Specify water quality

Currently, Qatium only supports water age to calculate water quality. 

In water quality modeling, water age refers to the time it takes for water to travel from a water source to consumers. The lower water age, the better water quality. 

Tracking water age helps you: 

• Identify stagnant water areas, preventing bacterial contamination;
• improve network design,
• reduce water waste, 
• and make water treatment more efficient.

To have accurate insights about water quality, you need to include the water age parameter in your files for junctions, supply sources and tanks.

EPANET

1. Set Parameter property to Age in the Quality options in EPANET
2. Set the Initial Quality property for all the nodes. If not specified, EPANET assumes that the value is 0.
3. Export the .inp file and upload it to Qatium to create a network or update an existing one.

GIS files

Include the Water Age property inside your GIS data. Then add a number (up to 2 decimal places) representing the number of hours.