Water age in drinking water distribution systems: A case study comparing tracers and EPANET

Fernando García Ávila; Geovanna Asitimbay Barbecho; Melisa Espinoza Bustamante; Esteban Remigio Sánchez Cordero; Rita Cabello Torres; Horacio Gutiérrez Ortega; Lorgio G. Valdiviezo Gonzáles

doi:10.1016/j.cscee.2024.100817

Water age in drinking water distribution systems: A case study comparing tracers and EPANET

Fernando García Ávila (First Author)
, Geovanna Asitimbay Barbecho
, Melisa Espinoza Bustamante
, Esteban Remigio Sánchez Cordero
, Rita Cabello Torres
, Horacio Gutiérrez Ortega (Last Author)
, Lorgio G. Valdiviezo Gonzáles (Corresponding Author)

Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Universidad de Cuenca
Universidad Tecnológica del Perú
Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad de Cuenca
Universidad César Vallejo
Universidad Católica de Cuenca

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Abstract

This study aimed to compare the water age in a drinking water distribution network (DWDN) using tracers and EPANET. The results indicate that all DWDN have residence times within the “short” time. established by the EPA and does not represent quality problems. These two techniques provided similar estimates of water age with small differences at points close to the treatment plant. This difference may be due to the fact that tracers can be retained in pipes, which overestimates the age of the water; meanwhile, EPANET could underestimate residence times due to the calibration or simplified representation of the network.

Original language	English
Article number	100817
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscee.2024.100817
State	Published - Dec 2024

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Keywords

Drinking water network
EPANET
Modeling
Tracer
Water age

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García Ávila, F., Asitimbay Barbecho, G., Espinoza Bustamante, M., Sánchez Cordero, E. R., Cabello Torres, R., Gutiérrez Ortega, H., & Valdiviezo Gonzáles, L. G. (2024). Water age in drinking water distribution systems: A case study comparing tracers and EPANET. Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 10, 1-10. Article 100817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscee.2024.100817

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