Water and wastewater do a very good job preparing for what I’ll call “routine emergencies”—pipe breaks, short-term power outages, sewer blockages, pump mechanical failures, etc. There are standard operating procedures and frequent drills in well-run operations to make sure we can deal with such conditions. But what about the big emergencies? The ones that never happen until they do. We’ve had a taste of this with Covid, and the folks in Texas received an even stronger dose during last winter’s big freeze.

Beyond these advantages of the software, OpenFlows SewerGEMS also integrates seamlessly with the most popular CAD and GIS platforms (MicroStation, ArcGIS Pro, ArcMap, and AutoCAD). You choose whether you want to run OpenFlows SewerGEMS as a standalone platform or run it within the other platforms.

This robust solution provides engineers and sanitary network designers to reduce time and error in their projects. OpenFlows SewerGEMS combines constraint-based design routines, advanced scenario management with an easy-to-use user graphic interface, as well as easy-to-build and easy-to-maintain tools. It allows you to keep your hydraulic model accurate and up to date, saving time and effort in your critical decision-making processes.

An OpenFlows HAMMER model can help identify where and how the pressure drops can occur and help design the needed control measures. Centrifugal pumps are great at pushing water through a pipe. They aren’t as proficient at sucking water through a pipe. As a pump pulls water into its impeller, it lowers the pressure.