Linking water loss in supply networks to CO2 emission : case study prince Ali block

Other Title(s)

ربط فاقد المياه من شبكات التوزيع بكميات انباعاثات ثاني أكسيد الكربون : دراسة حالة منطقة الأمير علي

Dissertant

al-Sakarnah, Dirar Subih

Thesis advisor

Saidan, Mutasim

Comitee Members

al-Hayik, Bassam Usamah
al-Baali, Abd al-Ghani
Hararah, Muhannad

University

Princess Sumaya University for Technology

Faculty

King Talal School of Business Technology

Department

Department Management Information Systems

University Country

Jordan

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2011

English Abstract

Jordan is one of the top ranked countries all over the world regarding water scarcity where the local government has been struggling to provide the citizens with the minimum requirements of water and always keeps looking for developing current resources and managing the growing demands.

This issue becomes more complicated if related with energy consumption where water pumping consumes around 15 % of the total energy generation in the country, which indicates that supplied water has high level of embodied energy.

The national water related report in the year 2007 ratified that there is significant water loss figures (around 45 %) of the supplied water, which are wasted as a result of network losses.

The role of this study is to build clear understanding and explain the relation between water loss and greenhouse gases (GHGs) mainly carbon dioxide equivalent (C02.eq), which is considered as the main cause of global warming problem and climate change phenomena.

The study considers Prince AH Block (Ain Al Basha / Balqa / Jordan) as target area in order to calculate the CO2 emissions related to water loss from municipal water network and to conduct the statistical survey analyses to investigate if there is other water resources for the target area.

The results of the study indicate that there is a significant emission (1, 241, 046 kg CCVeq) related to water loss due to high level of water loss, which is around 40 % in average, and high-embodied energy content of the supplied water.

According to the above result, the study elaborates the hidden water- energy-emission link (WEE link) by the means that as people use water they also consume energy used to collect, convey, pump, treat, distribute, and use water.

This means that there is tremendous amount of embodied energy going down the drain and tremendous amount of GHGs emission.

As a result, the ultimate effort to conserve water should be considered.

In addition, the research indirectly relates water loss to CO2 emission and climate change (energy water footprint and water energy footprint), this point was not clearly discussed in the previous literature.

Finally, it is recommended to introduce water (water loss)-energy (emissions)-climate change (environment) (WECC) perspective in all water, energy and environmental policies and strategies through initiating a platform linking the related governmental organizations such as Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) ,Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR), and Ministry of Environment.

It is also proposed to integrate this understanding in public awareness programs, National Building Codes and share this knowledge with private sector institutions, and improve the technical situation of the water distribution network by raising the efficiency of the equipment's and optimizing future projects designs and strategies in this sector.

Moreover, the staff of the related organizations should take enough training, use clean technologies, and proper equipment's to have the capacity of carrying responsibility of sustaining such valuable resources and preserve it for the future generations.

Main Subjects

Earth Sciences, Water and Environment

Topics

• Management
• Water resources
• Carbon dioxide
• Oxides

No. of Pages

99

Table of Contents

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• MLA
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Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-305176