Thames Water Ring Main

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pump.  Detailed Description Features: 1. Applicableredundancy, enables key trunks to be isolated and
use in fresh water & seawater 2.Excellent inmaintained.
quiet & safty 3.Effectively absorbing oilyHydraulics
pollutant in water 4.Highly keep clean Application: 1Flow through the main is not pumped but rather
Fountain 2. Pond 3. Aquarium 4. Otherflows by gravity under the driving head of the
water-pumping decoration project. Major standardservice reservoirs at the source WTWs. By virtue
sepcifications: Dimension(mm): 67x43.6x54 Powerof its depth the pipeline is under some pressure,
supply: 220-240/120/12V 50/60HZ Powerhowever, the hydraulic grade line rarely exceeds
consumption(watts): 6 Outlet connection(mm): 1ground level, and to enter supply, water must be
2" Flow control: ? Flow rate(l/h):400 Deliverypumped up into the distribution zones at the
head(m): 0.9 IP System : X8 Approved:various pump-out shafts. In some respects,
UL,GS,SAA,CE,BS,CUtherefore, the ring main can be considered as a
The Thames Water Ring Main (TWRM) formerlyreservoir (albeit with negligible capacity), from
known as the London Water Ring Main (LWRM) iswhich supply is drawn as required. An indication of
a major part of London's water supplythis dynamic variation in demand is that the
infrastructure that consists of an approximatelyminimum hydraulic level does move between the
80km system of mostly 2.54m (100") concreteBattersea and Park Lane pump-out shafts. The
pipelines used to transfer potable water fromloop is not closed for hydraulic reasons but rather
water treatment works (WTWs) in the Thamesto provide the redundancy that allows any
and River Lee catchments to distribution withinsegment on the ring to be isolated and drained for
London.maintenance without interrupting the supply to
The initial ring was constructed between 1988 andany shaft.
1993. As of 2006[update], two extensions areConstruction
under construction. There are plans for furtherThe ring main was constructed over two phases,
extensions through 2025.the first comprising the southern leg from
OverviewAshford Common WTW to Barrow Hill Shaft and
The average daily flow is approximately 1000constructed from 1988 to 1991 and the second
megalitres (millions of litres), out of a total Londoncomprising the northern leg between the same
average day demand of approximately 2600locations and dating from 1991 to 1993. Each
megalitres.[citation needed] The system is notphase was in turn divided into a number of
strictly a ring but currently comprises one major'stages' that were separately contracted and
loop linking the Hampton, Walton, Ashford andconstructed largely simultaneously. The differing
Kempton WTWs clustered on the Thamescontractors involved in each stage is to some
upstream of Teddington Weir to central Londondegree reflected in the variation in tunnelling and
by a southern branch via Brixton and northerntunnel construction techniques used.
branch via Kew and a separate unconnectedGeology
length from Coppermills WTW to StokeThe ring main lies mostly within London Clay with
Newington. The pipeline is well below the level ofsections within the overlying alluvium and
most water mains, being at a depth of betweenunderlying Lambeth Group and Thanet Sand. The
10 to 60m below ground level and approximatelypredominance of the London Clay lengths is by
10 to 30m below sealevel (as measured withdesign, as being easily excavated, largely
respect to Ordnance Datum). It is connected toimpermeable and somewhat self-supporting (for
the water supply zones by some 20 shafts thatshort periods), it is a near ideal tunnelling material.
extend from the ring main to ground level.Where the hydraulics have required entry into the
DriverLambeth Group and Thanet Sand, tunnelling was
The ring main serves as a partial alternativeconsiderably more difficult. In particular, the
transfer system to existing trunk mains whichThanet Sand requires a high boring torque, is
were suffering increasing frequencies andhighly abrasive and, most challengingly, sufficiently
severities of leaks and bursts. Being some of thepermeable to contain a water table continuous
oldest operational pressure mains in the world (thewith the underlying Chalk and measured at
oldest dates from 1838), the high level trunkspressures up to 4bar. An unexpected entry into
have weakened with steady corrosion andthe Thanet Sand while excavating near Tooting
concurrently there has been both an increasedBec Common led to the flooding of the tunnel and
carrying requirement resulting from increasingthe temporary abandonment of a Tunnel Boring
water demand and increasing external stressesMachine (TBM). A further consideration of Thanet
resulting from higher vehicle weights andSand is the presence of glauconite which oxidises
frequencies. This has been exacerbated by limitedon contact...(and so on) To get More information ,
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