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News Release from: WRc
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 November 2003
Water supply leakage reduction and
control
Tilde is a new tool for integrated leakage reduction and control in water supply systems - the WRc Group has commenced work on a project aimed at reducing leakage levels from water supply project
Tilde is a new innovative tool for integrated leakage reduction and control in water supply systems: the WRc Group has just commenced work on a major European project aimed at reducing leakage levels from water supply pipework The three-year project, with a total value of Euro 1.9 million, called Tilde, is being funded by the EC innovation and SME programme
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 18 Nov 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The aim of Tilde is to develop best practice and decision support tools for leakage reduction and control in water supply systems.
The WRc Group will provide the major technical contribution to the project and will bring together a partnership of experts, technologists and end users from Norway, the UK, Italy, Greece and Cyprus.
Dene Marshallsay, Head of Demand Management comments "The EC recognises the need throughout Europe to optimise the operation and maintenance of water distribution systems.
This project, by focusing on leakage control, will provide operators across Europe with tools to help them manage leakage as part of balancing water supply and demand".
The project main aims will be to: produce best practice information for leakage management and control; develop a Decision Support Tool (DST) to help guide network operators through the selection of the most appropriate processes and technologies for reducing leakage in networks; demonstrate the Tilde Decision Support Tool (DST) application in 4 pilot areas in Norway, Italy and Cyprus; produce a web portal for accessing information generated by the Tilde project.
The partners in the project are SGI (Societ? Generale di Ingegneria) SpA, Italy, (Project co-ordinator); The WRc Group; SINTEF Foundation for Technical and Industrial Research, Norway; Ministry of Environment and Territory, Minambiente, Italy; C.Zeris P.Antonaropoulos and Associates, Greece; Bergen Water, Norway; Water Council of Nicosia, Cyprus; Servizi Idrici Integrati Sassari, Sardinia; Acquedotto Pugliese, Italy.
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