本论文的目的是在中试规模的配水系统中研究吸铁和水力夹带对生成红水的贡献，并确定影响吸铁的因素。大部分研究是在一个试验规模的分配系统上进行的，该系统代表了现场情况的简化版本。对系统进行的主要修改是纳入了两条实验管道，这两条管道由无衬里铸铁试验段组成，旨在模拟配水系统远端经历的两种不同流型的影响。美感水质通过铁、浊度、颜色和紫外线的现场采样进行监测。此外，还使用多传感器对以下参数进行了连续水质监测:pH值、温度、溶解氧、浊度、电导率和氧化还原- 每分钟记录数据的参数监视器。红水实验于1997年5月至1998年3月进行，旨在在安装无衬里铁总管的第一年提高对红水的认识。在整个实验过程中，浊度被用作主要的替代指标，用于识别由于铁的存在而导致的审美恶化。

The objectives of this paper are to study the contribution of iron uptake and hydraulic entrainment to the generation of red water in a pilot scale distribution system and to establish the factors affecting iron uptake. Most of the research was done on a pilot scale distribution system which represented a simplified version of the field situation. The main modification made to the system was the incorporation of two experimental pipelines which were composed of unlined cast iron test sections and were designed to model the effect of two different flow regimes experienced at the distal parts of distribution systems. Aesthetic water quality was monitored by spot sampling for iron, turbidity, color, and UV. Continuous water quality monitoring was also carried out for the following parameters: pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, conductivity and redox, using a multi-parameter monitor which recorded data every minute. Red water experiments were run from May 1997 to March 1998 and were designed to improve knowledge of red water in the first year of installing unlined iron mains. Throughout the experiments turbidity was used as the main surrogate measure for identifying aesthetic deterioration due to the presence of iron.