Update: following a comment by Joaquim Sousa, one of the developers of WaterNetGen, I have updated the post since it seems I made a mistake and didn’t use the right settings for the SA method – sorry. A few months ago, researchers from Coimbra (Portugal) released the WaterNetGen program. WaterNetGen is a free EPANet extension to automatically [...]
WaterNetGen – EPANET extension – pipe sizing
Update: following a comment by Joaquim Sousa, one of the developers of WaterNetGen, I have updated the post since it seems I made a mistake and didn’t use the right settings for the SA method – sorry. A few months ago, researchers from Coimbra (Portugal) released the WaterNetGen program. WaterNetGen is a free EPANet extension to automatically [...]
How to open EPANet’s help file in Windows 7
I get this question from time to time from people who are unable to open the EPANet help file in Windows 7. Actually, the help file may not open also on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2008 R2. The error message some people see is some variation of the following: The Help for [...]
WaterNetGen – EPANET extension – pipe sizing
Update: following a comment by Joaquim Sousa, one of the developers of WaterNetGen, I have updated the post since it seems I made a mistake and didn’t use the right settings for the SA method – sorry. A few months ago, researchers from Coimbra (Portugal) released the WaterNetGen program. WaterNetGen is a free EPANet extension to automatically [...]
EPANet Plus – improved map export to DXF
Baoyu Zhuang added a few functions to the EPANet GUI to allow more options while exporting a map to the DXF format. The USEPA version of EPANet allows the user to export a map to DXF using the File->Export->Map form: This export function will save a DXF file containing the nodes and links of the [...]
HYDROFLO 2.1 – Piping System Design Software
In February 2005 I wrote about the beta version of HYDROFLO. Since then the program has matured into a commercial product. From HYDROFLO web site: HYDROFLO is a software tool that assists piping system designers in the modeling and analysis of single source/single discharge, re-circulating and gravity flow piping systems. These systems are commonly found in industrial process, [...]
GeoAdvice Model Comparator
When working with hydraulic models, especially of large networks, the user often face a problem when he wants to compare two versions on the model to see what changes were made. The GeoAdvice Model Comparator by GEOAdviceֲ aims to assist in this task.The program is an Excel Addon (requires Excel 2007) and currently can compare models [...]
Book: Water Resources Systems Planning and Management
This new book by Daniel P. Loucks and Eelco van Beek (UNESCO PUBLISHING) will be out soon at your near by store. In the meanwhile it can be downloaded free from Delft Hydraulics ftp. The size of the file is about 400MB so before you go ahead with the download, look at this file here [...]
Comprehensive Handbook on Water Quality Analysis for Distribution Systems
New book from MWH Soft: Comprehensive Handbook on Water Quality Analysis for Distribution Systems By Kevin E. Lansey and Paul F. Boulos. Safe drinking water is essential to life. While effective water treatment is imperative, the distribution system itself represents the final barrier in safeguarding water quality and plays a critical role in protecting a [...]
EDS Challenge: Overview and Some Preliminary Results
I have been participating in the EPA’s Event Detection System Challenge (see phase II) held last year with a tool I developed named optiEDS. During the Water Security Congress earlier this month in Nashville, Katie Umberg of the EPA presented the preliminary results of the challenge. Due to some restrictions and issues the five tools which participated [...]
Event detection system – optiEDS
optiEDS – online, real time, event detection system for water networks. Coming soon…
