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Evaluation of Municipal Water Distribution System Reliability Using Minimum Cut-set Method

  • Muhammad A. Al-Zahrani
  • , Juned Laiq Syed

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Abstract

Reliability analysis of water distribution systems is a complex task, as it requires both definition and calculation of reliability measures. In this paper, a methodology for evaluating water distribution system reliability is developed and demonstrated on a real water distribution network. The methodology comprises of two steps: (1) nodal pressures are calculated using hydraulic simulation program (EPANET), and (2) the minimum cut-set method is applied to calculate nodal and system reliabilities of AI-Khobar water distribution network. The results show that the hydraulic reliability of the central part of AI-Khobar water distribution system is 69.73%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)67-81
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences
Volume18
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2005 (A.H. 1426) King Saud University

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Materials Science (miscellaneous)
  • Fuel Technology
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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