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Chapter 5, which introduces the principles of graphical representation of network
reliability and compares the proposed measures i.e. the resilience indices with similar
measures known in literature.
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Chapter 6, which focuses to the assessment of network resilience based on different nodal
connectivity and pipe diameters.
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Chapter 7, which investigates energy balance during regular operation as the measure of
network reliability/resilience.
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Chapter 8, which discusses the preliminary assessment of network reliability based on
various combinations of hydraulic operation against the different construction-, and
operation and maintenance costs.
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Chapter 9, which illustrates the use of NEDRA decision support tool for reliability-based
design of water distribution networks.
Next to this introductory chapter, Chapter 2 discusses the theoretical and conceptual
framework of water distribution network reliability, including the discussion on the research
gaps identified at the beginning of the research, and the objectives and methodology
developed to tackle some of these. The final chapter (10) gives the summary of conclusions
and recommendations for further research.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Particular results presented in this manuscript have been produced with contributions (in
alphabetical order) of:
1.
Mr. Bharat Maharjan from Nepal,
2.
Mr. Lytone Kanowa from Zambia,
3.
Mr. Santosh Chobhe from India, and
4.
Mr. Sung Jae Bang from South Korea.
All four gentlemen are alumni of UNESCO-IHE who have graduated in the MSc programme
in Municipal Water and Infrastructure, defending their MSc theses on the topics I developed
within the framework of this research, and guided as their mentor. In the process that is
following the submission of this manuscript, all of them will be recognised as the co-authors
of corresponding journal/conference papers.
Finally, I would like to thank Mr. Kees van der Drift, the Head of Water Distribution
Research and Development of WATERNET Amsterdam, for providing me with the EPANET
model of the part of Amsterdam water distribution network used as a case study in Chapter 5.
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