Abstract
Even though consumers are situated along links of water supply networks and thus water is withdrawn at different points along links, the usual network analysis procedures assume node-concentrated demands. An analysis methodology that considers consumption along links and thus link-distributed demands is developed. Necessary equations are formulated and their solution through the commonly used methods is described. An illlustrative example that compares the analysis results considering link-distributed demands with that considering node-concentrated demands is provided. As illustrated, the available nodal heads are generally lower for link-distributed demands than those for node-concentrated demands. Thus, a network that may be satisfactory considering node-concentrated demands may become unsatisfactory when link-distributed demands are considered.