PhD student William Raseman was recently featured on an article written by听麻豆免费版下载Engineering.
Raseman is using his research to try and optimize drinking water infastructure to prevent future听disasters from crippling water municipalities.听Working under EVEN Professor Joseph Kasprzyk, Raseman is building software programs to听assess the impact of climate and environmental change on drinking water decisions. Raseman's computer program听simulates potential climate induced disasters and then听generates possible solutions to them.听
An example of the importance of his research can be found close to home. A Fort Collins water treatmeat plant recently had to cut off their water intake from a听river due to a nearby wildfire. The extreme sediment buildup made the water 'untreatable' for 100 days. During that time, the plant had access to a reservoir as a backup,听but what would have happened if the backup source was not available.
鈥淲hat if there was a drought at that time? What if they didn鈥檛 have access to that water over 100 days? When would it be possible to treat the river again? These are the questions we鈥檙e trying to find solutions to.鈥�
Way to go Billy!
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