Innovyze Releases CapPlan Water Generation V4
Advanced Business Analytics Tool Offers Water Utility Owner-Operators Unparalleled Risk-Based Capital and Asset Planning Capabilities
Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for wet infrastructure, recently announced the worldwide availability of the V4.0 generation of CapPlan Water, once again raising the bar for advanced business analytics solutions for water supply and distribution systems. Running on Innovyze's industry-leading GIS-centric InfoWater package, the newest release is specifically designed to address user feedback by incorporating valuable capabilities that further optimize the replacement and rehabilitation of water main processes. The result is improved asset and capital planning and system capacity, reliability and performance.
CapPlan Water changes the way water utilities plan the relative phasing of system improvements by allowing them to assess and score both the probability and consequence of failure for each asset and identify the worst-performing ones. Assets that affect system operation will normally rate (score) high on the consequence scale, while assets in poor condition will have a high probability (score) of failure.
Probability of failure is based on the pipe's physical condition (e.g., structural integrity, year of installation, material, roughness factor, leakage/break/defect history) and location (e.g., proximity to a seismic fault or construction zone) as well as its hydraulic performance characteristics (e.g., head loss, pressure, velocity) under various constraints. Consequence of failure draws on data such as water outages (schools, hospitals, critical care facilities); low- and no-water conditions; reduced fire protection capabilities; flooding, including structural damage and impacts of chlorinated water in natural waterways; degradation of water quality; and other factors. Failure calculations can also be based on any GIS field using virtually any mathematical function, giving utilities the mission-critical ability to directly apply any custom-developed methodology to their capital planning processes.
In addition to refinements throughout, the latest release now includes both outage/isolation and fire flow criticality analyses as well as level of service calculations. These important criticality parameters can be assessed based on any modeling scenarios, helping utilities further improve the reliability, integrity and sustainability of their systems.
CapPlan Water calculates the risk of each asset linearly (consequence score multiplied by probability score), using either a bi-directional distribution matrix or a more complex multi-criterion classification. This choice of calculation methods gives the utility unprecedented flexibility in defining risk based on virtually any combination of supporting data. The greatest attention can then be given to water mains at highest risk (i.e., worst performing). Through this ranking process, water utilities can create fully prioritized short- and long-term water main rehabilitation, replacement, maintenance and management plans and develop sound, cost-effective capital programs to support them.
The program's intuitive interface; easy-to-use functionality; and rich analytical, graphing and reporting capabilities save utilities considerable resources. With minimal effort, users can quickly pinpoint assets at the greatest risk of hydraulic and water quality deficiencies or structural failure, identify the best possible improvement alternatives for optimal system performance, prioritize improvements based on available budget, and realize significant cost savings. Among its many benefits, CapPlan Water can greatly assist water utility owner-operators in ensuring a sustainable water service that will maximize the useful lives of assets, be financially self-supporting, and protect public health and the environment.
"Strategic asset management has become an imperative in today's economy, and Innovyze has been an industry leader in business analytics applications since its founding," said Paul F. Boulos, Ph.D., Hon.D.WRE, F.ASCE, President and Chief Operating Officer of Innovyze. "The new generation of CapPlan Water will create a significant competitive advantage for water utility owner-operators worldwide, making it easier and faster for them to strengthen and optimize their hydraulic infrastructures and keep them operating efficiently well into the future. CapPlan Water will continue to influence water asset management for years to come."
Pricing and Availability
Upgrade to CapPlan Water V4.0 is now available worldwide by subscription. Subscription members can immediately download the new version free of charge directly from www.innovyze.com. The Innovyze Subscription Program is a friendly customer support and software maintenance program that ensures the longevity and usefulness of Innovyze products. It gives subscribers instant access to new functionality as it is developed, along with automatic software updates and upgrades.
About Innovyze
Innovyze is a leading global provider of wet infrastructure business analytics software solutions designed to meet the technological needs of water and wastewater utilities, government industries, and engineering organizations worldwide. Its clients include the majority of the largest UK, Australasian, East Asian and North American cities, foremost utilities on all five continents, and ENR top-rated design firms. With unparalleled expertise and offices in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the Innovyze connected portfolio of best-in-class product lines empowers thousands of engineers to competitively plan, manage, design, protect, operate and sustain highly efficient and reliable infrastructure systems, and provides an enduring platform for customer success. For more information, visit www.innovyze.com.
SOURCE: Innovyze