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Water-Related Losses
Introduction
One of the most common types of loss or investigation that is undertaken by the forensic
engineer is that which is related to water. ese losses take a variety of forms including the
eects of ground water, open channel ow, ow in pipes, ow under pressure, the eects
of rain water on structures, and the related components that are used to divert water in its
many forms. ese losses may be produced by naturally occurring water or by the diver-
sion or restriction of water from euent systems, sanitary systems, or naturally occurring
surface or subsurface water ow. Water is a naturally occurring compound ...