The initial water quality of nodes is entered/edited in the Node table, which is accessed by selecting Simulation Data > Simulation Data in Model Tables > Initial WQ (Node).
The initial water quality for nodes are data associated with each node in the system. The above sub-menu option therefore gives access to the regular Node table, where other system data, such as the steady state output of the nodes, can and should have been entered already.
When entering the Node table (as described above), the table automatically scrolls to the “Tsim Initial Quality” column. This column needs to be populated by the user, by specifying either 0 (zero), or the actual initial water quality level for every node in the system. (Initially, by default, the Initial Water Quality of every node will be zero).
(The initial node quality is considered system-specific time/WQ simulation data, which is saved as part of the system data. It is not saved as part of the time/WQ simulation-specific data.
The initial node quality is a property associated with each node in the system data. Therefore, it can also be entered/edited directly in the Node table, or in the Node Info box (also referred to as the Database box) available in the Albion environment, or by the selective editing features available in the Albion environment.