Aquanuity Unveils New Unidirectional Flushing Module for AquaTwin Water Pro

Key Highlights

• Design efficient pipe flushing sequences to restore distribution system hydraulic capacity and enhance water quality.
• Consider target minimum velocity and shear stress criteria.
• Automatically close all boundary valves along pipe alignment.
• Compute minimum flushing time, total flushing volume and pipe length (safety factor), flushing velocity and shear stress, and available flow at the target minimum residual pressure.
• Publish flushing sequence field book that operators and maintenance crews can use in the field.

Aquanuity, Inc., the leader in strategy-led simulation-powered water infrastructure digital twin software, today announced the first quarter 2024 addition of a comprehensive Unidirectional Flushing (UDF) module to AquaTwin Water Pro. The new module extends the core hydraulic and water quality multi-species modeling capabilities of AquaTwin Water Pro with a powerful geocentric solution for creating pipe flushing plans to restore distribution system hydraulic capacity and improve water quality. It further substantiates Aquanuity’s steadfast commitment to delivering value-driven geocentric innovation to its customers.

Unidirectional flushing is a planned, organized, sequential technique that begins from a clean starting point. It involves closing isolation valves to direct flow to the flushing hydrant. This minimizes the spread of sediment to other parts of the system and produces a higher velocity of flow. The new UDF module uses the minimum flushing velocity and shear stress criteria to design the proper sequences of hydrants to open and boundary valves to close for optimal cleaning while maintaining sufficient pressure at critical locations in the system.

“AquaTwin Water Pro continues our strategy of raising the bar and setting new standards in ArcGIS Pro-centric water infrastructure digital twin innovation,” said Paul F. Boulos, Aquanuity Chairman and CEO. “The new UDF module lets water utilities design efficient flushing programs to help them sustain safer, more efficient and reliable drinking water infrastructures and best serve and protect their communities.”

About Aquanuity

Aquanuity is an engineering technology company focused on helping the world’s water infrastructure work better. We blend science and creativity to create cutting-edge innovations that play a critical role in advancing a sustainable future. Our innovative software fundamentally changes the way water utilities and engineering firms can use technology to create and manage safe, efficient, reliable, sustainable, resilient and smarter water infrastructure and build better communities.