配水系统可能会发生一些变化，使客户水龙头处的水质与离开处理厂的水质不同。此类质量变化可能由化学或生物变化或系统完整性损失引起。在两个系统上研究了计算机可视化技术，以及用于分析水质时空变化的动态水质模型。本文详细介绍了污染物传播模型应用的两个案例研究。选择了一种动画形式，其中每个采样站的水质（通过氟化物示踪剂测量）显示在一个“显示”圆圈中，使用颜色表示浓度范围。 包括28篇参考文献。

Water may undergo a number of changes in the distribution system, making the quality of the water at the customer's tap different from the quality of the water that leaves the treatment plant. Such changes in quality may be caused by chemical or biological variations or by a loss of system integrity. A computer-visualization technique, coupled with a dynamic water quality model for analyzing spatial and temporal water quality variations, was studied at two systems. The two case studies of a contaminant-propagation model application are detailed here. A form of animation was chosen in which the water quality (measured by fluoride tracer) at each sampling station was shown in a "display" circle, using a color to represent a concentration range. Includes 28 references.