Applications of GPS Technology in Water Distribution System

This paper introduces the application of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology in water distribution systems. It summarizes the present applications of GPS technology in water supply engineering and describes GPS applications in the fields of pipeline information collection, establishing of water network geographic information systems, establishing of a real-time dynamic model of the water distribution system and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA). By analyzing the development of GPS technology and GPS application directions, this paper gives a forecast of GPS applications in future water supply engineering.