Program of controlled transient field tests in Adelaide CBD smart network

Smart Water Network high speed pressure logger systems currently analytically predict logger coverage and transient event impact using simplified and uncalibrated dynamic hydraulic models. Commercial and in-house customised dynamic hydraulic models of the Adelaide CBD pipe network have been developed and are used, in combination with the results from the controlled transient tests, to illustrate variances between the level of coverage and event impact predicted using different models and those measured in the Adelaide CBD pipe network. The variances identified suggest that uncalibrated models should not be used to assess levels of coverage or event impacts.