The following call was received form Dr. Avi Ostfeld:<\/p>\n
Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n
Following the EWRI conference in Anchorage, Alaska, May 15-19, 2005, and the growing interest in water distribution systems security, a special issue of the Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management<\/strong><\/em> on Drinking Water Distribution Systems Security<\/strong><\/em> has been approved. The special JWRPM<\/strong> issue is tentatively scheduled to appear July\/August 2006.<\/p>\n
The major themes of the issue will be: sensors\/monitoring stations allocations; disinfectant residuals control; contaminant inverse modeling methodologies; pollutants containment; case studies implementations; and a “Battle of the Sensors” exercise.<\/p>\n
The manuscripts will be peer-reviewed with the normal rigor of any standard submittal to the JWRPM<\/strong>, but on an accelerated schedule as outlined below:<\/p>\n
June 1, 2005<\/strong>: Final date for authors to express their interest in submitting a paper to the special issue by providing a manuscript title and authors names; and in participating at the “Battle of the Sensors” exercise [sent to Avi Ostfeld (ostfeld@tx.technion.ac.il<\/a>)]
\nAug 1, 2005:<\/strong> Final date for authors to submit 1st draft of paper (pdf to Ostfeld)
\nSep 20, 2005<\/strong>: Provide 1st round review comments to authors, including preliminary decision
\nNov 1, 2005<\/strong>: Final date for authors to submit 2nd draft of paper
\nNov 25, 2005<\/strong>: Provide 2nd round review comments to authors, including final decision
\nDec 15, 2005<\/strong>: Final date for authors to submit final version of accepted manuscript (pdf to Ostfeld)
\nDec 31, 2005<\/strong>: Editor sends approved final versions to ASCE for copyediting<\/p>\nPlease forward this message to any additional authors who might be interested in this initiative.<\/p>\n
Sincerely yours,<\/p>\n
Avi Ostfeld
\nAssociate Editor, JWRPM<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The following call was received form Dr. Avi Ostfeld: Dear Colleagues, Following the EWRI conference in Anchorage, Alaska, May 15-19, 2005, and the growing interest in water distribution systems security, a special issue of the Journal of Water Resources Planning …<\/p>\n