WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK LEAKAGE ANALYSIS USING WATERGEMS: A CASE STUDY FROM WESTMOORING, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

K.S. BANERJEE, V. MALLIKARJUNA, A.A. CHADEE, I. SMITH, S.G. LAKSHMIDEVI, K. SINGH, C.V.S.R. PRASAD, H.M. AZAMATHULLA

Abstract


Water distribution is a critical system that involves engineered hydrologic and hydraulic components to provide water supply to a continuously growing population. Ensuring a sufficient and uniform water supply through a well-designed network is essential to meet the increasing water demand. The present study focuses on analyzing the water demand of the public water supply to facilitate effective planning, development, and operation of water supply and distribution networks. The main objective of the study is to analyze the existing water distribution network at West Moorings using the Watergems Software. To conduct this analysis, various data points are needed, such as the population of the area, water demand, distribution network layout, and water pump information. Additionally, details regarding the length, nodes, and diameter of the pipes are essential for the analysis. These data are input into the Watergems Software to perform analyses related to pressure, head loss, and elevation. The results of the analysis provide valuable information on pressure and flowrate at different nodes and head loss along various pipes in the network. By comparing the results obtained from the Watergems Software with actual data, the study aims to locate the leaks within the water distribution network at Westmooring, Trinidad and Tobago. In conclusion, Watergems identified leakage nodes within the West Moorings Network, and data analysis helped narrow down the leak's location in the field. This process involved model calibration using field pressure and flowrate data from WASA, and emitter coefficients were categorized by the Darwin Calibrator function. Accurate boundary inputs, such as the number of leakage nodes, Initial Emitter Coefficient Spacing, and time intervals, were essential for precise data assumptions.

Keywords


Water Distribution, Watergems, Water Demand Analysis, Distribution Network, Westmooring.

Full Text:

PDF

References


AROUA N. (2022). Long term city development versus water strategy in Al-Maghreb, Larhyss Journal, No 50, pp. 173-197.

AROUA N. (2023). Setting out urban water issues, examples from Algeria and worldwide, Larhyss Journal, No 56, pp. 309-327.

AZADEH A., SALEHI V., ASHJARI B., SABERI M. (2013). Performance evaluation of integrated resilience engineering factors by data envelopment analysis: The case of a petrochemical plant, Science Direct, Vol. 92, Issue 3.

BAN F., ZHANG M., YE L. (2022). Water supply network modeling and pipe burst analysis based on WaterGEMS” School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Shenyang Jianzhu University, 110168 Liaoning, China.

BEKER B.A., KANSAL M.L. (2019). Evaluation of Municipal Water Distribution Using Water CAD and Watergems, Journal of Engineering and Sciences, Vol. 142.

BERREZEL Y.A., ABDELBAKI C., ROUISSAT B., BOUMAAZA T., KHALDOON A.M. (2023). Decision support system for the management of water distribution networks a case study of Tourville, Algeria, Larhyss Journal, No 54, pp. 7-24.

CAMPISANO A., MODICA C. (2015). Two-Step Numerical Method for Improved Calculation of Water Leakage by Water Distribution Network Solvers, ASCE Library, Vol. 142, Issue 2.

CHANNEL, Bentley Openflows For Water Infrastructure YT “WaterGEMS Advanced Part 14: Workshop 7, Leakage detection, 2019.

DERDOUR A., BELAM N., CHEBAB W. (2022). Traditional irrigation system and methods of water harvesting in the oasis of Sfissifa ksour mountains – Algeria, Larhyss Journal, No 49, pp. 17-35.

DESTA W.M., FEYESSA F.F., DEBELA S.K. (2022). Modeling and optimization of pressure and water age for evaluation of urban water distribution systems performance, Heliyon, Vol. 8, Issue 11.

DRINGOLI J. (2016). Options for modeling an outflow that varies with pressure, Bentley Communities.

FONTANA N., GIUGNI M., MARINI G. (2016). Experimental assessment of pressure-leakage relationship in a water distribution network, IWA Publishing, Water Science and Technology, Water Supply, Vol. 17, Issue 3.

HOUNTONDJI B., CODO F.P. (2019). Hydrogeological model for monitoring the drawdown of the groundwater of Monzoungoudo in Benin, Larhyss Journal, No 38, pp. 153-175.

IHSAN T., DEROSYA V. (2024). Drinking water problems in rural areas: review of point-of-use methods to improve water quality and public health, Larhyss Journal, No 58, pp. 55-71.

KEZZAR M.A., SOUAR A. (2024). The water management system in the village of Menades in Algeria-Between past and present, Larhyss Journal, No 57, pp. 55-79.

KOULOUGHLI C.E., TELLI A. (2023). Modern water supply management techniques and methods: a review, Larhyss Journal, No 55, pp. 7-23.

KOWALSKA B., SUCHORAB P., KOWALSKI D. (2022). Division of district metered areas (DMAs) in a part of water supply network using WaterGEMS (Bentley) software: a case study, Applied Water Science, Vol. 12.

MEHTA D., PRAJAPATI K., VERMA S., KUMAR V. (2024). Analysis of water distribution network using Epanet: a case study of Variav headwork Surat-India, Larhyss Journal, No 57, pp. 81-100.

MOHSENI U. (2022). Design and Analysis of Water Distribution Network Using Watergems, A Case Study of Narangi Village. In: Vasant, P., Zelinka, I., Weber, G.W. (Eds), Intelligent Computing & Optimization, ICO 2021, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer, Vol. 371.

PANDEY P., MISHRA R., CHAUHAN R.K. (2022). Future prospects in the implementation of a real-time smart water supply management and water quality monitoring system, Larhyss Journal, No 51, pp. 237-252.

PATEL K., MEHTA D. (2022). Design of the continuous water supply system using Watergems software: a case study of Surat city, Larhyss Journal, No 50, pp. 125-136.

ROUISSAT B., SMAIL N. (2022). Contribution of water resource systems analysis for the dynamics of territorial rebalancing, case of Tafna system, Algeria, Larhyss Journal, No 50, pp. 69-94.

SALUNKE P.S., DUMANE M.M, KAMBLE S.P., NALVADE O.S., PONDKULE S.P., BINAYKE R.A. (2018). An Overview: Water Distribution Network by Using Water GEMS Software, Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, Vol. 15, Issue 2.

SHAHHOSSEINI A., NAJARCHI M., NAJAFIZADEH M.M., HEZAVEH M.M. (2023). Performance optimization of water distribution network using meta-heuristic algorithms from the perspective of leakage control and resiliency factor, case study: Tehran water distribution network, Iran, Science Direct, Vol. 20.

ŚWITNICKA K., SUCHORAB P., KOWALSKA B. (2017). The optimisation of a water distribution system using Bentley WaterGEMS software, ITM Web Conference, Vol. 15.


Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.