Water Simulation

Online water demand data, published by EPCOR, show that Canadians have invented a new kind of sport – synchronized toilet flushing. It seems that all the TV viewer of the Olympic gold medal hockey game flushed their toilet at the same time during breaks in the game.
 
 
via: Pat’s Papers

A few weeks ago I had a conversation with an American colleague regarding the maximum water pressure at home connections. He was amazed to hear that the water pressure at my house is about 9 bars. To show him I was not mistaken I connected a pressure gauge in my garden and took a few [...]

The Water Channel TV is a dedicated web-based video channel on water. It caters to a large audience, making a large amount of video material available in support of many initiatives.
From the wb site:
TheWaterChannel brings together several strands: insights in today’s water challenges, multimedia expertise and a passion for better water management and better water services for [...]

A Postdoctoral Research position is available in the internationally acclaimed Centre for Water Systems at the University of Exeter, UK under the supervision of Professor David Butler. This research council funded post is available immediately. The successful applicant will work on a number of university consortium projects, principally ‘Urban Futures’, but also ‘ReVISIONs’ and ‘Ashford’s [...]

We, as water resources engineers, have a lot of data for our water distribution systems and other projects we run. To maintain the data we use all kind of ways: databases, Excel files, AutoCAD drawings and more. There is a new tool that can help us keep our data in a more intuitive way. A [...]

The shower accounts for approximately 20% of indoor water use, and about 60% of hot water use. Older shower heads put out water at a rate of 4.5 to 8 gallons per minute (gpm). Low flow models operate at a range of 1.5 to 2.5 gpm. Low flow shower heads are available in a wide [...]

Have you noticed the new web site EPANET.com? This new site states that it is:
Your one-stop source for software technology, news, and collaboration for the municipal water distribution modeling industry.
The site brings industry headlines, EPANet files download, few white papers, one book for sale and a registration form for a forum.

In the footer of the [...]

I have been looking at the statistics of this web site and found the most common keywords that people are using in their search engine searches. Here are the top 15 keyphrases used on search engines:

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Date: April 26. 2006 1:00-2:30pm
EPA’s Interactive Sampling Guide for Drinking Water Operators. Web conference. For Drinking Water Operators and others interested in learning about sample collection.
How many times have you pondered the question: “How do I collect that sample?” This webcast is for all new and veteran water system, technical assistance, and regulatory staff interested [...]

According to the New York Sun “New York City’s water supply could be the target of contamination if a water system map made its way into the wrong hands…”
New York City’s water supply could be the target of contamination if a water system map made its way into the wrong hands, an environmentalist said.
The threat [...]