<p>Os reservatórios de água para consumo humano permitem garantir reservas nos sistemas abastecimento e gerir variações do consumo. Contudo, a sua configuração os modos operação podem ter implicações na qualidade da distribuída. Este trabalho apresenta uma caracterização dos em Portugal, incidindo nas características físicas operacionais que condicionam o seu desempenho ponto vista mistur...

Water environments appear to be the habitats of Legionella species. Legionellosis is considered as a preventable illness because bacterial reservoirs can be controlled and removed. Roof-harvested rainwater has attracted significant attention not only as a groundwater recharge but also as a potential alternative source of nonpotable water. We successfully developed ceramic microbeads coated with...

Soil-structure interaction (SSI) could affect the seismic response of structures. Since liquid storage tanks are vital structures and must continue their operation under severe earthquakes, their seismic behavior should be studied. Accordingly, the seismic response of two types of steel liquid storage tanks (namely, broad and slender, with aspect ratios of height to radius equal to 0.6 and 1.85...

Accident Scenarios Caused by Lightning Impact on Atmospheric Storage Tanks Amos Necci*, Giacomo Antonioni, Elisabeth Krausmann, Francesca Argenti, Gabriele Landucci, Valerio Cozzani DICAM-Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica, Ambientale e dei Materiali Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, via Terracini n.28, 40131 Bologna, Italy European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute...