WHEN                 December 9-11, 2009

WHERE               Texas AgriLife Research & Extension Urban Solutions Center

                           17360 Coit Rd., Dallas (map)

FEE                     $800 through November 30

                           $900 December 1-8 and onsite

Course Location & Time
The course will begin Wednesday, December 9, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, December 10, 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, December 11, 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Course will be at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Urban Solutions Center in Dallas. Registration received by November 30, 2009 is $800 and registration received after November 30, 2009 is $900. Please note: all attendees are responsible for their own hotel reservations and travel.

Course Information
Computer modeling of water distribution systems has become a standard practice for design and analysis. Modeling can be a valuable tool for problems as varied as energy use optimization, fire flow vulnerability assessment, water quality analysis, contamination scenario simulation, long-term facility planning, and pump operations scheduling, among many others.

EPANet is a public-domain software developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and available free of charge.  It includes a powerful set of features and an easy to use graphical user interface. The EPANet Toolkit is a “packaged” version of the simulation engine that allows users to write their own custom computer codes for even greater flexibility.

This course will focus on fundamental concepts of pressure conduit system modeling and implementation of modeling application using EPANet and the EPANet Toolkit. Students will work through several hands-on exercises using the EPANet software and be taught basic techniques to use the EPANet Toolkit from the Visual Basic for Applications module of Microsoft Excel.

What You Will Learn in This Course

• How to create new water distribution system models in EPANet
• How to simulate new and existing models for a variety of applications
• How to process EPANet output in a variety of forms to generate useful tables, graphs, and maps
• How to link GIS data with EPANet using public-domain utility programs
• How to create advanced simulations and output processing using the EPANet Toolkit and Visual Basic for Applications

Course Instructor
Kelly Brumbelow, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University.  Dr. Brumbelow has more than 14 years experience in water resources engineering, planning, and management. His professional and research expertise includes auditing of water utilities, homeland security assessment of water systems, physical modeling of hydraulic structures, and decision support systems for water resources planning and management. His research and consulting projects have been sponsored by the San Antonio Water System, Clark County (Nevada) Water Reclamation District, and the South Florida Water Management District, among others.

For more information about this workshop, please contact Courtney Swyden (979-862-2299 or by email).

If cancellation becomes necessary, please send notification to agrilifeevents@ag.tamu.edu. Cancellations received by November 30, 2009 will receive a refund, less a $45 administrative fee. No refunds after November 30, 2009. Substitutions are encouraged should you not be able to attend.