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Throughout this section, a number of terms are used which may appear to be standard in connection with water distribution system analysis. Yet their precise definition may be important in the context of optimal tank sizing with Wadiso. These terms are:

•Source (Reservoir)

•Storage Tank (Tank)

•Balancing Volume

•Emergency Volume

•Tank Cost Function

•Average Demand Rate

•Daily fluctuations in demand

•24-Hour Demand Pattern

•Peak Factor

•Distribution of Consumption among Nodes

•Pressure Feasibility

•Tank Feasibility