AQUIS is a market leading PC program for
modeling and managing of all processes in clean water distribution
systems. AQUIS provides you with a powerful, user-friendly operational
tool that will help you meet regulatory
standards and business objectives.
AQUIS includes the hydraulic, water quality and surge modules as well as
applications for automatic calibration, detection of existing leaks,
detection of new leaks, load forecasting and optimization of operation. The
individual modules are all based on proven technology.
AQUIS is fully modularized to ensure ultimate scalability and flexibility.
The platform provides all the tools needed for small, medium and large
utilities.
Figure 1. The AQUIS graphical user interface
Today AQUIS software is used in more than 1500 cities around the world.
Typical hydraulic applications are listed below:
- Calibration of networks.
- Handling of hazardous situations such as the occurrence of major leaks
and pipeline ruptures, outages of production plants or pumping
stations. - Extending and rebuilding networks.
- Optimization of operation.
- Contingency planning.
- Water production cost and evaluation.
- Analysis of dynamic system elements, such as flows and pressures
over
time. - Analysis for leaks.
- Rehabilitation planning and designing.
- Designing new networks or network extensions.
- Pre- and post-project appraisal.
Calibration and network reporting are made easier using the AQUIS features,
which include:
- Global and local hydraulic results.
- Import data capability.
- Comparison of modeled and measured data.
- Export of data to other programs running under Windows, such as Excel.
- Use of AQUIS and Windows data when reporting on calibrated models.
Figure 2. AQUIS hydraulic results Rehabilitation planning and designing are assisted using:
- Global and local plotting options.
- Exportable selection criteria.
- Configuration of specific results data.
From the interface, you can extend network models to AQUIS Model Manager
that updates existing models via new corporate system data such as GIS,
customer billing and so on, or directly in the AQUIS graphical user
interface.
Figure 3. Color coded elements in AQUIS In order to assist you with evaluating how current networks will cope with
extra residential or industrial usage, demands can be globally scaled up or
down, simply by using the demand profile feature. The extreme values feature
allows you to highlight pipelines where simulated hydraulic data such as
pressure, head, consumption or velocity exceed user defined threshold
values.
By using a simulation model, you can optimize network operation without
affecting the customers. Useful features within AQUIS for this purpose
include:
- Dynamic changes of process variables and status of elements can be displayed through color coding.
- Pressure reduction.
- Pump optimization and cost of pump operations using tariffs.
- Hydrant batch flushing.
- Extensive user messages and reports.
- Global or local factorization of demands.