1. Document Overview

This document is divided into two portions, a user's guide and model description. The user's guide includes sections one through six. These sections of this document provide explanation of how to run the model, model input option, and model output. The model description provides information about the actual water supply systems of Everett, Seattle, and Tacoma, which CRYSTAL describes.

  • Section 1(this section) serves as a brief document summary.

  • Section 2 provides an overview of the CRYSTAL model, including information about its development, who model users are, and the software utilized to create the CRYSTAL model.

  • Section 3 details CRYSTAL installation.

  • Section 4 provides an explanation of how to activate the model and work within Powersim. Additionally, this section provides information about running a simulation and the format of the CRYSTAL user interface.

  • Section 5 presents detailed information about the title screens, control screens, and metrics screens.

  • Section 6 presents information telling the user how to save model results.   

  • Section 7 instructs the user in setting up the current and imminent supply system scenarios.

  • Section 8 describes the Seattle, Everett, and Tacoma supply systems. This information was incorporated into the model.