For nearly three decades, has been the gold standard for hydraulic and water quality modeling. Developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this public-domain software has saved billions of dollars in infrastructure planning and helped ensure safe drinking water for millions.
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EPANET Plus: The Next Generation of Water Distribution Modeling
Several software vendors have built proprietary "Plus" environments around the EPANET engine to cater to specific utility needs. Notable examples include:
developed by WaterFutures. It is a modern merge of the standard EPANET and the Multi-Species Extension (EPANET-MSX), designed to streamline complex water distribution modeling for researchers and engineers.
EPANET Plus introduces advanced modeling rules that were previously impossible or required workarounds. These often include:
Rules can incorporate hysteresis, delays, and logical operators (AND/OR). This enables realistic emulation of SCADA-driven operations.