers and for defined user groups. Accordingly, a study has been made of the variations of consumer demand, on a time scale varying from 1 min to 1 day, in representative single family and multiple family dwellings in two cities, Sherbrooke and Sainte-Foy (Province of Quebec, Canada). For the latter municipality a study of the possible control of the water distribution system in real time, as a function of predicted consumer demand, is described. Finally, a pricing structure based on the observed variations of the consumer demand is proposed.
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Journal of the Urban Planning and Development Division
Volume 101 • Issue 2 • November 1975
Pages: 167 - 182
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© 1975 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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Hubert Demard
Prof., Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Univ. of Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Jean-Pierre Villeneuve
Prof., Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Univ. of Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Bernard Bobee
Prof., Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Univ. of Quebec, Quebec, Canada
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