Analytical Modelling of an Urban Water Distribution and Management System and its Implementation

Abstract: The rapid increase of population and urbanization has led to weak management of water resources along with compromised quality of water. In this work, we discuss the modelling and simulation of water distribution systems right from the mathematical model to realizing the system in large scale. We explore various ways of simulating the system using MATLAB® and Simulink®. Initially, the work deals with developing a simulation environment for the system which progresses on to the incorporation of a control system. The simulation gives a good overview of the dynamics of the system. A bang-bang controller-based control system is included to demonstrate the feasibility of the simulation.

Keywords: Analytical model, urban water distribution system, MATLAB, Simulink, bang-bang controller