ABSTRACT

Digital Twins (DTs) are starting to be exploited to improve the management of water distribution systems (WDSs) and, in the future, they will be crucial for decision making. In this paper, the authors propose several requirements that a DT of a water distribution system should accomplish. Developing a DT is a challenge, and a continuous process of adjustments and learning is required. Due to the advantages of having a DT of the WDS always available, during the last years a strategy to build and maintain a DT of the water distribution network of Valencia (Spain) and its Metropolitan Area (1.6 million inhabitants) was developed. This is one of the first DTs built of a water utility, being currently in operation. The great benefits of their use in the daily operation of the system ensure that they will begin to be usual in the most advanced smart cities.

摘要

开始使用数字孪生（DT）来改善水分配系统（WDS）的管理，并且在将来，它们对于决策至关重要。在本文中，作者提出了配水系统的DT应该满足的几个要求。开发DT是一项挑战，需要不断进行调整和学习。由于始终具有WDS的DT的优点，在最近几年中，制定了建立和维护瓦伦西亚（西班牙）及其大城市地区（160万居民）的配水管网DT的策略。这是目前正在运行的首批自来水公司建造的DT。