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Water Distribution System Modeling and Management

OpenFlows Water is a versatile hydraulic modeling tool widely used by engineers to gain insights into their water distribution systems and enhance decision-making. Whether you're involved in planning, designing, or maintaining sustainable water systems, OpenFlows Water offers unmatched interoperability and adaptability.


Plan, Analyze, and Optimize System Performance
• Understand System Behavior: Gain a comprehensive understanding of your system’s hydraulic performance.
• Efficient Model Management: Quickly build, calibrate, and manage hydraulic models.
• Problem Prediction: Anticipate and resolve network issues effectively.
• Scenario Tracking: Evaluate and track various operational scenarios to optimize system performance.

Enhance Operational Strategies and Reduce Disruptions
• Water Quality Improvement: Analyze and enhance the quality of the water distributed.
• Locate and Reduce Water Loss: Identify areas of water loss and decrease non-revenue water.
• Optimize Pumping Efficiency: Improve pump modeling to cut energy costs.
• Boost Emergency Response: Strengthen emergency response strategies to handle unforeseen issues.

Ensure Smart Decision-Making and System Resilience
• Risk Mitigation: Reduce the risk of major water-related events.
• Fire Flow Reliability: Evaluate and ensure your system meets fire flow requirements.
• Demand Forecasting: Predict future population demands to ensure adequate supply.
• Cost-Effective Design: Develop efficient expansion and rehabilitation plans that are budget-friendly.

Scenario Management
• Simulate Multiple Scenarios: Run various hydraulic model scenarios using different data sets to explore potential conditions. Assess pipe and valve criticality to identify vulnerabilities in your system.

Transient Simulation and Analysis
• Manage Transients: Use advanced water hammer and hydraulic analysis to manage and mitigate transient risks effectively.

Hydraulic Modeling
• Rapid Model Building: Create hydraulic models swiftly by synchronizing data from GIS, CAD files, databases, and spreadsheets. Ensure compatibility with various data formats and sources.

Model Calibration
• Automated Calibration: Utilize AI-powered tools like Darwin® Calibrator for precise model calibration, even during peak loads, component failures, fire flows, and future demand projections.

Design Optimization
• Automated Design Solutions: Employ Darwin Designer to automatically optimize designs for pressure, cost, and rehabilitation strategies based on budget and constraints.

Energy Analysis and Optimization
• Efficient Pump Scheduling: Use Darwin Scheduler to find the most energy-efficient pump schedules and minimize both energy usage and costs. Calculate energy costs and carbon emissions for various scenarios.

OpenFlows Water integrates the functionalities of WaterGEMS, WaterCAD, and HAMMER for comprehensive water distribution management.