Features

InfoWater offers all the capabilities your organization demands from a state-of-the-art hydraulic network solver. Command real-time simulations, optimize hydraulic performance, analyze water quality conditions, determine firefighting capabilities, perform online calibration, evaluate energy cost savings, and design sound unidirectional flushing programs, with astounding speed and accuracy.

GIS

InfoWater extends the core features of ArcGIS^™, providing a comprehensive geospatial environment for complete network model construction, graphical editing, network simulation, results presentation, map generation, and enterprise-wide data sharing and exchange. It also adds rich discipline-specific functionality to ArcGIS^™ designed to streamline and facilitate all aspects of the water distribution modeling workflow.

Hydraulic Modeling Capabilities

steady-state and extended period simulations
computes friction headloss using the Hazen-Williams, Darcy-Weisbach, or Chezy-Manning formulas
includes minor (local) head losses for bends, meters, fittings, etc.
models constant or variable speed pumps
models a fixed pressure pump (FPP) that automatically adjusts its speed to maintain a user specified target pressure (or head) anywhere in the system
models turbines and totalizing flow meters
calculates Net Positive Suction Head requirements (available NPSH, required NPSH, and cavitation index) to ensure cavitation free operation
determines system head curves and fire hydrant rating curves
calculates available and design fire flows at minimum residual pressures
computes pumping energy and cost based on variable electricity and demand charges
accommodates various types of static and dynamic control valves including shutoff, check, float, pressure reducing, pressure sustaining, dual pressure regulating (maintain downstream and upstream pressures), pressure breaker, vacuum breaker, motorized throttled, general purpose, flow control, and reduced pressure backflow prevention valves
allows single and multiple inlet/outlet storage tanks to have any shape (i.e., diameter can vary with height)
models constant and variable head reservoirs
considers multiple demand categories at nodes, each with its own pattern of time variation
models pressure-dependent demand issuing from emitters (sprinkler heads)
automatically carries out pressure-demand analysis to compute the percentage (%) of demand supplied to each node (ratio of actual demand vs specified demand)
tracks flow reversals for pipe flushing
determines pipe sequences for unidirectional flushing
simulates leakage in a pipe
specifies system operation based on both simple junction pressure, tank level, pipe flow, or timer controls and on complex(logical) rule-based controls
provides on-line SCADA interface with alarms
Fireflow simulation allowing Extended Period Simulation
ModelTracker to organize and manage any modeling project and keep track of all changes with a list of notes

Water Quality Modeling

tracks the movement of a non-reactive tracer material (e.g., fluoride) through the network over time
models the movement and fate of a reactive material as it grows (e.g., a disinfection by-product) or decays (e.g., chlorine residual) with time
calculates the age of water throughout a network
computes the percent of flow from a given node reaching all other nodes over time
multiple (unlimited) source trace
analyzes kinetic reactions both in the bulk flow and at the pipe wall
incorporates nth order kinetics to model reactions in the bulk flow
uses zero or first order kinetics to model reactions at the pipe wall
accounts for mass transfer limitations when modeling pipe wall reactions
allows growth or decay reactions to proceed up to a limiting concentration
employs global reaction rate coefficients that can be modified on a pipe-by-pipe basis
permits wall reaction rate coefficients to be correlated to pipe roughness
allows for time-varying concentration or mass inputs at any location in the network
models storage tanks as being either complete mix, plug flow, or two-compartment reactors

Network Review

The Network Review/Fix Tool is a comprehensive network drawing examination and correction application for use in constructing reliable, credible working models ready for analysis. It offers users complete functionality to quickly identify and automatically correct any network topology problems (e.g., disconnected nodes) and data flaws (e.g., duplicated pipes or nodes) that may arise from digitizing a model or building it using pre-existing GIS and CAD datasets. The Tool consists of many useful applications including:

Locate nodes in close proximity (overlapping/duplicate nodes)
Locate pipe-split candidates
Locate crossing pipes that do not intersect at as common node
Locate orphan pipes (no terminal nodes)
Locate superimposed/duplicate pipes
Locate disconnected nodes
Trace network to identify all pipes and nodes in the network that can be reached from any specified location (source node) via a connected path

Scenario Management

InfoWater's comprehensive tree-type scenario manager gives you the power to make capital improvement decisions with pinpoint accuracy. Its unique facility manager with advanced Active Topology Alternative lets you maintain a single model of your water system while quickly developing and evaluating an array of modeling alternatives. Every change you make cascades through the entire set of projects in an easy-to-use, tree-like structure, allowing you to switch between scenarios, compare input data, merge models, and compare results instantly giving you a clear illustration of how your system will react to different conditions and planning horizons. Reverse (child to parent) inheritance is also fully supported.

Rich, Spectacular Presentation

Using powerful ArcGIS thematic mapping functionality, InfoWater® makes it easy to turn dry database information into stunningly colorful, fully dimensional visualizations. You can generate beautiful, accurate, and smooth contours for any variable, including elevation, pressure, hydraulic grade line, demand, water age, chlorine concentration, and more, directly on the map—even overlay multiple contours on a single drawing. Draw on a range of other sophisticated graphical presentation tools, including color-coded mapping, dynamic annotation/labeling, graphing, profiling, customizable tabular reporting, and vivid VCR-style animation to produce truly compelling results.

Stored Graph

The Stored Graph saves all graph settings about graph appearance, model output sources, and external data sources. In order to compare modeled results and measured data, the user can customize a standard graph by adding multiple axes and panels and referring to other model scenarios and external data sources.

Integrating SCADA With Network Models

With direct integration to remote SCADA sites (PLCs), you can readily make use of detailed real-time performance information such as flow, pressure, tank level and pump and valve setting data to maintain continuously calibrated models and validate them for improved decision making and real-time response strategies. InfoWater's data analysis and graphing (statistical and trending) tools let you convert huge quantities of real-time field data into actionable information you can use to manage, plan and improve.

System Requirements

Compatible 32-bit OS
Windows XP Pro SP2 or above, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7 Pro or above

Compatible 64-bit OS
Windows XP Pro SP2 or above, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7 Pro or above

Compatible ArcGIS
10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8 (Check your PC ability to run ArcGIS)

Prerequisites
.Net Framework 3.5,  Microsoft Chart Controls for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5,  Microsoft Visual Basic PowerPacks 10.0, and  Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable – x86 v10.0.40219.1

Hardware Requirements

CPU Speed
2.2 GHz minimum or higher; Hyper-threading (HHT) or Multi-core recommended

Processor
Intel Pentium 4, Intel Core Duo, or Xeon Processors; SSE2 (or greater)

Memory/RAM
2 GB or higher

Screen Resolution
1024 x 768 recommended or higher at Normal size (96dpi)

Disk Space
500 MB of free space to accommodate a full setup installation and additional disk space – keep as much free disk space available as possible. Its virtual memory system needs additional free disk space when working on large projects

Video/Graphics Adapter
64 MB RAM minimum, 256 MB RAM or higher recommended. NVIDIA, ATI and INTEL chipsets supported

Networking Hardware
Simple TCP/IP, Network Card or Microsoft Loopback Adapter is required for the License Manager

Compatible ArcGIS
ArcGIS version 10.3 - 10.8 (Check your PC ability to run ArcGIS)