Special JWRPM Issue on Drinking Water Distribution Systems Security

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 and Management on Drinking Water Distribution Systems Security has been approved. The special JWRPM issue is tentatively scheduled to appear July/August 2006.

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.

The manuscripts will be peer-reviewed with the normal rigor of any standard submittal to the JWRPM, but on an accelerated schedule as outlined below:

June 1, 2005: 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)]
Aug 1, 2005: Final date for authors to submit 1st draft of paper (pdf to Ostfeld)
Sep 20, 2005: Provide 1st round review comments to authors, including preliminary decision
Nov 1, 2005: Final date for authors to submit 2nd draft of paper
Nov 25, 2005: Provide 2nd round review comments to authors, including final decision
Dec 15, 2005: Final date for authors to submit final version of accepted manuscript (pdf to Ostfeld)
Dec 31, 2005: Editor sends approved final versions to ASCE for copyediting

Please forward this message to any additional authors who might be interested in this initiative.

Sincerely yours,

Avi Ostfeld
Associate Editor, JWRPM