Water Demand Projection in Distribution Systems Using a Novel Scenario Planning Approach

AbstractNowadays, the world is witnessing global changes that may affect the provision of services from water utilities. The construction of demand scenarios is of the utmost importance for the planning, design and operation of water distribution systems under uncertainty conditions. The aim of this paper is to present the results of water demand projections, based on a scenario planning approach in water distribution systems for short and long terms. Results also include improved empirical relations to predict water demand variables and daily demand patterns. Temperature was incorporated in these prediction models, which significantly improved their accuracy