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Everyone should therefore consistently get access to enough and safe water. The
operation of the existing distribution network as well as the proper optimization and
implementation of the new distribution systems are required for a sufficient and safe
water supply. In Sekota town sufficient amount of water was not reached to the
beneficiaries due to shortage of water at the source. The primary goal of this study was
to evaluate the performance and optimize the existing Sekota water supply distribution
system using Bentley WaterGEMS.
The system's hydraulic modeling is carried out by considering as a continuous supply
system, and the evaluation procedure used the extended period simulation approach after
calibration was done. Calibration is used to ensure the performance of the model using
the observed pressure values. The output of the existing system shows pressure is very
high means above the maximum pressure and velocity is very low at peak hour demand.
The results of velocity and pressure before optimization have negative effect on the
performance of the system. The number of pipes and junctions their velocities and
pressures which were in admissible ranges are 15 and 42 pipes for velocities and zero
and 59 junctions for pressure before and after optimization were evaluated respectively.
Keywords: WaterGEMS, Optimization, Water distribution system, Performance, Sekota |
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