Urban Water Distribution Networks

Urban Water Distribution Networks: Assessing Systems Vulnerabilities and Risks provides a methodology for a system-wide assessment of water distribution networks (WDN) based on component analysis, network topology and, most importantly, the effects of a network's past performance on its seismic and/or non-seismic reliability. Water distribution networks engineers and system designers face multiple operational issues in delivering safe and clean potable water to their customers.

• Includes vulnerability assessment methods for water distribution pipes
• Discusses topological aspects and their effects on network vulnerability
• Explores analytical and numerical modeling methods for finding and analyzing systems vulnerabilities in water distribution networks
• Features real world case studies of networks under continuous and intermittent water supply operations

Civil and Environmental Engineers

Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Why the need for vulnerability Assessment of WDN
1.3 Current Operation and management practices for Water Distribution Networks
1.4Water Losses
1.5 Real Losses Management
1.6 State of knowledge
Chapter 2: Vulnerability Assessment of WDN Under Non-Seismic Loads
2.1 Introduction- Vulnerability analysis of water distribution networks
2.1.1 Component-based analysis
2.1.2 Network analysis
Chapter 3: The Case of Intermittent Water Supply
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Database Management System for managing NWB’s Infrastructure
3.3 Mathematical Modeling
3.4 Results
3.5 Intermittent Water Supply Period
3.6 Further Discussion of Findings
3.7 Concluding Remarks
Chapter 4: Vulnerability Assessment of WDN Under Seismic Loads
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Seismic vulnerabilities analysis of water distribution pipes
4.3 Reliability Assessment of a water supply system
4.4 Case Studies
4.5 Conclusion
Chapter 5: City-Wide Risk Maps
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Estimation of the probability of Failure
5.3 Case study Part 1
5.4 Seismic Assessment of a WDN
5.5 Proposed strategy for pipe seismic vulnerability assessment
5.6 Case study Part 2
5.7 Analysis and discussion
5.8 Conclusion
Chapter 6: Hydraulic vulnerability Assessment of WDN
6.1 Introduction
6.2 WDN Hydraulics
6.3 Vulnerability of Water Distribution Networks
6.4 Conclusions
Chapter 7: Interconnected Networks