储罐对储罐内和配水系统水质的影响可通过现场取样程序、储罐物理模型或储罐计算机建模进行研究。在最近的几项研究中，现场取样程序记录了水箱内水质的变化。水箱的台架模型也被用作研究水箱内水的运动以及随后水质变化的一种手段。研究水箱水质的第三种方法是计算机建模，这是本文的主题。

The effects of storage tanks on water quality within the tank and in the distribution system may be studied through field sampling programs, physical models of tanks, or through computer modeling of tanks. In several recent studies, field sampling programs have documented the variation of water quality within tanks. Bench level models of water tanks are also being used as a means of studying the movement of water within a tank and the subsequent variation in water quality. The third method of studying water quality in a tank, computer modeling, is the subject of this paper.