eprintid: 156
rev_number: 4
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datestamp: 2008-10-07
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type: report
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creators_name: Stockie, John
contributors_name: Ali, Seema
contributors_name: Bell, Jeremy
contributors_name: Budd, Chris
contributors_name: Davidova, Adriana
contributors_name: Krislock, Nathan
contributors_name: Liang, Margaret
contributors_name: Lucet, Yves
contributors_name: MacLachlan, Scott
contributors_name: Mishna, Marni
contributors_name: Pinder, Shelly
contributors_name: Shi, Peilin
contributors_name: Stoica, Cristina
contributors_name: Williams, JF
contributors_name: Wu, Zili
title: Contaminant Transport in Municipial Water Systems
ispublished: pub
subjects: utilities
subjects: other
studygroups: ipsw3
companyname: Charles Howard and Associates Limited
full_text_status: public
abstract: Our first task from CHAL was to examine the dynamic (forward) algorithm used in the software package EPANET, and ensure that it is computing physically reasonable solutions for networks that experience rapid "flow reversals", in which the flow in a pipe section changes direction over short time intervals.

We begin with an overview of the physics of flow in water distributor networks, and the implementation used in the EPANET flow solver. The bulk of our results from the workshop are concerned with analysing simple flow networks and using the results to draw conclusions about the well-posedeness of both the forward and inverse problems.
problem_statement: The problem is to determine water quality in a water distributor network as a function of time and location. The mathematical problem can be visualized (vaguely) as a system of equations that describe the spatial and temporal transport and dilution of a contaminant injected at a specific location.
date: 1999
date_type: published
pages: 11
citation:   Stockie, John  (1999) Contaminant Transport in Municipial Water Systems.  [Study Group Report]     
document_url: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/miis/156/1/contaminant_transport.pdf