Maintaining water quality in water distribution systems is critical to utilities, but predicting water quality can be challenging. Water quality models can be utilized to help predict concentrations, and can provide insights that support informed decisions. Key components of maintaining water quality conditions will be discussed alongside these water quality models. Discussions will provide an opportunity to explore applications of water age, disinfection, and multi-species models.
Following this webinar, attendees will be able to understand critical water quality components in distribution systems and identify corresponding challenges and potential solutions that utilities may face. Attendees will also be able to understand water quality modeling and how to apply hydraulic water quality assessments like source traces and water age, constituents like disinfection and disinfection by-products, and multi-species modeling through advanced tools like MSX. These models can improve system understanding and improve decision-making and system improvements by utilities. It is also critical to understand how water quality conditions may change in the future and understand how water quality models could be used to help regulatory compliance.
Learning Objectives:
- Analyze critical water quality components in distribution systems and identify corresponding challenges and potential solutions that utilities may face.
- Review hydraulic water quality assessments like source traces and water age, and how these models can improve system understanding and support refined decision-making and planning efforts by utilities.
- Understand how constituents like disinfection and disinfection by-products can be predicted with a water quality model and potential approaches and applications that could be utilized by utilities to promote system improvements.
- Learn about applications of multi-species modeling through tools like MSX that can facilitate improved water quality modeling by allowing for customized and advanced representations.
- Discuss how water quality conditions may change in the future and understand how water quality models could be used to help regulatory compliance.
Expert Panel:
- Moderated by: Ben Chenevey, Senior Water Engineer, Arcadis
*Advanced Disinfection and DBP Formation Modeling
- Meg Roberts, Senior Associate, Hazen and Sawyer
*Distribution System Water Quality Overview and Challenges
- Stephen Jackson, Senior Software Engineer, Bentley Systems
*Introduction to Hydraulic and Water Quality Modeling
- Melissa Brunger, Associate, Freese and Nichols
*Hydraulic and Water Quality Modeling Case Studies Panel
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