Drinking Water Engineering and Science www.drink-water-eng-sci.net 1996-9457 1996-9465 3 1 2010 10.5194/dwes-3-43-2010 http://www.drink-water-eng-sci.net/3/43/2010/ http://www.drink-water-eng-sci.net/3/43/2010/dwes-3-43-2010.html http://www.drink-water-eng-sci.net/3/43/2010/dwes-3-43-2010.pdf 43 51 2010-04-15 A bottom-up approach of stochastic demand allocation in water quality modelling E. J. M. Blokker mirjam.blokker@kwrwater.nl J. H. G. Vreeburg H. Beverloo M. Klein Arfman J. C. van Dijk KWR Watercycle Research Institute, P.O. Box 1072, 3430 BB Nieuwegein, The Netherlands Delft University of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, P.O. Box 5048, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands PWN Water Supply Company North-Holland, P.O. Box 2113, 1990 AC, Velserbroek, The Netherlands An "all pipes" hydraulic model of a drinking water distribution system was constructed with two types of demand allocations. 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