As a core result of a project funded by Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), the free SAmpSONS simulator has been made public. It can be downloaded from ifak's webpage. SAmpSONS allows to visualise resource fluxes of new and alternative sanitation systems by means of Sankey-diagrams. Furthermore, SAmpSONS allows a simple assessment of their sustainability according to ecological, economical and social criteria. It has been developed jointly by the project partners (Björnsen Consulting Engineers - BCE, Technische Universität Berlin, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar und ifak) and can now freely be downloaded from ifak's webpage. Therefore, SAmpSONS can contribute to the discussion and decision processes related to new and alternative sanitation systems. Detailed dynamic simulation of wastewater systems, however, is not possible with SAmpSONS. For these tasks, the simulators of the Simba# family of ifak are available.
