Modeling Contaminant Propagation in Drinking‐Water Distribution Systems
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 119, Issue 2
Abstract
The Safe Drinking Water Act and its Amendments (SDWAA) will pose a massive challenge for the drinking‐water industry in the United States. As the SDWAA regulations reach implementation, increasing effort will be devoted to understanding the factors causing deterioration of water quality between treatment and consumption. A cooperative study involving the U.S. EPA, the University of Michigan, and the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority (RWA) demonstrated and validated the use of modeling techniques in the RWA distribution system. Models are used to predict the propagation of chlorine residual in one portion of the RWA system. It is found that residuals varied widely both spatially and temporally. Long residence times in storage tanks caused residual disinfection concentrations to be low or nonexistent during discharge cycles. It was found that system operation has a significant effect on the distribution and concentration of chlorine residuals in the system.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 119 • Issue 2 • March 1993
Pages: 349 - 364
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Copyright © 1993 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Feb 28, 1992
Published online: Mar 1, 1993
Published in print: Mar 1993
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