Water Simulation

In an answer to a question titled “A question about backflow” on the EPANET User-List Elin Warn gave a link to an article by the EPA: The purpose of this document is to review existing literature, research,and information on the occurrence, magnitude, and nature of the public health risks associated with cross-connections and backflow, from [...]

This web site was started on December 2004 and now it is one year old. During this year I have tried to find all most of the water simulation packages available. Judging from the popularity of the posts here EPANET is the most requested item and the DXF2EPA is the most popular tool. Another popular [...]

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Wallingford Software announced a new version release of InfoWorks: The latest release of Wallingford Softwareג€™s InfoWorks, Version 6.5, offers extended features in all three products ג€“ water supply, collection systems, and river systems. InfoWorks WS boasts extensive new function in its water quality capabilities. The path and concentration of externally introduced substances can be traced [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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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: