Articles | Volume 8, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-8-9-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-8-9-2015
Research article
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28 Aug 2015
Research article |  | 28 Aug 2015

Water Expert: a conceptualized framework for development of a rule-based decision support system for distribution system decontamination

J. L. Gutenson, A. N. S. Ernest, J. R. Fattic, L. E. Ormsbee, A. A. Oubeidillah, and X. Zhang

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Significant drinking water contamination events pose a serious threat to public and environmental health. This paper examines the development of Water Expert, a software tool for assisting decision makers in response and recovery following a contamination event. The decision making process undertaken during contamination events in evaluated. Results indicate that the decision making process is limited without technological intervention.