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Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
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Water age in drinking water distribution systems: A case study comparing tracers and EPANET

Fausto F García Ávila 1, 2
, 
Geovanna Asitimbay-Barbecho 2
, 
Melisa Espinoza-Bustamante 2
, 
Lorgio G Valdiviezo Gonzales 3
, 
Esteban Sánchez-Cordero 4, 5
, 
Rita Cabello-Torres 6
, 
Horacio Gutiérrez-Ortega 7
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Universidad Tecnológica del Perú, Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Lima, Perú | 
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Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2024-12-01
Elsevier
scimago Q1
SJR: 1.256
CiteScore: 8.5
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ISSN: 26660164
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.
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García Ávila F. F. et al. Water age in drinking water distribution systems: A case study comparing tracers and EPANET // Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering. 2024. Vol. 10. p. 100817.
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García Ávila F. F., Asitimbay-Barbecho G., Espinoza-Bustamante M., Valdiviezo Gonzales L. G., Sánchez-Cordero E., Cabello-Torres R., Gutiérrez-Ortega H. Water age in drinking water distribution systems: A case study comparing tracers and EPANET // Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering. 2024. Vol. 10. p. 100817.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1016/j.cscee.2024.100817
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2666016424002111
TI - Water age in drinking water distribution systems: A case study comparing tracers and EPANET
T2 - Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
AU - García Ávila, Fausto F
AU - Asitimbay-Barbecho, Geovanna
AU - Espinoza-Bustamante, Melisa
AU - Valdiviezo Gonzales, Lorgio G
AU - Sánchez-Cordero, Esteban
AU - Cabello-Torres, Rita
AU - Gutiérrez-Ortega, Horacio
PY - 2024
DA - 2024/12/01
PB - Elsevier
SP - 100817
VL - 10
SN - 2666-0164
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@article{2024_García Ávila,
author = {Fausto F García Ávila and Geovanna Asitimbay-Barbecho and Melisa Espinoza-Bustamante and Lorgio G Valdiviezo Gonzales and Esteban Sánchez-Cordero and Rita Cabello-Torres and Horacio Gutiérrez-Ortega},
title = {Water age in drinking water distribution systems: A case study comparing tracers and EPANET},
journal = {Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering},
year = {2024},
volume = {10},
publisher = {Elsevier},
month = {dec},
url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2666016424002111},
pages = {100817},
doi = {10.1016/j.cscee.2024.100817}
}