Water and wastewater asset management

Wallingford Software has released version 3.5 of InfoNet, an asset and data management system for the water industry which covers water supply, water distribution, wastewater collection, sewers and stormwater networks. InfoNet enables users to store, validate, review, clean, edit, analyse and report on all their infrastructure asset data held in a single database, to improve both planning and operational decision making.

In water distribution networks, it is often necessary to identify which valves need to be closed in order to isolate specific pipes or sub-sections of the network. A tool in InfoNet v3.5 undertakes this automatically, tracing outwards from the selected pipe or pipes until a valve node or the ends of the network are reached. The feature also enables operational groups to create contact lists for customers affected by planned or emergency procedures.

CCTV surveys are stored within the InfoNet database so that a simple click on a specific pipe within a network diagram will immediately display the relevant CCTV clips. New functions within InfoNet v3.5 improve the ease of use of CCTV clips to identify the precise position of defects in the network, and supporting decision making to address the problems.

Incident objects are a new type of network object in version 3.5, available for both collection and distribution networks. Incident objects, designed to track through the cycle that follows the report of an incident, enable users to manage all the phases from the incident being reported through the creation of work packages, recording of work performed and the re-survey to confirm asset condition. Throughout the process a record of the asset availability is maintained, the location and safety of work crews may be tracked and the planning of asset inspection routes can be refined.