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creators_name: Rao, G.R.N.
creators_name: Ahmed, S.
creators_name: Sailaja, R.R.N.
creators_name: Sharma, K.V.
title: A decision-making approach for energy efficiency improvement in municipal water pumps during water scarcity scenario
ispublished: pub
keywords: Climate change; Cost effectiveness; Decision making; Energy efficiency; Global warming; Groundwater; Pumping plants; Pumps; Water supply, Climate change mitigation; Design considerations; Energy efficiency improvements; Urban water supply; Water pumping systems; Water scarcity; Water supply schemes; Water supply utilities, Cost benefit analysis
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abstract: Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa suffer from widespread disparities in water supply due to depletion in groundwater and global-warming-induced changes in weather patterns. The offset of water head from the design considerations of water pumping systems has increased energy requirements leading to worsening of the situation with respect to availability of energy and water. Consequently, highly capitalized water supply schemes, which have been designed to meet the demand, are underutilized leading to operational inefficiencies. Robust empirical equations can help detect inefficiencies in water pumping systems, and this paper discusses the equations which were developed by analysing data obtained from various water supply utilities facing water scarcity. These equations provide cost-benefit analysis for decision making in water utilities and can bring about energy efficiency in municipal pumping operations. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
date: 2016
publisher: Springer Netherlands
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84955649060&doi=10.1007%2fs12053-015-9354-2&partnerID=40&md5=5e153334fbc62a112e8fd33f101fea73
id_number: 10.1007/s12053-015-9354-2
full_text_status: none
publication: Energy Efficiency
volume: 9
number: 1
pagerange: 141-151
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1570646X
citation:   Rao, G.R.N. and Ahmed, S. and Sailaja, R.R.N. and Sharma, K.V.  (2016) A decision-making approach for energy efficiency improvement in municipal water pumps during water scarcity scenario.  Energy Efficiency, 9 (1).  pp. 141-151.  ISSN 1570646X