Abstract: Surge vessels provide efficient protection against low and high transient pressures in water distribution systems. However, they can be quite expensive, and any reduction in surge vessel size can significantly reduce surge ...

Abstract: The suggested practice of using single point test data to construct a “straight line” (i.e., hydraulically scaled) water supply plot is investigated herein. It is shown that this widely used practice may lead to large ...

Abstract: Variable-speed pumps are becoming increasingly commonplace in the water distribution industry, replacing conventional fixed-speed pumps. While the principal benefit is reduced energy consumption and power costs, there are ...

Abstract: In some states the design of branched pipes in rural water systems must be carried out based on pressure drops calculated using expected instantaneous peak flows. These instantaneous peak flows are based on the number of ...

Abstract: A neural network approach was employed to relate risky