Introducing demand area analysis

Step-by-step Guide

Modeling the spatial and temporal characteristics of demand for water is one of the most important aspects of representing water supply systems.

A demand area is defined by seed nodes and boundary conditions. Demand Area Analysis is used to calculate essential information for each Demand Area.

IMPORTANT: Recorded field data, known as live data, is needed to perform a demand area analysis. The live flow data is utilized to perform a flow balance on areas of the network to determine the unprofiled demand. Inflow and outflow live data needs to be populated in the Live Data Configuration, and the live data points must be linked to the relevant network objects.

Other requirements for demand area analysis:

Before performing a demand area analysis in InfoWorks WS Pro, the following must be done:

The Demand Area Grid View is used to generate demand areas and to view and edit data for each one.

The results of demand area analysis can be copied to network objects to streamline mapping and provide users with more robust information on a model.