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    inlet location to tank

    Barry, who did you do the tests for?
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    history of water treatment

    Bob - In London, UK there was a cholera outbreak in the late 1800's due to sewage discharges into the Thames, just upstream of the raw water abstraction point, which resulted in the first (apparently) slow sand filter construction. You could search the Institution of Civil Engineers site...
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    how learn prepare p+id

    Tgrief: I should have clarified that I'm interested to learn to do p+id's for simple domestic water pump stations, say with 1 duty and 1 standby pump where we're monitoring suction and discharge pressure, flow rate, pump speed and have a timed delay on pump start up after shut down. KRS: Thanks...
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    surge relief valve

    Gere's my scenario: Water transfer pump. Static head on the system is about 395 feet, which we're pumping (VFD) against to deliver water to a tank some 1.4 miles away. Using a GA Industries 4" surge relief valve, low velocity of 5 fps (1650 usgpm), to be set to discharge to waste (may...
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    how learn prepare p+id

    Developing them.
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    Water Main Surge Relief Valve

    Having read the above, I now submit my scenario: Static head on the system is about 395 feet, which we're pumping (VFD) against to deliver water to a tank some 1.4 miles away. Using a GA Industries 4" surge relief valve, low velocity of 5 fps (1650 usgpm), to be set to discharge to waste...
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    how learn prepare p+id

    Anyone have any resources on the above? My goal is to learn how to do p+ids for pumping stations, water treatment plant, etc. Thanks (also posted in water treatment discussion)
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    how learn prepare p+id

    Anyone have any resources on the above? My goal is to learn how to do p+ids for pumping stations, water treatment plant, etc. Thanks
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    copy column widths - Excel

    thanks guys
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    copy column widths - Excel

    Is there any way to copy the column widths when doing a copy in Excel?
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    how date stamp only when changes occur?

    The main reason I wanted it is because I often start a spreadsheet, get interrupted and when it comes time to close Excel for the day, I'm asked if I want to save my changes. If I know the last revision time it sometimes makes it easier to decide whether or not to save the changes. BUT, it...
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    how date stamp only when changes occur?

    Excellent Mutt. Works like a charm. Many thanks.
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    how find cells requiring a linked file?

    Many thanks. I solved the problem by showing the formulas
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    how find cells requiring a linked file?

    I've changed the name of a linked spreadsheet and want to find the cell that it was calling the link. How do I do this?
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    how date stamp only when changes occur?

    Mutt Many thanks. Unfortunately I don't how to activate visual basic, or just how to use the code you did up for me.

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