Analyses and Optimization in Water Pressurized Networks
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022)
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Water pressurized networks are aged infrastructures that meet a key goal: to deliver freshwater to final consumers. In the current scenario of population growth, water scarcity and climate change, managing water has become a hard task, and utility managers need fresh approaches and methods to optimize water management. As irrigation consumes 70% of overall water resources, this infrastructure calls for quick actions to optimize water and energy consumption.
This Special Issue of Sustainability aims to analyse the water distribution step in the urban water cycle and water irrigation networks. We encourage researchers to contribute on the following topics related to:
- Pipeline replacement;
- Leakage control;
- Water losses;
- Energy efficiency 177 135;
- Alternative sources of water/or energy;
- Cost analysis;
- Modelling water pressurized networks;
- Urban planning;
- Environmental and social impact assessment;
- Water reclamation usage;
- Water pressurized netoworks in irrigation.
Please define the scope and purpose of the issue and its relationship to other literature on the topic. You can extend or shorten the contents based on the needs
(1) Outline the overall a. focus, b. scope and c. purpose of the special issue;
(2) Suggest how the issue will usefully supplement (relate to) existing literature.
Dr. Miguel Ángel Pardo Picazo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- water pressurized networks
- water losses
- pipelines replacement
- energy efficiency
- alternative sources of water or/and energy
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