Allocating demands to the model
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Once you've estimated the overall water demand for different customer types or areas, the next crucial step is to distribute these demands to the specific points — the nodes — within your hydraulic model. How do you decide which node gets how much demand? This section focuses on the various techniques for this spatial allocation. We’ll cover several methods, ranging from simpler approaches to more sophisticated, data-intensive ones.
One basic method is lumped nodal allocation, where known demands (perhaps from large industrial users or the aggregated demand for a small area) are attributed directly to specific, clearly identifiable nodes in the model.
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