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News Release from: Bentley Systems | Subject: WaterCAD
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 September 2006
MJP uses WaterCAD for Mumbai flood
recovery
Study of water works interlinking in Mumbai metropolitan area made possible with WaterCAD's ease of use and model management tools
In July 2005, Mumbai was struck by unprecedented flooding that caused widespread damage throughout the world's most populous city All 14 water supply systems serving the City were severely impacted, extensively disrupting the potable water supply serving 32 million people
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 19 Sep 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The major challenge was to restore water supply by diverting water from one system to another.
This was achieved using WaterCAD and the Darwin modules.
"A quick diagnosis of the damage to find solutions to recover water supply to Mumbai was our main priority".
"WaterCAD and the Darwin modules helped us carrying out the disaster mitigation plan saving us about one year of design work", said Sanjay Dahasahasra, Chief Engineer at Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran (MJP), the water and sewer utility serving the Maharashtra state in India.
The first task consisted in building and calibrating a water model of the entire system.
Using WaterCAD's polyline-to-pipe feature and database connections, the hydraulic model was quickly built from AutoCAD maps of the Mumbai metropolitan region and related databases.
The model was then automatically calibrated to field pressures and flows, using the Darwin Calibrator module.
In order to restore water supply to these areas, MJP engineers analysed several topology scenarios to consider interconnection design alternatives, and design valve operation strategies to divert water from one source to another.
WaterCAD's Scenario Management centre was particularly helpful to easily identify failure in the affected areas, and quickly propose operational solutions. Request a free brochure from Bentley Systems ...
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