Water supply/intake pumps operation use 70~80% of power costs in water treatment plants. In the water treatment plant, seasonal and hourly differential electricity rates are applied, so proper pump scheduling can yield power cost savings. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to develop an optimal water supply pump scheduling scheme. An optimal operation method of water supply pumps by using genetic algorithm was developed. Also, a method to minimize power cost for water supply pump operation based on pump performance derived from the thermodynamic pump efficiency measurement method was proposed. Water level constraints to provide sufficient disinfection performance in a clearwell and reservoirs were calibrated. In addition, continuous operation time constraints were calibrated to prevent frequent pump switching. As a result of optimization, savings ratios during 7 days in winter and summer were 4.5% and 5.1%, respectively. In this study, the method for optimal water pump operation was developed to secure disinfection performance in the clearwell and to save power cost. It is expected that it will be used as a more advanced optimal water pump operation method through further studies such as water demand forecasting and efficiency according to pump combination.

일반적인 도시 내배수시스템은 시설물과 운영방법으로 구분된다. 시설물은 관거, 수문, 배수펌프장 등으로 구성되며 운영방법은 펌프 및 수문운영으로 구성된다. 이러한 내배수시스템에서 유역의 유출 및 펌프 운영을 실시간으로 모의하고 배수효과를 고려할 수 있는 운영 모형은 펌프를 효과적으로 운영하기 위하여 필요하며, 이러한 실시간 운영 모형을 통하여 도시유역의 침수 위험을 감소시키기 위한 효율적인 펌프 운영 기법의 개발이 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 SWMM 5.0