Solving the worlds growing water and power supply problems
Water and Electricity don’t mix … BUT
WaterCress–e is a model designed for exploring alternative infrastructure layouts with inputs from
long-term data records such as rainfall, solar radiation and wind run to produce long term outputs of
both water and electricity at the residential and/or commercial/regional scales.
Unlike water, electricity cannot be easily stored – and storage is the vital necessity
for providing a long-term reliable electricity supply. Water energy however, in static,
kinetic, or thermal form CAN be stored – thus enabling water storage to provide co-production
of electricity over far longer periods than can be provided by batteries or other presently used methods.
So how do you design bespoke water and energy systems? How do you compare all the different options available to you? Which is the most economic system? Are home batteries worth the additional cost? What is my risk of risk of failure of my water or energy supply? This can all be done using the WaterCress-e model
WaterCress-e is an expanded version of the original WaterCress model used in SA by the State government and many local Councils for the design of their innovative design during the decades 1990-2010 before the better resourced Source model took its place. The WaterCress – e model is setting the pace again by enabling the far broader, badly needed and more innovative , integrating and exciting role as described above.
This offers you a water/energy system model which is designed to help you plan alternative system layouts and test their performance and cost to solve these weighty decisions. The website also offers a series of articles on related subjects, with an aim to seek and question current practice in water resource development and to seek feedback from other like-minded individuals who have encountered similar issues.
Via the links above you can download WaterCress-e, absolutely free to use