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Project
Hydraulic Model Integration Project Organization

Organization
Municipality of Chatham-Kent

BE Awards category
Utilities

Project objectives
To generate a valid and functional water distribution model, while taking advantage of data in the existing AM/FM system.

Fast facts

WaterObjects technology allows users to customize model software to meet specific needs. WaterObjects provides
programmatic access to the features of the modeling software, enabling end users and third-party developers
to build, access, and modify model databases to suit application-specific needs.

Skeletonization is the process of reducing network modeling information in order to to maximize the efficiency, speed, and manageability of the water distribution model.

Skelebrator module of WaterCAD automates the
skeletonization process.

Bentley products used

  • WaterCAD
  • Skelebrator
  • Water Objects
  • MicroStation

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent has a population of 110,000 and is located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.

Chatham-Kent occupies a geographic area of approximately 2,500 square kilometers. In 1998, thirteen communities amalgamated and, in 2001, a project was implemented for all water/wastewater utilities in an Intergraph FRAMME environment.

To take advantage of the existing AM/FM system, a cost effective integrated approach was needed to solve the municipality’s various hydraulic water network modeling needs. "By leveraging the existing AM/FM data and integrating it into WaterCAD, the municipality of Chatham-Kent has an up to-date functional WaterCAD model which will enable its engineering department to better face the challenges of water system design and analysis to meet future business needs" says Linda Pepper from the AM/FM Department of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.
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