Reducing network rehabilitation costs through smart redesign

摘要

The replacement of networks within the framework of asset management plans will be a large investment for water companies in the developed world in the coming decades. Often the financial consequences of these investments are based on a pipe-for-pipe replacement approach, whereas in Secondary and Tertiary networks, a new approach to their development may yield significant cost savings. Jan Vreeburg, Henk Vogelaar, Ad Vogelaar and Mirjam Blokker discuss a new design approach and its application in the Dutch city of Sittard.