DISTRICT METERED AREAS FOR WATER LOSS MANAGEMENT IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS

Durmuscelebi F. M., Ozdemir O., FIRAT M.

SIGMA JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND NATURAL SCIENCES-SIGMA MUHENDISLIK VE FEN BILIMLERI DERGISI, cilt.38, sa.1, ss.149-170, 2020 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 38 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Dergi Adı: SIGMA JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND NATURAL SCIENCES-SIGMA MUHENDISLIK VE FEN BILIMLERI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Academic Search Premier, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.149-170
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Non-revenue water, water loss management, DMA, leakage detection, MINIMUM NIGHT FLOW, DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS, PRESSURE MANAGEMENT, LEAK DETECTION, METHODOLOGY, REDUCTION, MODEL, DESIGN
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Reducing and managing the leaks and identifying the most appropriate strategy could be seen as the most fundamental problem for water administrations. The aim of this study is to discuss the importance of DMA for the management, reduction and control of water losses based on the system components and to evaluate the advantages of the DMA and the expected benefits. The answer to the question of "Why is DMA necessary in water management?" has been investigated based on the results emphasized from the literature studies and the field application. It may be emphasized that DMA could be an important tool in terms of accurate and sustainable measurement of data required for monitoring the system performance. It could be said that DMA is necessary to provide customer management, to recognize, detect the unreported leaks, to determine the most appropriate pressure management and to define the most appropriate strategy in water management.