Automating Workflow in Online Water Network Analysis

Analysing water networks online should not be constrained to classic hydraulic simulations. Including other processes can give a much better global view of what is happening in the network. Water quality modelling [1], event detection [2] or online source identification [3], for example, are some of the processes that can be considered as part of a global water network analysis. In the context of this paper, the online analysis is understood as getting the most of the water network current state based on the information available from it.The work presented describes a system aimed to support the coordination of different processes working on the online analysis of water networks. Several aspects of Petri nets [4] are used for modelling the interaction among the processes. The system is described from a software engineering perspective but the application is focused on the benefits for running online water distribution system analysis.