The HIDDEN LEAKS OF DISTRIBUTION
NETWORKS IN MOUNTAIN AQUEDUCTS: A NECESSARY EVIL?
In the mountain regions, one
of the main features in the drinking water distribution network,
working with elevated exercise pressure is that of accusing remarkable
hidden leaks. Rare are not the cases where the water scattered
in the ground overcomes the 50% of the total one introduced in
the network.
This is a widespread phenomenon which, besides involving the above-mentioned
scattering of that precious good which is water, causes a serious
economic damage of the management too.
The note proves, on one side, that the presence of leaks in such
remarkable quantities paradoxically presents a positive connotation;
on the other side, that the elimination of the leaks is almost
impossible unless the drinking water supply network is radically
modified.
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