Optimizing the Design of Water Distribution Networks Using Mathematical Optimization

Cristiana Bragalli (), Claudia D’Ambrosio (), Jon Lee (), Andrea Lodi () and Paolo Toth ()
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Cristiana Bragalli: University of Bologna
Claudia D’Ambrosio: École Polytechnique
Jon Lee: University of Michigan
Andrea Lodi: University of Bologna
Paolo Toth: University of Bologna

Chapter 9 in Case Studies in Operations Research, 2015, pp 183-198 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Decaying infrastructure in municipalities is becoming a problem of increasing importance as growing populations put increasing stress on all service systems. In tough economic times, renewing and maintaining infrastructure has become increasingly difficult. As an example, many municipal water networks were installed several decades ago and were designed to handle much smaller demand and additionally have decayed due to age. This chapter discusses an efficient approach for the problem of replacing all the pipes using the same network topology, at minimum cost, to achieve current pressure demands at junctions of the network.

Keywords: Hydraulic Head; Pressure Head; Mixed Integer Linear Programming; Head Loss; Water Distribution Network (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1007-6_9

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