EPANET
Gov-PublicVerified
The public-domain standard for water distribution modelling — hydraulics and water quality in pressurised networks.
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InfoWater Pro
ActiveAutodesk's ArcGIS Pro-native distribution modelling — for utilities whose network data lives in Esri.
by Autodesk (Innovyze)
- Pricing
- Commercial
- License
- Proprietary
- Commercial use
- Permitted
- Ecosystem
- ArcGIS Pro
- Platform
- Windows
About InfoWater Pro
InfoWater Pro runs water-distribution modelling directly inside ArcGIS Pro: the model is a geodatabase, editing follows Esri workflows, and simulation (EPANET-derived hydraulics plus water quality, fire flow, criticality and calibration tools) happens without leaving the GIS. For utilities whose asset registry is Esri-native, that eliminates the import-export cycle every other architecture requires.
It competes directly with WaterGEMS; the practical decision usually reduces to your organisation's GIS/CAD standard and existing Autodesk-or-Bentley relationship.
Where it fits in the workflow
TerrainCatchmentRainfallRunoffRoutingHydraulicsMappingReporting
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