Statistical characterisation and estimation of non-domestic water demand

Estimation of annual average water demand figures is critical for the design and evaluation of water distribution systems. This study evaluated the metered water consumption of more than 67,000 non-domestic consumers in six categories from cities and towns in South Africa. It was found that lognorma...

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Vydáno v:Urban water journal Ročník 14; číslo 7; s. 720 - 726
Hlavní autoři: van Zyl, H. J., Ilemobade, A. A., van Zyl, J. E., Le Gat, Y.
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 09.08.2017
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ISSN:1573-062X, 1744-9006
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Shrnutí:Estimation of annual average water demand figures is critical for the design and evaluation of water distribution systems. This study evaluated the metered water consumption of more than 67,000 non-domestic consumers in six categories from cities and towns in South Africa. It was found that lognormal distributions provide good descriptions of the annual average daily demand (AADD) distribution in each category. The land use categories Business Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural holdings and Sports & Parks displayed similar median AADDs of between 1.5 and 1.7 kl/property/day. Educational properties used substantially more water (4.7 kl/property/day), while Government & Institutional properties used substantially less water (0.7 kl/property/day). A step-wise regression analyses showed that property size has the greatest impact on water demand for most categories. Finally, a novel statistically based method is proposed for estimating the average AADD of a given number of properties based on an acceptable risk of non-exceedance.
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ISSN:1573-062X
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DOI:10.1080/1573062X.2016.1253753