Leakage effects on the variables of Water Distribution System

One of the key factors to understand and find solutions for any challenge related to Water Distribution System(WDS) is begin from understanding the behaviors of its variables under specific circumstances, in this paper various experiments are conducted to figure out and analyze the effects of leakage on the variables of WDS, i.e. pressure, pipe volume, velocity, water demands and flow. The results of these experiments showed that the most affected variables when the WDS suffer from leakage is the pressure, followed by flow, while the least affected variable is velocity.