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News Release from: Bentley Systems | Subject: WaterGEMS
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 December 2006
Water modeling for the tsunami recovery
program
The American Red Cross is using water models to rehabilitate water and sanitation systems in Indonesia and other tsunami-affected areas.
In December 2004 the world witnessed one of the deadliest natural disasters in recent history, leaving water and sanitation infrastructure in its wake severely damaged or destroyed Combined with the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, these conditions left many people vulnerable to disease and without safe water for drinking, cleaning, and cooking
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 16 Mar 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The American Red Cross Tsunami Recovery Program is designed to speed recovery and reduce vulnerabilities in the tsunami-affected communities, including health and disease control programs by rehabilitating and installing water and sanitation systems.
In Indonesia, new or restored water and sanitation infrastructure is being provided to more than 65,200 people in Aceh province and to 7,100 permanent and transitional homes.
In Sri Lanka 19,600 people in the Matara and Hambantota districts, as well as 21 schools built by Rotary International, will benefit from rehabilitated and new water and sanitation infrastructure.
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244,000 people will receive locally-manufactured water filters, and 93,000 people in coastal villages will be provided with new public water supply networks through efforts with the German Red Cross.
In the Maldives a comprehensive program is underway to rehabilitate, construct and maintain sewage systems and promote hygiene practices.
Rehabilitation and construction of community and school water supplies and sanitation facilities are also underway in Thailand's Phang Nga province.
Bentley water modeling experts are collaborating with the American Red Cross team using WaterGEMS, SewerCAD, StormCAD, and MicroStation to design water and sanitation infrastructure in Calang City and rural villages in Indonesia's Aceh region.
The water supply and sanitation systems in Calang City were devastated.
The American Red Cross project will restore access to potable water and sanitation services for more than 2,500 homes and develop a long-term community-based action plan to maintain and operate the water and sanitation systems.
"Our technical staff in Calang City is working with consultants from Bentley and local villages to ensure that the new system we are providing has adequate water flow throughout the year, even if water has to come from distant sources," said Martin Ede, Water and Sanitation Program Manager for the American Red Cross in Indonesia.
"The American Red Cross team is very grateful for all the support that Bentley is providing to our work in Indonesia, which is equally applicable in large-scale projects like Calang city or in less complex rural water supply systems".
Hydraulic modeling for the recovery efforts is not limited to reconstruction and rehabilitation work.
Contamination with saline water requires engineers to model multiple water quality scenarios considering new locations for potable water sources.
Models are also being used to implement robust operational strategies that communities can rely on to make their systems less vulnerable in the future. Request a free brochure from Bentley Systems ...
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