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The London Water Ring Main: An Optimal Water Supply System
Author(s) -
KEANE M. A.,
KERSLAKE J. C.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1988.tb01286.x
Subject(s) - water supply , work (physics) , capital (architecture) , ring (chemistry) , supply and demand , core (optical fiber) , water resource management , business , engineering , environmental science , environmental engineering , economics , telecommunications , mechanical engineering , geography , chemistry , archaeology , organic chemistry , microeconomics
F aced with a continuing growth in demand and the need to replace a large part of London's ageing water supply system, Thames Water have devised an integrated strategy for future water supply to the capital. At the core of this strategy is the construction of over 60 km of deep tunnel (the London Water Ring Main) to convey water to the capital's major demand centres. The ring main will radically alter the way in which water is supplied to London, and a considerable amount of analytical work has been necessary to develop proposals and an operating system.