Part of the Hydraulics and Hydrology Video Series (more info)
Sometimes you may have a need to quickly simulate what happens in your water system if a pipe break were to occur at a certain location. The request may come from an Operator who does not have experience with WaterCAD or WaterGEMS. Did you know that the SCADAConnect tool can be used to do this quickly and easily? To learn more, watch this short video and check out the other resources at the bottom. The video covers the following:
- Computing a Pipe Break event in SCADAConnect Simulator
- Viewing the effect on pressure after the break
- Using Alerts, Queries and the External Customer Meter tool to locate affected customers.
Applicable products/versions:
- WaterCAD and WaterGEMS: V8i SELECTseries 5 and higher (08.11.05.61+)
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Douglas Miranda
Application Engineer
Bentley Systems, Inc.
See Also
Improved hydraulic modeling of customers and their water demands
Customer Meter Elements and the External Customer Meter Data Manager