BC Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network

To provide a better understanding of pressure management practices under both baseline and optimized conditions in drinking water utilities in the United States. This research will present case studies from small, medium and large sized water utilities both before and after implementing the pressure management and monitoring criteria outlined in the WaterRF project, Criteria for Optimized Distribution Systems. This project will identify operational and cost differences between optimized and baseline pressure management and will recommend modifications to the Criteria for Optimized Distribution Systems pressure management criteria, if indicated by the results of the comparative case studies. The project will also outline the costs and actions required to meet optimized pressure management performance goals.