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EPANET

SoftwareThatModelstheHydraulicandWater
QualityBehaviorofWaterDistributionPiping
Systems
Description
Capabilities
Applications
ProgrammersToolkit
MultiSpeciesExtension
Support
Downloads
TechnicalContact

Description

EPANETissoftwarethatmodelswaterdistributionpipingsystems.EPANETis
publicdomainsoftwarethatmaybefreelycopiedanddistributed.ItisaWindows
95/98/NT/XPprogram.EPANETperformsextendedperiodsimulationofthe
watermovementandqualitybehaviorwithinpressurizedpipenetworks.

Pipenetworksconsistofpipes,nodes(junctions),pumps,valves,andstorage
tanksorreservoirs.EPANETtracks:

theflowofwaterineachpipe,
thepressureateachnode,
theheightofthewaterineachtank,
thetypeofchemicalconcentrationthroughoutthenetworkduringa
simulationperiod,
waterage,
source,and
tracing.

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Capabilities

EPANET'sWindowsuserinterfaceprovidesavisualnetworkeditorthat
simplifiestheprocessofbuildingpipingnetworkmodelsandeditingtheir
propertiesanddata.EPANETprovidesanintegratedcomputerenvironmentfor
editinginputdata.Variousdatareportingandvisualizationtoolsareusedtoassist
ininterpretingtheresultsofanetworkanalysis.Theseinclude

colorcodednetworkmaps,
datatables,
energyusage,
reaction,
calibration,
timeseriesgraphs,
profileplots,
contourplots.

EPANETprovidesafullyequipped,extendedperiodhydraulicanalysispackage
thatcan:

Simulatesystemsofanysize
ComputefrictionheadlossusingtheHazenWilliams,theDarcyWeisbach,
ortheChezyManningformula
Includeminorheadlossesforbends,fittings,etc.
Modelconstantorvariablespeedpumps
Computepumpingenergyandcost
Modelvarioustypesofvalves,includingshutoff,check,pressure
regulating,andflowcontrol
Accountforanyshapestoragetanks(i.e.,surfaceareacanvarywithheight)
Considermultipledemandcategoriesatnodes,eachwithitsownpatternof
timevariation
Modelpressuredependentflowissuingfromsprinklerheads
Basesystemoperationonsimpletanklevel,timercontrolsorcomplexrule
basedcontrols

Inaddition,EPANET'swaterqualityanalyzercan:

Modelthemovementofanonreactivetracermaterialthroughthenetwork
overtime
Modelthemovementandfateofareactivematerialasitgrows(e.g.,a
disinfectionbyproduct)ordecays(e.g.,chlorineresidual)overtime
Modeltheageofwaterthroughoutanetwork
Trackthepercentofflowfromagivennodereachingallothernodesover
time
Modelreactionsbothinthebulkflowandatthepipewall
Allowgrowthordecayreactionstoproceeduptoalimitingconcentration
Employglobalreactionratecoefficientsthatcanbemodifiedonapipeby
pipebasis
Allowfortimevaryingconcentrationormassinputsatanylocationinthe
network
Modelstoragetanksasbeingcompletemix,plugflow,ortwocompartment
reactors

Applications

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EPANEThelpswaterutilitiesmaintainandimprovethequalityofwaterdelivered
toconsumers.Itcanbeusedto:

designsamplingprograms,
studydisinfectantlossandbyproductformations,
conductconsumerexposureassessments,
evaluatealternativestrategiesforimprovingwaterquality,suchasaltering
sourceusewithinmultisourcesystems,
modifypumpingandtankfilling/emptyingschedulestoreducewaterage,
useboosterdisinfectionstationsatkeylocationstomaintaintarget
residuals,and
planandimproveasystem'shydraulicperformance,
assistwithpipe,pump,andvalveplacementandsizing,
energyminimization,
fireflowanalysis,
vulnerabilitystudies,and
operatortraining.

