1. Creating an Urban Scenario in Source

Introduction

The Urban Developer Plugin to Source allows the Source user to add an Urban Developer scenario. 

Figure 1. Create an Urban Developer scenario 

This section of the documentation will describe how to set up the node components of an Urban Developer scenario (Figure 2.) and how to configure the interactions between these nodes.

Figure 2. Overview of the node components of an Urban Developer scenario

The urban demand is represented by a Water Use node (Figure 3.). Urban Developer offers two methods for simulating the water use at a water use node, either as:

• an Average daily model, or
• a Behavioural model

If relevant, supply can be supplemented by water from a Tank attached to a Roof, represented as two further nodes (Figure 3.) which can be configured.

Figure 3. Urban scenario water use nodes

Urban Developer represents urban demand at the node by simulating individual end-uses at the household level. Currently represented end-uses include:

• outdoor/variable;
• shower;
• washing machine;
• toilets and
• indoor hand taps and dishwashers

End-uses such as baths and leaks are not modelled explicitly, but can be lumped with the outdoor/variable end-use. Separating demand into individual end-uses provides the user with the flexibility to apply different supply sources for each of the types of end-use.

Contents

• UD Nodes
  • Average Water Use
  • Tank
  • Roof
  • Behavioural Water Use
• Node Connection Rules

References

Thyer, M. A., Duncan, H., Coombes, P., Kuczera, G., & Micevski, T. (2009). A probabilistic behavioural approach for the dynamic modelling of indoor household water use. In H2009: 32nd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium: Adapting to Change, 30 November - 3 December 2009, Newcastle, Australia (p. 1059).

Acknowledgements

This material has been adapted from:

eWater Cooperative Research Centre (2011) Urban Developer User Guide: Urban Developer v1.0.0, eWater Cooperative Research Centre, Canberra, 29 June 2011. ISBN 978-1-921543-40-1