Bentley Systems has announced that registration is open for Water Loss Seminar and Workshop 2008, taking place Jan. 28-30 at the Barceló Hotel in Marbella, Spain. At this two-day event, being held in conjunction with the Water and Environmental Exchange taking place Jan. 30-Feb. 1, renowned experts will discuss the latest research and development work on managing and reducing water loss in water distribution systems.

Water losses, including leakage, are top issues in cities with very old professional piping systems or deteriorated infrastructure. “Leakage rates are over 40 percent in Italy, and they are even higher in other countries,” explains Professor Ezio Todini, Ph.D., University of Bologna, Italy. “To reduce these losses, it is critical that water distribution professionals learn how to efficiently design new networks and rehabilitate existing ones.”

The panel-led seminars will look at water loss research being conducted by the academic community, as well as approaches being used and progress being made by engineers at public and private companies in dealing with water losses. At the two half-day, hands-on industrial workshops attendees will learn how to locate and reduce water losses using the modeling technology provided by Bentley’s WaterGEMS and WaterCAD V8 XM – leading solutions in the Haestad Methods product line for the analysis and design of water distribution systems.

To learn more about the costs, location, and agenda for Water Loss Seminar and Workshop 2008, visit www.bentley.com/WaterLoss08.