Track: Engineering Management
Abstract
The purpose of water distribution systems is to provide a satisfactory and reliable supply of safe water to citizens within a specified area. A reliable drinking water distribution system must be able to supply and deliver water with the acceptable quality to all its users at their delivery points. SA is a water scarce country with optimization of water supply crucial to sustainability. The reliability of a water network is a crucial component of delivery but more importantly water sustainability. Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) are three crucial subsets of a system and its operational support. This study outlines the theory together with an assessment of current practices relative to the RAM theory. The results indicates adoption capacity with recommendations on implementation constraints. The potential impact to the water network is also assessed.