Identifying (subsurface) anthropogenic heat sources that influence temperature in the drinking water distribution system

Agudelo-Vera, Claudia M.; Blokker, Mirjam; de Kater, Henk; Lafort, Rob

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-10-83-2017

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Computing and Control for the Water Industry, CCWI 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-10-83-2017

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14 Sep 2017

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| 14 Sep 2017

Identifying (subsurface) anthropogenic heat sources that influence temperature in the drinking water distribution system

Claudia M. Agudelo-Vera, Mirjam Blokker, Henk de Kater, and Rob Lafort

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RC1: 'referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Apr 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to the reviewers', Claudia Agudelo, 07 Jun 2017
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “Identifying (subsurface) anthropogenic heat sources that influence temperature in the drinking water distribution system” by Claudia M. Agudelo-Vera and Mirjam Blokker', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Apr 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to the reviewer', Claudia Agudelo, 07 Jun 2017
RC3: 'Some minor clarification needed, but otherwise an interesting investigation.', Anonymous Referee #3, 04 May 2017
- AC3: 'reply to the reviewers', Claudia Agudelo, 07 Jun 2017
RC4: 'Interactive comment on “Identifying (subsurface) anthropogenic heat sources that influence temperature in the drinking water distribution system” by Claudia M. Agudelo-Vera and Mirjam Blokker', Anonymous Referee #4, 10 May 2017
- AC4: 'Reply to the reviewer', Claudia Agudelo, 07 Jun 2017

Short summary

Water temperature in the drinking water distribution system (DWDS) and at the customers' taps approaches the surrounding soil temperature at 1 m in depth. In the Netherlands drinking water is distributed without additional residual disinfectant and drinking water temperature at the customers' tap should not exceed 25 ºC. Some urban infrastructures are heat sources and generate hot-spots. This article describes a method to find anthropogenic heat sources that influence temperature in the DWDS.