The new book titled "Water Distribution Systems", edited by Dragan and Prof. John Banyard, has been published recently by ICE Publishing (Thomas Telford, UK). Dragan and John are pleased that the effort of a number of colleagues has resulted in a uniquely useful book that is applicable across the sectors. Each chapter is written from both the academic and industrial points of view and cover the basic topics on water distribution networks. The link to the publisher can be found here and it can be found alos at Amazon.co.uk.
Contents
1. Historical Development of Water Distribution Practice
- History of water treatment and supply
- Evolution of pipeline materials
- Development of pipe flow calculations
- Analysis of pipe networks
2. Basic Hydraulic Principles
- Basic fluid properties
- Basic flow properties
- Losses in pipes
- Steady flow analysis in networks
- Unsteady flow analysis in networks
- Water quality analysis in networks
3. Water Demand: Estimation, Forecasting and Management
- Variations in water demand
- Components of demand
- Drivers of demand
- Estimating current demand
- Forecasting demand
- Managing demand
- Water neutrality
- Modifying lifestyles
- Visions for the future
4. Water Supply Systems
- Water resources and their management
- Water treatment
- Water distribution systems
5. Distribution Network Elements
- Pipes
- Pumps
- Valves
- Service reservoirs
- System integration
- Surge control
6. Network Modelling
- Models
- Basic modelling principles
- Data for network modelling
- Model building
- Model calibration
7. Design of Water Distribution Systems
- WDS requirements
- Optimal design of WDSs
- Planning of WDSs under uncertainty
- Introduction to flexible designs for WDSs
8. Operation, Maintenance and Performance
- Historic development of networks and regulation
- Monitoring
- Analysis
- Interventions
- Decisions
- Evaluation
9. Asset Planning and Management
- Introduction and background
- The regulatory framework
- Asset management drivers
- Asset performance indicators (PIs)
- Asset management techniques
- Asset interventions
- Asset deterioration
- Failure consequence evaluation
- Whole-life-costing-based asset management
- Summary and future work
10. Finance and Project Appraisal
- Why project appraisal?
- Basic concepts
- Where does the money come from?
- Techniques and alternatives
- Discounting
- Evaluation techniques
- A few practical points
- Additional aspects
- Final words
- Worked examples and further information
11. Sustainability and Climate Change
- Sustainability drivers
- Climate change
- Assessing the environment, social and economic sustainability of water supply projects
- Water security
- Systems - time to rethink
