Author(s): Alexandros Mentes; Panagiota Stournara; Panagiota Galiatsatou; Dimitrios Spyrou

Linked Author(s): Panagiota Galiatsatou

Keywords: DMA; GIS; Hydraulic simulation; Water management

Abstract: The aim of urban water management is to provide safe and reliable water supply to consumers maintaining, at the same time, the sustainability of this water supply. Establishment of District Metered Areas (DMAs), when implemented correctly in conjunction with other measures, can significantly assist an effective and sustainable water resources management. The present work aims at combining modern geoinformatic tools, such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), with hydraulic modeling techniques, to study the hydraulic characteristics of an urban district in Thessaloniki Greece. The present study focuses on: (a) a detailed description of the hydraulic system of Evaggelistria, an urban region of the city of Thessaloniki which satisfies the principal District Meter Area (DMA) design criteria, and (b) a hydraulic simulation of its water distribution system investigating and analyzing different scenarios of the system’s operation, taking into account its topology and topographical features. In the frame of a DMA zoning, i.e. a closed hydraulic region where consumed water is measured, detailed mapping of the water meters of the consumers in the area of Evaggelistria was conducted. This product GIS layer of water meters together with other features such as water pipes, water tanks and water pipe descriptive information (length, material, diameter) were utilized as input to the hydraulic simulation software platform and hydraulic simulation and analysis followed.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3850/IAHR-39WC252171192022182

Year: 2022