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Epanet Vs Watergems
Epanet Vs Watergems
Angela.Suarez@Bentley.com
Application Engineer
Bentley Hydraulics & Hydrology Solutions
EPANET
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Consider these:
1. Ease of use
2. Hydraulic elements
3. CAD, GIS interoperability
4. Model building tools
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1. Ease of use
EPANET
WaterCAD
WaterGEMS
Network Navigator
Export to Google Earth
* Available in the MicroStation platform only
**Available In MicroStation and ArcGIS platforms
Available
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*
Limited
**
Not Available
2. Modeling Elements
EPANET
WaterCAD
WaterGEMS
Reservoir
Tank
Junction
Pipe
PRV, PSV, PBV, FCV, TCV, GPV
Air valves at high points
Hydropneumatic Tanks
Hydrants
Variable Speed Pump
Variable Speed Pump Battery
Available
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Limited
Not Available
Isolation Valves
WaterCAD
WaterGEMS
Database import/export
Convert CAD to pipes
Shapefile import / export
Runs inside of ArcGIS
Runs inside of AutoCAD
Excel import/export
Oracle, SQL import/export
Import/Export EPANET files
* AvailableAvailable
at an additional cost
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Limited
Not Available
WaterCAD
WaterGEMS
SCADA connection
Network Skeletonization
User-defined attributes
Associate external files (photos, videos, etc)
* Available in WaterCAD as an Add-On
Available
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Limited
Not Available
WaterCAD
WaterGEMS
Scenario Management
Automated Fire Flow analysis
Model Calibration (Genetic Algorithms)
Pump scheduling
**
* Available in
WaterCAD as an Add-On
Limited
Available
** Use same WaterCAD/WaterGEMS file in Bentley HAMMER
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Not Available
Leakage detection
WaterCAD
WaterGEMS
Available
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Limited
Not Available