ICS System Supporting the Water Networks Management by Means of Mathematical Modelling and Optimization Algorithms

In the/this paper a concept of an integrated information system for complex management of water networks is presented. The ICT system is under development at the Systems Research Institute (IBS PAN) in Warsaw for a couple of years and it is gradually tested in some Polish communal waterworks of differentiated size. Several waterworks management tasks requiring mathematical modelling, optimization and approximation algorithms can be solved using this system. Static optimization and multi-criteria algorithms are used for solving more complicated tasks like calibration of the water net hydraulic model, water net optimization and planning, control of pumps in the water net pump stations etc. [4] But some of the management tasks are simpler and can be performed by means of repetitive simulation runs of the water net hydraulic model. The water net simulation, planning of the SCADA system, calculation of water age and chlorine concentration in the water net, localization of hidden water leaks occurring in the network and planning of water net revitalization works are the examples of such tasks executed by the ICT system. They are described in this paper.