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Drinking Water Tools

Distribution & Water Quality 

Tools available for modeling water distribution systems help supply clean and safe water to communities.  EPANET models the hydraulics and simple water quality scenarios of water distribution systems. EPANET’s Multi-Species eXtension (EPANET-MSX) can simulate more complex multi-species reactions.

  • EPANET
  • EPANET MSX

Additional tools are also available that are preconfigured to predict specific water quality scenarios that are important for water treatment and distribution.

  • Theoretical Equilibrium Lead Solubility Simulator (TELSS) Source Code
  • Free Chlorine Estimator for Dichlor and Trichlor Systems
  • Chloramine Formation & Decay Simulator 
  • Chlorine Breakpoint Curve Simulator
  • Free Chlorine & Cyanuric Acid System Simulator

Premise Plumbing

  • Premise Plumbing Modeling Tools (PPMtools)

Treatment Design & Water Quality

Predict treatment performance of granular activated carbon and ion exchange systems with the following tools. ETDOT also includes models for advanced oxidation, aeration, and biofiltration for drinking water along with models to predict fate of volatile organics in wastewater treatment.

  • Environmental Technologies Design Option Tool (ETDOT)
  • Water Treatment Models

Resilience

  • Water Network Tool for Resilience (WNTR)

Security

TEVA-SPOT or the Water Security Toolkit can help with model security-oriented scenarios. Once sensors are placed and are online, CANARY can provide real-time anomaly detection for these systems.

  • Threat Ensemble Vulnerability Assessment and Sensor Placement Optimization Tool (TEVA-SPOT)
  • Water Security Toolkit
  • CANARY

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Last updated on August 8, 2024
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