EPANET
Gov-PublicVerified
The public-domain standard for water distribution modelling — hydraulics and water quality in pressurised networks.
Water Distribution & QualityActiveEPANETWater Distribution Modelling
QGISRed
ActiveA QGIS plugin that turns the free GIS into a water-network modelling environment for EPANET.
by ITA, Universitat Politècnica de València
- Pricing
- Open Source
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Commercial use
- Permitted
- Ecosystem
- QGIS, EPANET
- Platform
- Windows, macOS, Linux
Install
QGIS → Plugins → Manage and Install Plugins → "QGISRed"About QGISRed
QGISRed, from the ITA group at Universitat Politècnica de València, brings distribution-network model building into QGIS: digitise or import networks, manage elevations from DEMs, assign demands, detect topology errors, run EPANET simulations and visualise results — with the model stored as GIS layers throughout.
For small utilities and consultancies that already work in QGIS, it assembles a genuinely free modelling stack (QGIS + QGISRed + EPANET) that covers a surprising share of what commercial GIS-integrated packages charge for.
Where it fits in the workflow
TerrainCatchmentRainfallRunoffRoutingHydraulicsMappingReporting
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