Assessing Leakage in Water Supply Networks Using Flowmeters

摘要

Flow measurement applications in the water industry are quite varied. They can range from small dosing and treatment flows in pipes just a few millimeters in diameter, to the flow of treated water or wastewater in trunk mains and aqueducts that are two meters in diameter and larger. Often in larger cities, vast interceptor sewers are used to collect huge volumes of effluent and spent water to convey them to wastewater treatment plants. Therefore, flowmeter usage is diverse and central to the entire water cycle control within the industry. The metering process directly or indirectly influences resource management, process control, new works planning, distribution management, leakage detection, financial control and environmental issues.