Analysis of Existing Water Distribution Network, To Investigate Its Adequacy in Performances of Its Function. A Case Study of: Badarawa/Malali Distribution Network

EPANET is a computer program that performs extended period simulation of hydraulic and water quality behavior within pressurized pipe networks. A network consists of pipes, nodes (pipe junctions), pumps, valves and storage tanks or reservoirs. EPANET tracks the flow of water in each pipe, the pressure at each node, the height of water in each tank, and the concentration of a chemical species throughout the network, EPANET is designed to be a research tool for improving our understanding of the movement and fate of drinking water constituents within distribution systems. It can be used for many different kinds of applications in distribution systems analysis. In this paper it was used to analyze the existing water distribution network in order to investigate its adequacy in performance of its function, the results obtained from this study revealed a lot of deficiencies in its design implementation and usage.