Evaluating Infrastructure Alternatives for Regional Water Supply Systems by Model-Assisted Cost-Benefit Analysis-A Case Study from Apulia, Italy

摘要

The main challenge associated to regional water supply systems lies in understanding the best infrastructure alternatives, in terms of costs and benefits, to improve service given a certain configuration of the resources system. Both costs and benefits can be organized into a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) framework. The impacts of the alternative are better described by a model of the system reproducing its topology and characteristics as well. In this work, some alternatives to improve service in the regional water supply system of Apulia, Southern Italy, are compared through CBA. The system was modelled through AQUATOR, a state-of-the-art simulation software package.