InfoWater Pro

Autodesk InfoWater Pro

Advanced Hydraulic Modeling for Water Distribution Systems

Autodesk InfoWater Pro is a powerful and comprehensive hydraulic modeling solution specifically designed for the analysis, planning, design, and operation of municipal water distribution systems. Built natively within Esri ArcGIS Pro, InfoWater Pro leverages cutting-edge geospatial analysis and visualization tools, providing water engineers and utility professionals with an intuitive and robust platform to manage complex water networks effectively.

Autodesk InfoWater Pro empowers water professionals to:

Integrate with GIS for Seamless Modeling: Fully utilize existing GIS data with deep integration into ArcGIS Pro. This allows for efficient model building, validation, and updating, ensuring a 1:1 relationship between your GIS data and your hydraulic models, and enabling easy sharing of modeling information via ArcGIS Online.
Perform Comprehensive Hydraulic and Water Quality Analysis: Conduct a wide array of simulations to understand network behavior:
- Steady-State & Extended Period Simulations: Analyze water flow, pressure, and demand dynamics over various timeframes.
- Fire Flow Analysis: Accurately assess and confirm the water system’s capacity to meet fire demands, crucial for public safety and planning.
- Water Quality Analysis: Model the movement of water age, chemical propagation, and multi-species reactions to predict and address water quality issues, and optimize flushing programs.
- Pipe Break & Valve Criticality Analysis: Simulate emergency scenarios like pipe failures or pump outages, and identify critical valves and assets to prioritize maintenance and develop robust contingency plans.
- Pressure Zone Management: Define, delineate, and analyze pressure zones within the network, and generate hydraulic profile diagrams for better system control and management.
- Surge Analysis (Water Hammer): Simulate transient pressure events to identify potential water hammer issues and design effective surge protection measures, preventing pipe damage and system disruptions.
Optimize System Operations and Design:
- Scenario Management: Create and compare multiple “what-if” scenarios to evaluate the impact of infrastructure changes, system expansions, or operational adjustments before implementation.
- Demand Allocation: Accurately calculate and distribute demands across the network, including the ability to utilize meter data for improved model calibration.
- Energy Management: Optimize pumping schedules and policies to reduce operational costs and enhance system efficiency.
- Leakage Modeling: (Newer versions) Model and visualize leakage to identify leak-prone areas and reduce non-revenue water.
Enhance Decision-Making with Robust Visualization and Reporting: Generate detailed text, graphical, and statistical reports. Create clear, color-coded maps and 3D visualizations of simulation results to easily understand system performance and communicate findings to stakeholders.
Support Real-time Operations and Automation: Connect the hydraulic model to SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems via the Live Data Adapter for real-time monitoring, calibration, and operational decision support. Utilize Python scripting for advanced custom analyses and task automation.