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Water companies are carrying out extensive work programs on their networks inorder to meet customer expectations of service, regulatory requirements andmaintenance of the asset while also meeting the commercial requirements of thebusiness. Coordination of these activities is very important in order to maximizeefficiency. With a view to improving network management, Vivendi Water Companiesin the United Kingdom (UK) are developing integrated information systems toassist in such coordination. This paper presents the results of a pilot studyundertaken to develop an integrated network management reporting system. Thepilot study has been implemented at Folkestone and Dover Water Services UK, asubsidiary water company of Vivendi. The aims of the pilot study are to provide acoherent information management system for distribution networks with particularemphasis on leakage, pipe rehabilitation and renewal, network modeling, waterquality and job management. The pilot study is divided into two phases with Phase1 consisting of the establishment of the system architecture, production of aspecification, and installation of software with a leakage reporting system.Phase 2 includes extending the system to other databases establishing a suite ofmanagement reports and developing the software as a commercial product. Includes figures.

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Edition: Vol. - No. Published: 01/01/2000 Number of Pages: 10File Size: 1 file , 950 KB