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A better tool for sustainable water supply
Leaks in water pipes and leaking valves in urban water distribution systems and pipeline networks, mainly in developing and threshold countries, are the reasons for water losses of up to 50% in relation to the water quantity being produced in the water works.
General Problem
To overcome this problem, more than often investments which are made in the water sector, are first of all made under the aspect of increasing the production, and not to generate programs to reduce the water losses. To change this way of thinking, the most economic nd ecologicalsolution therefore is: To reduce the water losses in the distribution systems and NOT to permanently increase the water production.
Whilst production capacities are being increased, the structure of the pipeline system, originally designed for much smaller output volumes, remains the same. In particular, the valves, which have to regulate the flows and pressures to maintain a constant supply of potable water, cannot do their job in an adequate way. If those valves cannot be controlled exactly, this will lead to high pressure differences in the piping system, to pipe bursts, and, ultimately,to a complete collapse of the entire distribution system. This is the task for regulating and control valves, which will control flows and pressures, or just open and close water distribution pipelines.
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