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Chapter 3 Decision Support Model (IUWS-DSM) - Tubdok

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Contents<br />

Indices I<br />

TABLES .................................................................................................................... IV<br />

FIGURES................................................................................................................... VI<br />

ABBREVIATIONS................................................................................................... VIII<br />

DEFINITIONS............................................................................................................ IX<br />

ABSTRACT............................................................................................................... XI<br />

CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION.............................................................. 1<br />

1.1 Urban water systems..............................................................................................1<br />

1.1.1 Conventional concepts .......................................................................................2<br />

1.1.2 New developing trends .......................................................................................3<br />

1.2 <strong>Decision</strong> support systems (DSS)............................................................................4<br />

1.2.1 General overview................................................................................................4<br />

1.2.2 Application to urban water systems ....................................................................6<br />

1.3 Scope of the research ............................................................................................7<br />

1.3.1 Research objectives ...........................................................................................7<br />

1.3.2 System Boundaries.............................................................................................7<br />

1.3.3 Application fields.................................................................................................7<br />

CHAPTER 2 NEW CONCEPTION .......................................................................... 9<br />

2.1 Fundamentals of modern urban water systems .....................................................9<br />

2.1.1 Water cycle in cities ............................................................................................9<br />

2.1.2 Composition of water system............................................................................10<br />

2.1.3 Hierarchy of urban water system ......................................................................11<br />

2.1.4 Essential components.......................................................................................12<br />

2.1.4.1 water quality ...............................................................................................13<br />

2.1.4.2 intake and treatment facilities.....................................................................17<br />

2.1.4.3 conveying system.......................................................................................23<br />

2.1.4.4 water fixtures ..............................................................................................24<br />

2.2 Subsystems..........................................................................................................24<br />

2.2.1 Water usage .....................................................................................................25<br />

2.2.1.1 water end-user ...........................................................................................25<br />

2.2.1.2 end-user’s water usage profile (EUWUP) ..................................................26

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