| InfoWater VCM offers an automated
procedure for assessing the hydraulic impact of
unplanned valve operations on customer levels of
service. In order to minimize the effect on customers,
water utilities need to ensure that key valves are
operable when required. The criticality of key valves
depends on the consequences if the valve fails to
shut and the utility is forced to operate additional
valves further into the network.
A critical valve is one that may only affect
a small section of the network if it closes, but
would impact a much wider area if it could not
be shut. The impact is measured in terms of additional
customers disconnected or experiencing unacceptable
levels of service (i.e., pressure).
InfoWater VCM assesses valve criticality
in terms of the total customers and types of customers
affected by the failure of an individual valve
to operate when required. Customers may be affected
by disconnection, low pressure or loss of supply.
InfoWater VCM provides extensive output
options for listing, viewing and evaluating the
results of a Valve Criticality Modeling run. You
can view, search and sort results from multiple
assessments, in order to identify the most critical
valves. Affected elements can be color-coded in
Map Display to assist in understanding the impact
of valve closures and identifying areas of the
water distribution system that will suffer from
unacceptable levels of service.
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