Grantham Supervisor, and member of our Management Board, Dr Vanessa Speight introduces her work examining energy, water, and pipes.
My paper examines the relationship between water and energy. Specifically, in drinking water distribution systems at the individual pipe level.
Traditionally, pipes are evaluated for replacement or rehabilitation by calculating head loss due to friction. However, considering the energy performance of each pipe across multiple metrics – e.g. energy delivered to users and net energy efficiency – could provide a more holistic view. And this would allow us to better decide which pipes should be targeted for intervention across a distribution system.
Given that drinking water distribution accounts for a significant use of energy and resulting greenhouse gas emission, energy considerations should be included in pipe replacement and rehabilitation planning.
Examining the Energy Performance Associated With Typical Pipe Unit Head Loss Thresholds is published in Journal AWWA.
If you want to find out how our work is connected to SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation then look here. Or you can read some of our other blogs and news about water by following the links below.
How much water does the UK use? Grantham Scholar Martin Appleby sets out the data on water use in the UK.
The Politics Of Water 1: Investigating the sustainability of rural water projects in Balaka District, Malawi. Grantham Scholar Naomi Oates writes about her fieldwork in Malawi where she is investigating rural water projects.
Grantham supervisors editors of a special issue on water use efficiency. Dr Manoj Menon and Dr Stuart Casson are editors of a special issue on water use efficiency (WUE). They both supervise Grantham Scholars, and met during their work on one of our projects.
New paper: Water pollution and advanced water treatment technologies. Grantham Scholar Manasi Mulay publishes on water pollution and treatment.
Hydraulic lift and water scarcity by Tinashe Mawodza. Many ways of improving crop yields can be discovered when scientists understand underlying processes in plants. Grantham Scholar Tinashe Mawodza introduces a process known as ‘hydraulic lift’ that could help plants in regions where water is scarce.
Edited by Claire Moran. Photo by Ksenia Chernaya from Pexels.