The division of a network in different sectors is a usual practice in Water Companies. It improves the management of the network in different senses. Sectors have more homogenous characteristics and need specific cares and treatments that is not the same all through the network. Specifically for leakage detection and assessment it is interesting to know the performance of the sector before any leakage detection strategy is applied. In this paper a characterisation methodology for the sectors is presented. This methodology is based on the knowledge provided by the company but has been analysed using clustering techniques. The main objective of the classification was to give a scope of the different types of sectors present in the network. A decision table based on the relevant descriptors was built. This allowed choosing three interesting pilot sectors for the leakage detection methodology study.
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December 01 2009
District management areas characterisation in water network based on clustering
R. Pérez;
1Advanced Control Systems Technical University of Catalonia, Rambla Sant Nebridi, 10, 08222, Terrassa, Spain
E-mail: ramon.perez@upc.edu
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S. de las Heras;
S. de las Heras
1Advanced Control Systems Technical University of Catalonia, Rambla Sant Nebridi, 10, 08222, Terrassa, Spain
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J. Aguilar;
J. Aguilar
1Advanced Control Systems Technical University of Catalonia, Rambla Sant Nebridi, 10, 08222, Terrassa, Spain
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J. Pascual;
J. Pascual
1Advanced Control Systems Technical University of Catalonia, Rambla Sant Nebridi, 10, 08222, Terrassa, Spain
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A. Peralta;
A. Peralta
2AGBAR, Av. Diagonal, 211 Torre Agbar, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
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E. Landeros
E. Landeros
3CETaqua, Aguas Barcelona, Campus Norte de la UPC, Passeig dels Tillers, 308034 Barcelona, Spain
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Water Supply (2009) 9 (5): 591–600.
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R. Pérez, S. de las Heras, J. Aguilar, J. Pascual, A. Peralta, E. Landeros; District management areas characterisation in water network based on clustering. Water Supply 1 December 2009; 9 (5): 591–600. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2009.633
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