Air Water International Corporation sent a press release announcing the install of an Air Water Station in the Jalimudi Village, India: For the villagers of Jalimudi, a small village in Andhra Pradesh, it is a historic event. They are getting …
Author: Elad Salomons
Associate Research Fellow in Urban Water Management
A Postdoctoral Research position is available in the internationally acclaimed Centre for Water Systems at the University of Exeter, UK under the supervision of Professor David Butler. This research council funded post is available immediately. The successful applicant will work …
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Flush Facts for Super Sunday
The EPA posted a nice fact regarding toilt flushs during the Super Bowlֲ next week: Consider this: On Super Sunday, February 1, about 90 million people sit down to footballג€™s biggest game. If all of these viewers got up to use …
OptiCritical – pipe bursts impact calculation
Optimatics developed a software tool, named OptiCritical, to assist clients in analyzing and understanding the impact of pipe bursts on their water distribution systems. According to Optimatics, OptiCritical will be providing answers to questions such as: Which pipes cause the …
EPANET-Z – add online maps and satellite images to EPANET
Update 11/09/2018: for some time now the application does not work due to changes in maps APIs. EPANet-Z (in free beta) from Zonum Solutions is a modified recompiled version of EPANet that adds the option to insert map and satellite …
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Comprehensive Solute Mixing Model (AZRED) for Double-Tee, Cross, and Wye Junctions
Just a few days after posting about EPANET-BAM, Professor Choi sent a link to his AZRED program which simulates mixing at network’s fittings. This work was presented at WDSA 2008ֲ and available online [Development of a Comprehensive Solute Mixing Model (AZRED) …
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PCSWMM.NET
PCSWMM.NET, from CHI, is aֲ spatial decision support system for US EPA SWMM 5 urban drainage modeling (sanitary, storm, combined and watershed systems). From CHI web site: Built from the ground up around a modern, powerful GIS engine that works seamlessly …
Flying fire hydrant kills man
Humberto Hernandez, of Oakland, never saw what hit him It was a 200 pound flying fire hydrant knocked into the air when an SUV driver lost control and her vehicle struck the hydrant propelling it into the air and the …
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Operation Atlas – Poisoning Tel-Aviv Residents
On 1941 the Arab Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini met with Adolf Hitler and discussed ways to ‘solve the Jewish problem’. Three years later the Nazis and the Arabs of Palestine planned to poison the drinking water in Tel-Aviv …
Cholera kills hundreds in Zimbabwe
Almost 12,000 people have contracted choleraֲ since August in Zimbabwe, and the outbreak threatens to grow more direֲ and deadlyֲ because the nation can’t pay for chemicals to treat water or for doctors to treat victims. Residents in Harare were digging shallow …