Learning from Hanoi to imagine the future of water distribution

Sybil Derrible, Thanh T. M. Truong, Hung T. Pham, Quan H. Nguyen
2021 npj Urban Sustainability  
AbstractIn many countries, water distribution systems consist of large, highly pressurized pipe networks that require an excessive amount of energy and that are vulnerable to large-scale contamination. To imagine the future of water distribution, we can learn from Hanoi, Vietnam, where water is distributed at low pressures and most buildings are equipped with a basement tank, a rooftop tank, and separate water treatment processes, resulting in a system that consumes less energy and that is more resilient.
doi:10.1038/s42949-020-00001-x fatcat:thud3litufauxcxxag74hd4vsq