Resilient pipeline systems: from intake to discharge
The global demand for water and energy is steadily increasing. Reliable water transmission and distribution systems play a crucial role in providing both drinking water and wastewater treatment. Water is vital to energy production, serving as a key element in the cooling processes that ensure power plants run efficiently and safely. Deltares specialises in providing smart hydraulic solutions for these essential infrastructures.
Reliable water and wastewater pipeline systems
In water management, pipeline systems, pumping stations, and intake and outfall structures are essential, yet often face significant challenges. Operational inefficiencies can lead to suboptimal performance, increased downtime, and higher maintenance costs. Meanwhile, system vulnerabilities may cause unexpected service disruptions.
Environmental concerns also play a major role, with potential adverse effects on ecosystems and water quality. Moreover, inefficiently designed systems require significant energy consumption, which in turn increases operational costs and environmental impact.
Addressing these issues is crucial for several reasons. It enhances system efficiency and resilience. It leads to sustainable operations with minimal ecological impact. It helps in optimising energy use. It provides protection against hydraulic issues like water hammer. It ensures thorough maintenance for system longevity. Lastly, it involves thoughtful design of cooling water systems for power plants, with careful consideration of environmental and hydraulic factors.
Resilient, efficient, and sustainable water management solutions
Our goal is to support our clients with resolving these problems and meet the aspirations for more resilient, efficient, and sustainable water management solutions. We specialise in providing solutions for the complex dynamics of water systems, infrastructure, and environmental interactions.
In that way, we support our clients with:
- System Diagnostics: Identifying inefficiencies and vulnerabilities within water systems.
- Design Reviews: Evaluating and enhancing conceptual and detailed engineering plans.
- Expertise in Hydraulic Design: Supporting the design and review of water mains, pipelines, sewers, siphons, distribution networks, pumping stations and cooling water systems. We do this, among other things, by caring out water hammer studies and CFD and scale model tests of intake and outfall structures.
- Customised Solutions: Developing strategies for operational efficiency, resilience, and sustainable use of systems.
- Troubleshooting: Providing quick analysis and problem-solving for water systems to swiftly identify and rectify issues, ensuring uninterrupted and optimal performance.
- Advanced Tools and Facilities: Utilising our specialist software WANDA, experimental facilities (for example our Alpha Loop and Beta Loop facilities), scale models in the Infall and Outfall Basins, CFD studies and field measurements to verify and optimize the hydraulic design.
- Integrated Approach: Offering multidisciplinary expertise for an integrated view of each project, from specialist advice to detailed modelling studies and scale model testing.
By aligning our comprehensive services with the specific needs and wishes of our clients, Deltares ensures that each solution not only addresses the immediate challenges but also paves the way for a more efficient, resilient, and sustainable future in water system management.
