CapPlan Water is a complete decision support, asset management, and capital planning tool for drinking water systems. Utilizing Mircosoft .NET and ESRI ArcObjects component technologies, CapPlan Water seamlessly integrates GIS information, hydraulic and water quality modeling, CMMS, and other related information to help prioritize rehabilitation and replacement of drinking water pipelines.
Underground infrastructure is rapidly deteriorating and many utilities struggle with developing a rehabilitation and replacement program that addresses the most critical pipes in the system. Many capital improvement programs spend millions of dollars annually, but unfortunately do little to lower total system risk. CapPlan Water gives utilities the tools in one off-the-shelf software package to build or refine their capital improvement plans to ensure maximum benefit for the least cost.
Average main break rate of 21-25 breaks per 100 miles of pipe per year
About 237,600 water main breaks occur every year |
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The need to replace aging transmission and distribution components is a critical part of any drinking water system’s capital improvement plan (US: span 1 billion miles) -- Total United States 20-year needs $150.9 billion |
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Annual replacement for transmission lines and distribution mains |
~ 4,400 miles of pipe are replaced each year
~ 13,200 miles of new pipe are installed each year
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Consequence of Failure
With CapPlan Water, each pipe in your system is evaluated to determine the consequence of its failure.
Criteria can include:
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Flow (Demand) Supplied |
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Water Quality Delivered |
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Population Density Served |
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Critical Facilities Served |
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Outage/Isolation Analysis |
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Reduced Fire Fighting Capabilities |
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Adjacent Damage Repair Costs |
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Traffic Interruptions |
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Probability of Failure
The likelihood of a pipe's failure can also be calculated by incorporating the combination of many factors:
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Hydraulic condition |
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Age |
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Material |
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Diameter |
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Soil Characteristics |
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Seismic Faults |
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Railroad Intersections |
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Traffic loading |
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Break defect history |
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Hydraulic transients |
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Joint types |
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Risk of Failure
The actual risk of failure is a combination of the consequence and probability of failure. CapPlan Water gives you three methods to calculate the risk
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Standard Linear Normalization (COF X POF) |
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Bi-Directional Distribution. This method allows you to build a matrix based on your choice of scoring systems. |
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Consequence Scores |
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Probability Scores |
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NLS1 |
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R12 |
R13 |
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R23 |
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NLS3 |
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R33 |
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NLSi |
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Rij |
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Multi-criterion classification. When advanced data sets are available it is possible to draw risk conclusions based on a cohort analysis. This multi-criterion classification allows you to apply these risk methods to the entire system. |
With a calculated risk for each pipe in the system, CapPlan Water can build your rehabilitation plan. CapPlan Water analyses the material and age of each pipe in the system and lets you customize the methodology and cost variables for how those pipes should be repaired or replaced. Armed with costs and total system risk, different capital planning scenarios can be presented that show levels of spending versus overall reduction in system risk.
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