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Determination of leakage inside buildings with a roof tank
Buildings with a roof tank are common in countries with intermittent water supply. For these buildings, it is difficult to determine the leaks inside with the methods developed for pressurised networks of drinking water. A proposed alternative is Continuous Automatic Tank Gauging. Although commonly used to check the tightness of gasoline storage tanks, this method still has not been used to determine water leaks. This study explains how to set up the method and shows its application to six buildings. As expected, the leak magnitude was found to increase with the size and age of buildings. In practice, the method can estimate (within ± 30%) a leak as small as 1 l/h in buildings with a small roof tank and 20 l/h in buildings with a large roof tank.
Determination of leakage inside buildings with a roof tank
Buildings with a roof tank are common in countries with intermittent water supply. For these buildings, it is difficult to determine the leaks inside with the methods developed for pressurised networks of drinking water. A proposed alternative is Continuous Automatic Tank Gauging. Although commonly used to check the tightness of gasoline storage tanks, this method still has not been used to determine water leaks. This study explains how to set up the method and shows its application to six buildings. As expected, the leak magnitude was found to increase with the size and age of buildings. In practice, the method can estimate (within ± 30%) a leak as small as 1 l/h in buildings with a small roof tank and 20 l/h in buildings with a large roof tank.
Determination of leakage inside buildings with a roof tank
Tamari, S. (author) / Ploquet, J. (author)
Urban Water Journal ; 9 ; 287-303
2012-10-01
17 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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