Thank you to the recent Los Angeles County Hydraulic Model User Group (LACHMUG) attendees, as well as those that considered but could not make it... With the City of Arcadia hosting, esri and Glendale Water & Power (GWP) delivered content-rich presentations to the group on topics including latest applications of ArcGIS V10 for water/wastewater utilities and hydraulic model applications to maximize system storage while increasing fire flows and prioritizing (and saving) CIP dollars.

Join IDModeling, CDM, and Black & Veatch during the 3/10 AWWA webcast which will illustrate how GIS, AMR, and SCADA systems can enhance the value of hydraulic models.

http://www.awwa.org/Conferences/WebcastsDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=53352&showLogin=N

It’s been impressive to me the extent to which the hydraulic model can serve as a guide to evolve a utility’s departmental data layers.  The benefits almost come ancillary throughout the hydraulic model project, without a full appreciation for what typically just happened.

http://www.bentley.com/BentleyWebSite/Tools/library.aspx?id=MvgJZCum

Utilities invest a significant amount on developing, calibrating, and maintaining a model; however, many utilities either are not using their model or are using only a fraction of its capabilities.  Locate the feature list of your hydraulic modeling software vendor, and tick off the features that you use.  What percentage of the software tool are you making use of?  5%?

real-time operations management software 
Wonderware - http://global.wonderware.com/EN/Pages/default.aspx

Source: www.dhigroup.com

Taken from the above website:  "It is a software module that joins the EPANET hydraulic modelling package with the SCADA system, allowing the operator to realize optimal performance of the hydraulic, water quality, and economic analysis of the water supply and water distribution system.