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A New Transmission System Provides for Automatic Switching to Alternate Supply
Author(s) -
Roller John A.,
Olson Kenneth F.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1979.tb04358.x
Subject(s) - turbidity , fork (system call) , transmission (telecommunications) , turbidity current , environmental science , water supply , computer science , hydrology (agriculture) , marine engineering , telecommunications , geology , environmental engineering , engineering , oceanography , geotechnical engineering , geomorphology , operating system , sedimentary depositional environment , structural basin
The entire North Fork project at Tacoma, Wash., operates automatically—from the time a sensor detects excessively high turbidity in the Green River to the controlled injection of well water into the reservoir to the system's return to river water when the turbidity decreases.