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View article: Review of historical plumbing codes for lead service line inventories in the United States
Review of historical plumbing codes for lead service line inventories in the United States Open
Inventorying and replacing lead service lines (LSLs) is a national priority in the United States (US), with records review conducted as a first step. Among other records, historical plumbing codes can provide cutoff dates for LSL allowance…
View article: Resilience Analysis and Emergency Response Evaluation for Drinking Water Systems
Resilience Analysis and Emergency Response Evaluation for Drinking Water Systems Open
Key Takeaways Modeling tools can simulate possible disasters to water distribution systems, including pipe breaks, power outages, and changes to water source availability. Resilience analysis can help water utilities compare emergency resp…
View article: Pressure dependent analysis in premise plumbing system modeling
Pressure dependent analysis in premise plumbing system modeling Open
Modeling premise plumbing systems requires accurate treatment of fixture‐specific pressure and flow rate relationships. Each fixture in a building may experience different flow rates based on variable service pressure, its unique pressure‐…
View article: Relative Water Age in Premise Plumbing Systems Using an Agent-Based Modeling Framework
Relative Water Age in Premise Plumbing Systems Using an Agent-Based Modeling Framework Open
Tools used to predict hydraulics and water quality within premise plumbing systems have gained recent interest. An open-source Python-based tool-PPMtools-for modeling and analyzing premise plumbing systems with WNTR or EPANET is presented.…
View article: Advances in Premise Plumbing Modeling
Advances in Premise Plumbing Modeling Open
In summer 2019, a new task committee on Premise Plumbing Modeling (PPM) was approved under the auspices of the Water Distribution Systems Analysis Committee of ASCE EWRI. The primary purpose of the PPM task committee is to advance the scie…
View article: Evaluation of a Gravity Flow Membrane Bioreactor for Treating Municipal Wastewater
Evaluation of a Gravity Flow Membrane Bioreactor for Treating Municipal Wastewater Open
The biomass concentrator reactor (BCR), a gravity flow membrane bioreactor (MBR) design, was evaluated for use in treating a municipal wastewater stream. The BCR operates with less than 2.5 cm of pressure head and uses a 3 to 4 mm thick to…
View article: Application of the CANARY event detection software for real-time performance monitoring of decentralized water reuse systems
Application of the CANARY event detection software for real-time performance monitoring of decentralized water reuse systems Open
CANARY event detection software integrated measurements from independent online sensors to monitor the water quality of membrane bioreactor effluent for decentralized reuse.