Programmer'sToolkit
TheEPANETProgrammer'sToolkitisadynamiclinklibrary(DLL)offunctions
thatallowdeveloperstocustomizeEPANETtotheirownneeds.Thefunctions
canbeincorporatedinto32bitWindowsapplicationswrittenin

C/C++,
Delphi,
Pascal,
VisualBasic,or
anyotherlanguagethatcancallfunctionswithinaWindowsDLL.

Thereareover50functionsthatcanbeusedto:

openanetworkdescriptionfile,
readandmodifyvariousnetworkdesignandoperatingparameters,
runmultipleextendedperiodsimulationsaccessingresultsastheyare
generatedorsavingthemtofile,and
writeselectedresultstoafileinauserspecifiedformat.

Thetoolkitisusefulfordevelopingspecializedapplications,suchasoptimization
orautomatedcalibrationmodelsthatrequirerunningmanynetworkanalyses.It
cansimplifyaddinganalysiscapabilitiestointegratednetworkmodeling
environmentsbasedoncomputeraideddesign(CAD),geographicalinformation
system(GIS),anddatabasepackages.

AWindowsHelpfileisavailabletoexplainhowtousethevarioustoolkit
functions.Itofferssomesimpleprogrammingexamples.Thetoolkitalsoincludes
severaldifferentheaderfiles,functiondefinitionfiles,and.libfilesthatsimplify
thetaskofinterfacingitwithcode.

MultiSpeciesExtension

EPANETMSX(MultiSpecieseXtension)enablesEPANETtomodelcomplex
reactionschemesbetweenmultiplechemicalandbiologicalspeciesinboththe
bulkflowandatthepipewall.Thiscapabilityhasbeenincludedintobotha

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standaloneexecutableprogramaswellasatoolkitlibraryoffunctionsthat
programmerscanusetobuildcustomizedapplications.

EPANETMSXrequiresanewinputfilethattheuserspecifiesthemathematical
expressionsthatgovernthereactiondynamicsofthesystembeingstudied.This
allowsuserstheflexibilitytomodelawiderangeofchemicalreactionsof
interest.Examplesinclude:

theautodecompositionofchloraminestoammonia,
theformationofdisinfectionbyproducts,
biologicalregrowthincludingnitrificationdynamics,
combinedreactionrateconstantsinmultisourcesystems,and
masstransferlimitedoxidationpipewalladsorptionreactions.

EPANETMSXisdistributedinacompressedzipfilethatcontainsacommand
lineexecutable,severallibrariesoffunctions,andaUsersManual.The
executablecanbeusedtorunwaterqualityanalyseswithoutanyadditional
programmingeffort.Thefunctionlibrarycanbeusedinconjunctionwiththe
EPANETProgrammersToolkittodevelopcustomizedapplications.Atthispoint
intime,thesoftwarehasnotbeenintegratedintoaWindowsinterface.

Support
ThereisnoformaltechnicalsupportforEPANET.AnEPANETUsersListserv,
establishedbytheUniversityofGuelphinCanada,allowssubscriberstoask
questionsandexchangeinformation.Tosubscribe,sendanemail
(listserv@listserv.uoguelph.ca)totheUniversityofGuelphinthebodyofthee
mail,includethewordssubscribeepanetusersfollowedbyyourname.

Downloads

ThefollowingEPANETfilesmaybefreelydownloaded,copied,anddistributed.

Date FileDescription

3/5/08 SelfextractinginstallationprogramforEPANET2.00.12(EXE) (2MB)(1.5MB)

EPANET2UsersManual(PDF)
9/11/00
(200pp,1MB,SeeEPAsAboutPDFpagetolearnmore.)

3/20/08 EPANET2ProgrammersToolkitfiles(ZIP) (253K) (247KB)

5/27/08 EPANET2sourcecodefiles(ZIP) (566K)(553K)

2/25/08 EPANET2Updates (22K)(22K)

5/7/08 MultiSpeciesExtension

TechnicalContact
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