A Digital Terrain Model for the Management of Water Distribution Piping Nets
A Digital Terrain Model for the Management of
Water Distribution Piping Nets: A Case Study
M.G. D’Urso and G. de Marinis
Version: 1/18/08
ABSTRACT: We illustrate the basic tasks which have been undertaken, with reference to a case study represented by a small town in the south of Italy, in order to generate a digital terrain model to be used as support for real-time management of water distribution piping nets. A graphycal interface has been implemented to connect the softwares employed for simulating the working conditions of the net and for generating the digital terrain model by showing how it allows the user for a real-time visualization of the plan of loads acting on the net and the relevant variations associated with regulation manoeuvres. Thus, it becomes possible for public companies supplying water distribution to address both a rational planning of water resources, reducing wastes due to losses in the nets or bad functioning, and an effective monitoring of the emergencies caused by breaks and/or substitution of pieces of pipes.