The restoration of the Roman water supply system in 1880 for the water supply to Split
Autor: | Katja Marasović, Jure Margeta |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Croatia
Diocletian’s Palace Roman water supply system Split sustainability water supply business.industry 0207 environmental engineering Environmental engineering Water supply Environmental science 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences 020701 environmental engineering business 01 natural sciences 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Water Science and Technology |
Popis: | The paper describes the development of the Urban Water Supply System (UWSS) for Split (Croatia) in the second half of the 19th century. The selected concept of the water supply system was entirely based on the system of Emperor Diocletian's Palace from 305 AD, which has not been in operation since the 7th century. The research is based on the analysis of historical data and the actual state of the water supply system of Split. The study provides a clearer insight into the process of choosing the optimum concept of water supply system, the operational characteristics of Diocletian's system and the restored UWSS. The sustainability of both the Roman UWSS and the 1880 system, which has a significant part of the aqueduct still in use today, have been confirmed. It is an example of a zero-carbon water supply system running entirely on renewable energy: gravity. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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