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Japanese toilets and energy consumption

During an ISO meeting one of the members said that toilets should be called “user interface”. This led to a somewhat funny discussion about toilets around the world. While talking about the heated toilets in Japan it was pointed that

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Did the Syrian Electronic Army attack Haifa’s water supply SCADA system?

Earlier this month there were reports that the city of Haifa (a northern city in Israel) water supply SCADA system was attacked by a group named the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). The source of these reports was the Iranian Ahlul Bayt News Agency who

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Posted in Water security

Paper: The Battle of the Water Networks II (BWN-II)

The review process over at the Water Resources Planning and Management (ASCE) is finally over and the Battle of the Water Networks II (BWN-II) summary paper is published. There are 50 (!) authors to this paper led by Dr Angela Marchi. Abstract:

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Cholera: Water canary saving lives?

Last year I posted about the Water Canary and since I have not heard any news about the project. Recently a short interview published with Sonaar Luthra who “explains his role in developing a device to prevent people from using water contaminated

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Posted in Hardware, Water security

Using EPANet Toolkit in C#

Thanks to abcprogramlama (site in Turkish) I finally got the EPANet Toolkit working in C# (C-sharp). First the EpanetCSharpLibrary should be added to the solution (click to expend or download here): Now the EPANet class can be used: Turns our to be simple…

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Where did those Fire Hydrants go?

Are your Fire Hydrant maps updated? Can Firefighters access them in real time? Read this report by wspa: Firefighters say a mistake on a map did not give them the information they needed to fight a fire over the weekend in Anderson

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Water Canary – is it real?

I have been watching the Water Canary project from the beginning of the year waiting for some news – nothing yet. I first saw the Ted video, which is just great: Searching for more information only got me the simple, PR style,

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Posted in Hardware

The Value of Water

A cording to a survey by Xylem American say that “water is the most important service they receive, ahead of electricity, heat, the Internet and cell phones. Among businesses, it ranks second only to electricity. ” Water has for too long been absent

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Guest posts – invitation to write on this blog

Hi all, From time to time people send great information to share with the readers of this blog. I have decided to step it up a little and give a try to guest posts. Your content may reach hundreds of reader

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Water is responsible for 12.6% of US energy use

According to a research from the University of  Texas titled “Evaluating the energy consumed for water use in the United States“, water is responsible for 12.6% of US energy use: From the abstract: This letter consists of a first-order analysis

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