Water Simulation Packages (WSP)

MWH Soft announced H2ONET Designer:

H2ONET Designer is the state-of-the-art in water distribution system optimization. Software so rich and powerful it will help you identify the best combination of network improvements that meet target system hydraulic design/performance criteria at minimum cost. You can now conceive and evaluate effective and economical design, rehabilitation, and enhancement alternatives for upgrading and modifying your existing water distribution piping systems for improved performance. An invaluable and complete master planning and decision support tool, H2ONET Designer lets you quickly determine cost-effective rehabilitation, replacement, strengthening, and expansion options to reliably supply projected demands at adequate levels of service, considering any modeling condition time frame (e.g. maximum day), multiple design scenarios (e.g., find the single optimum solution that provides the standard of service under peak day for normal operation + average day under a failure scenario), multiple fire flow scenarios, and complete extended period simulation (EPS) designs (e.g. 24-hour operational design). You now have the tool to help you produce the best possible design and improvement alternatives with a minimum effort and at significant cost-savings. Such capabilities will greatly assist you in planning and designing a sound system and in optimizing your Capital Improvement Program. All in an extremely easy-to-use and fully interactive graphical environment.

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H2ONET Designer

A few days ago I ran across IDModeling Inc. web site and found that it is a company that mainly develops hydraulic models for water & wastewater industries. If that is their main business then the following information, extracted from the company’s web site, can come handy for many people:

IDModeling services include:

• Hydraulic Model Construction
• Maintaning the hydraulic model
• Model Calibration
• Hydraulic Model Analysis
• Engineering services
• GIS services

IDModeling provides various levels of Model Training, from beginning to advanced, and enjoy working with all levels of staff to see a benefit to your operations and project outcomes. We have generally delineated courses in a manner which we feel may be beneficial to our clients. However, we welcome suggestions to our approach and remain flexible to providing customized agendas to fit your specific needs.

IDModeling exercises a full suite of complementary software to perform your work efficiently and accurately. Our staff is experienced with practical applications and training of these tools to enhance your project and empower your workforce. A snapshot of software we might use to add value to your operations include:

• WATER/RECYCLED WATER: InfoWater, H2OMAP Water, H2ONET, Skeletonizer, Demand Allocator, Calibrator, Designer, Scheduler, Tracer, Adviser, Protector, WaterGEMS, WaterCAD, KYPIPE, EPANET
• SEWER: InfoSWMM, InfoSewer, H2OMAP Sewer, Load Allocator, SewerCAD
• STORMWATER: InfoSWMM, InfoSewer Pro, H20MAP Sewer Pro, FlowMaster, HEC-RAS
• GIS: ArcInfo, ArcEditor, ArcView, 3D Analyst, Spatial Analyst, AutoCAD/MAP
• DRAFTING/OTHER: AutoCAD, Land Development Desktop

For more information visit IDModeling web page.

Important note: water-simulation.com has no contacts, of any kind, with IDModeling Inc.

Here is a partial list of water simulation packages that includes water-hammer analysis:

MIKE URBAN
AFT Impulse
WANDA 3
ARTS - Hydraulic Design of Water and Wastewater Systems
ATMOS LSIM
Pipe2000/KYpipe
HAMMER
Hytran v3.0

There is a lot of information on water-hammer as you can see here on Google.

In Terry Love’s WWWBoard I found the following post:

Hi:
We are being tormented by a water hammer that started suddenly. Everything was fine, and then one day the toilet got clogged. I freed the clog with a plunger, no problem. But now every time that toilet is flushed, we get the “water hammer” effect. We can stop it by opening another valve in the same line (turn on the bathroom faucet), but I’d sure like to know how to fix it for real. Any suggestions?

Here is the answer:

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Water Hammer caused by toilets

If you are interested in the metering industry you should visit Metering International Home.

Metering International’s electronic newsletter is sent out to over 8,000 subscribers, who have subscribed on the website. It is published 11 times a year, and features short press releases on new products, projects, conferences and exhibitions, industry news and new appointments - all with the focus on metering, billing and CIS/CRM in the electricity, water and gas sectors.

The United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/47/193 of 22 December 1992 by which 22 March of each year was declared World Day for Water.

For more information see the unesco web site

This is the Google icon of today in honor of the Waorld Water Day:

A collection of water news headers from all over the world is available by Moreover Technologies (Real-Time Aggregated Online News and Information).

Some headers from today (7 March 2005):

• 600 left without water supply - Fiji Times
• New Bedford prepares to add fluoride to water supply - CBS4 Boston
• Mississippi sues Memphis for tapping underground water supplies

Water news headers
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An email list devoted to fire hydrants by FireHydrant.org:

This is the first mailing list devoted to fire hydrants. This list was started with just a few folks, but has grown to over 150 members from around the world. People from a variety of backgrounds are on the list, from project engineers, firefighters, fire hydrant technicians, and hydrant sales reps, to members of the general public. If you have a question, someone will likely have an answer. You can also join just to read and enjoy the periodic mail.

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FireHydrant.org is a free fire hydrant information resource. You will find thousands of photographs of different makes, models, and variations of fire hydrants, from the earliest examples of the 1800s to the hydrants of today. You will also find hydrant system design information, installation, testing and maintenance.

For more information visit FireHydrant.org web site

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