Aging infrastructure combined with limited funding and tightening regulations are causing great stress on water networks. Water assets are considered critical based on their likelihood and consequence of failure. The consequence of a critical pipe failure could lead to outages, severely disrupting daily activities and access to drinking water—in addition to the financial implications associated with property damage, road closures, and manufacturing disruptions. The path toward mitigating such risk starts with hydraulic modeling in conjunction with sound asset-management practices built into Info360 Asset software. In this session, we'll showcase InfoWorks WS Pro software's critical link analysis to automate criticality simulations, where areas of the network are isolated, and the corresponding level of service impacts are reported. Next, we'll make this data available in Info360 Asset to perform risk analysis, develop rehabilitation decision trees, and ultimately prioritize capital spending.

The development level of hydraulic modeling applications enables their use in various everyday situations in the water industry throughout the entire lifecycle of assets, not only in the design and specification stages. The development of information flows in each phase of asset life enables integration and interoperability between design applications (Civil 3D or InfraWorks software), geographic information systems (ArcGIS), and hydraulic modeling software (InfoWorks WS PRO software). This new dynamic enhances the use of these tools together, extracting the best result as quickly and accurately as possible, both in the design phase and also during operations and maintenance. In this session, we'll go through studies of network pathways, sizing, depth, clash detection, documentation, calibration, operational rules, and more, using the best application for each step with the smoothest interoperability.

The water industry is undergoing a state of rapid change as it faces a $1 trillion global risk of damaging flooding and water shortages that could impact 5 billion people by 2050. It's estimated that 60% of global water utilities will be forced to undergo digital transformation of their infrastructure to adapt to growing risks and meet sustainability demands. Join the Autodesk water team as we explore how digital transformation is reshaping the way the world manages water and water infrastructure. Through the lens of Autodesk's desktop hydraulic modeling products—InfoWorks ICM, InfoDrainage, InfoWater Pro, and InfoWorks WS Pro—we'll explore practical examples of how rapidly advancing digital technology is helping transform the workflows of industry stakeholders, including utilities, consultants, engineers, water modelers, and others.