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Sacramento Area Sewer District Chooses InfoWorks ICM for Smart Water Network Modeling 

Large California Sewer Utility Looks to Innovyze Solution to Model Its Large, Complex Sewer System

Broomfield, Colorado USA, December 20, 2011 — Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for wet infrastructure, today announced that the Sacramento Area Sewer District (SASD), California, has selected InfoWorks ICM to meet its sewerage modeling requirements. The purchase will give SASD access to the most advanced and comprehensive collection system modeling and management applications in the industry.

SASD provides local sewage collection service to more than one million people in the Sacramento region, including the unincorporated areas of Sacramento County; the cities of Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, and Elk Grove; and portions of the cities of Folsom and Sacramento. It manages 4,300 miles of sewer pipe and 104 pump stations. “Sacramento Area Sewer District is committed to continuous improvement of our system and rigorously monitors our system performance,” says Ligaya Kohagura, P.E., Senior Civil Engineer at SASD. “We have started using InfoWorks ICM within our Capacity Management and System Analysis Group because it provides the best mix of advanced hydraulics combined with cutting edge technology. The InfoWorks ICMsimulation server also means that we can run more modeling iterations as the calculations are farmed out to our data center, freeing up our modeler’s computers for other tasks. It’s a great breakthrough that has improved our productivity.”

A hallmark of InfoWorks ICM is its dynamic integration of one-dimensional (1D) hydrodynamic simulation of flows in rivers, open channels and pipe networks and two-dimensional (2D) hydrodynamic simulation of surface flooding in the urban environment and river floodplain. This industry-leading software provides a powerful solution for simultaneously modeling below-ground and above-ground elements of catchments to accurately represent all flow paths and improve understanding of the processes occurring in the holistic environment. The software also takes into account interactions of natural and man-made environments and effectively simulates the water quality impact of polluting runoff and effluent from urban areas. Such advanced capabilities greatly enhance wastewater utilities’ ability to predict flood risks; support cost-effective drainage design and management; develop online urban flooding forecasts; conceive and evaluate sound and reliable urban catchment strategies such as storm sewer separation, active real-time control and provision of adequate additional storage; and improve the operation of any drainage system.

A sophisticated tool for importing, tracking and auditing large amounts of highly complex data, InfoWorks ICMallows the development of cost-effective, innovative solutions to engineering challenges as well as a complete understanding of the processes involved. Multiple simulations can be scheduled across a pool of workstations with results returned to a single location, making for highly effective use of computing resources.