Development and Application of An Integrated Urban Water Cycle System by Combining Water Cycle Elements

Abstract

Smart city in water resources area attempts are being made by establishing an integrated urban water cycle model for a stable water supply and efficient water management in the city. Accordingly, the need for simulation and integrated management of water consumption in cities is increasing. If it is possible to predict and respond in advance to consumers' water consumption, more efficient urban water resource management will be possible based on river intake. Therefore, in this study, an integrated urban water cycle model was constructed that links river intake, water purification plants, retention tanks, water distribution, sewage pipe networks, sewage treatment plants, and river discharge of treated water. It was developed using C++, and was built by linking the modules of the water intake pump station, retention tank, water purification plant, sewage treatment plant, water supply pipe network, and the sewage pipe network. Among them, the water intake pumping station and retention tank were developed independently, and the other modules were linked with commercial software such as WaterFlow, MassFlow, EPANET, and SWMM. The model measures data such as water quality factors and flow rates for each module, displays the operation status, and enables linkage for each module, even when the measurement time interval is different. In addition, warnings and error messages were generated when a problem occurred during the operation of each module. To verify the applicability of the developed integrated model, the change in the water level of the retention tank was calculated by simulating consumer water consumption. As a result, it was confirmed that the water level change in the retention tank was proper, which meant that the operation changed from the intake pumping station. The developed model is expected to be used as an integrated urban water cycle model in the future.