ABOUT BENTLEY SYSTEMS
With OpenFlows Work Suite, you can confidently plan, design, and operate water systems of any complexity. OpenFlows technologies combine real-time intelligence with spatial analytics, delivering visibility and insights to ensure optimal real-world outcomes. Make well-informed decisions in every part of the asset lifecycle: Master planning, Capital planning, Detailed design, Real-time monitoring and prediction, Emergency response, Maintenance planning. Apply OpenFlows solutions to a wide array of water-related processes, including water distribution and analysis, sanitary and combined sewer management, and flood risk assessment and mitigation.
One of our most popular products is OpenFlows WaterGEMS, our water modeling solution. OpenFlows WaterGEMS provides you with a comprehensive and easy-to-use decision-support tool for water distribution networks. The software helps improve your knowledge of how infrastructure behaves as a system, how it reacts to operational strategies, and how it should grow as population and demands increase.
From fire flow and water quality simulations, to criticality and energy cost analysis, OpenFlows WaterGEMS has everything you need in a flexible multiplatform environment.
OpenFlows WaterGEMS provides numerous software capabilities for:
Intelligent planning for system reliability: The capability of the water network to adequately serve its customers must be evaluated whenever system growth is anticipated. With OpenFlows WaterGEMS, effectively identify potential problem areas, accommodate service area growth, and plan capital improvements.
Optimized operations for system efficiency: Realistically modeling the operation of complex water systems can be difficult. With OpenFlows WaterGEMS, model pumps accurately, optimize pumping strategies, and plan shutdowns and routine operations to minimize disruption.
Reliable asset renewal decision support for system sustainability: When it comes time to renew or replace your water infrastructure, the amount of asset-related information you must consider can be overwhelming. OpenFlows WaterGEMS capabilities such as Pipe Renewal Planner makes the task much easier by analyzing and comparing a wide range of variables to prioritize renewal decisions.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Bentley Systems
685 Stockton Drive
Exton, PA 19341
UNITED STATES
CASE STUDIES
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The water system for Guwahati, the largest city in the northeastern region of India, was originally built to harness the Brahmaputra River with a gravity-based distribution system. Unregulated development led to water supply problems, as well as high water pressure in 60% of the system. To improve water distribution and the quality of life for residents, NJS Engineers India was tasked with constructing or upgrading water infrastructure throughout the city, including 36 kilometers of transmission mains, 1,155 kilometers of distribution pipes, 1.42 million service connections, a treatment plant, pumping stations, and other infrastructure. Due to the size of the project, NJS needed to combine design, construction management, and hydraulic models into a single platform.
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Situated on the banks of the Brahmaputra River, Dibrugarh is a major city in Assam, India, and an emerging industrial, educational, and health care center in the region. Despite its riverside location, the town has no centralized potable water supply facility for the 25,391 households, home to 167,733 people. Given the unreliable, inequitable water supply and highly compromised water quality, the government initiated a water infrastructure project to ensure adequate distribution and 24x7 access to clean drinking water. The USD 25 million initiative includes engineering, procurement, and construction of a 220-kilometer integrated water network. DTK Hydronet was hired as the engineering consultant and faced coordination and engineering challenges while working with the contractor and utility, as well as addressing non-revenue water (NRW) concerns.
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Within the São Paulo metropolitan area, the city of Diadema in Brazil comprises 400,000 residents. Supplying water to 28.8 million people and treating and collecting sewage for 23.2 million people, Sabesp – Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo provides water and collects and treats sewage for 366 cities in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
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Bentley’s water solutions helped build a unified management program to access data in the field, producing operation gains of 25%.
ARTICLES AND AUDIO
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Water distribution systems supply communities with the vital service of water. Composed of pipes, pumps, valves, and reservoirs, these systems are designed to deliver water at adequate pressures and volume, meeting comprehensive quality standards.
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Trying to describe how Bentley’s OpenFlows WaterGEMS (and OpenFlows WaterCAD®) can help a water system engineer or operator can be difficult. Users need to think of the software not as tool, but rather a toolbox comprised of advanced hydraulic analysis capabilities. Depending on the problem you need to solve, it could be deployed as a means to size pipes, select pumps, identify pressure zone or district meter area (DMA) boundaries, predict chlorine residuals, or plan flushing operations.
DATASHEETS
- HAMMER® CONNECT Edition Transient Analysis And Modeling
- OpenFlows™ PondPack® Detention Pond Design And Urban Hydrology Modeling
- OpenFlows™ StormCAD® Storm Sewer Design And Modeling
- OpenFlows™ SewerGEMS® Urban Sanitary And Combined Sewer Modeling
- OpenFlows™ CivilStorm® Comprehensive Stormwater Modeling And Analysis
- OpenFlows™ FLOOD™ Complete Flood Modeling Software For Flood Risk Assessment And Resilience
- OpenFlows™ WaterCAD® Water Distribution Modeling And Management
- OpenFlows™ CulvertMaster® Culvert Hydraulic Analysis And Design
- OpenFlows™ FlowMaster®: Hydraulic Calculator For Open Channels, Pipes, Weirs, Inlets, And Orifices
- OpenFlows™ WaterGEMS® Water Distribution Modeling And Management Datasheet
- OpenFlows™ WaterGEMS® Datasheet
NEWS
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Unlock Hidden Savings: A Guide For Growing Water Utilities8/25/2021
Water distribution systems supply communities with the vital service of water. Composed of pipes, pumps, valves, and reservoirs, these systems are designed to deliver water at adequate pressures and volume, meeting comprehensive quality standards.