{"id":680252,"date":"2024-06-25T19:59:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T02:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcnews&#038;p=680252"},"modified":"2024-06-25T12:22:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T19:22:12","slug":"esri-startup-partner-models-pipe-failure-risk-for-smarter-utility-management","status":"publish","type":"arcnews","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-startup-partner-models-pipe-failure-risk-for-smarter-utility-management","title":{"rendered":"Esri Startup Partner Models Pipe Failure Risk for Smarter Utility Management"},"author":5752,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[791,11042,1011],"tags":[20422,160952,338502,237681,483582],"arcnews_issues":[489472],"class_list":["post-680252","arcnews","type-arcnews","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-transformation","category-esri-startup-partners","category-utilities","tag-arcgis-pro","tag-infrastructure","tag-public-utilities","tag-urban-planning","tag-water-utilities","arcnews_issues-summer-2024","arcnews_sections-collaborations"],"acf":{"short_description":"A linear asset risk model now helps Omaha\u2019s Metropolitan Utilities District prioritize water main renewal and assessment projects.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"When water pipes age and deteriorate, they can fail catastrophically\u2014an outcome that\u2019s much more expensive for water utility companies than replacing pipes before they burst. But deciding when to replace pipes and other water assets can be a difficult and complicated process, partly due to the many factors involved."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":680282,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"This was an issue facing the Metropolitan Utilities District, which serves more than 620,000 customers across the Omaha, Nebraska, area. With more than 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers) of water mains and natural gas infrastructure, the district\u2019s goals of achieving resilience and reliability are continually challenged by aging pipes, environmental factors, and increasing demand. The district needed a step-by-step improvement plan to replace infrastructure that was worn out.\r\n\r\nIn the past, staff at the district made infrastructure renewal decisions by conducting spreadsheet assessments that provided limited details and were based on historical pipe-break data recorded on paper maps. To help mitigate pipe failure risk in the most cost-effective way, the district turned to Esri startup partner <a href=\"https:\/\/aquanuity.com\/\">Aquanuity<\/a> and its AquaTwin products for ArcGIS Pro."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>A Safer, More Reliable Risk Model<\/h2>\r\nThe district\u2019s digital transformation began in 2008, when staff converted its legacy infrastructure data from MicroStation-based CAD files into an Esri geodatabase. They then added to the database characteristics such as job numbers, installation dates, and material properties\u2014including diameter, thickness, and what an asset is made of\u2014for pumps, valves, and other equipment. In 2019, when the district\u2019s asset management division was formed, staff digitized more than 15,000 paper-based water main leak reports, which were later analyzed to create the risk model.\r\n\r\nStaff worked with Esri partner HDR to develop a data-driven linear asset management plan (LAMP), a water system simulation that includes all of the district\u2019s linear assets such as pipes and related equipment, including valves and taps. The LAMP contains details related to each asset\u2019s material properties; how it was installed; and its condition based on the number of leaks or breaks recorded, the average pressure and water velocity, and other criteria. These factors help generate comprehensive risk models that leverage several GIS datasets and data from the new hydraulic model, also completed by HDR.\r\n\r\nThe district and HDR developed likelihood-of-failure and consequence-of-failure factors based on various pipeline attributes. A main\u2019s likelihood of failure is affected by the pipe break rate (the number of pipe breaks during a given period), the material the pipes are made from and when they were installed, the diameter, the water pressure, and the number of service connections involved. Consequence-of-failure factors are determined by using the number of customers who would be affected by a disruption and how badly a disruption would impact them, as well as nearby roadway types, zoning, and other factors."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":680292,"image_position":"left","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"District staff and the HDR team then applied the dataset to each of the district\u2019s approximately 80,000 pipe segments. To further improve the model\u2019s accuracy and adaptability, the team reached out to Aquanuity for its AquaTwin products\u2014all ArcGIS Pro add-ins."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Smarter and More Sustainable Water Infrastructure<\/h2>\r\nAquanuity is a civil engineering company that creates software to help water utilities and engineering firms manage water infrastructure. Its AquaTwin Asset Pro software, which allows users to create asset condition computer simulations for what-if scenarios in water systems, powers the LAMP. AquaTwin Asset Pro integrates with the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s industry-standard Storm Water Management Model engine, adding hydraulic, hydrologic, and water quality simulation capabilities and allowing sewer infrastructure capacity analysis results to be incorporated into risk and criticality assessments.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe district knew that the software solution supporting the LAMP had to be user-friendly and versatile enough to effectively translate any nuances in the factors that were developed,\u201d said Metropolitan Utilities District director of infrastructure integrity Jared Svagera, explaining why the district chose AquaTwin solutions.\r\n\r\nThe district also uses Aquanuity\u2019s AquaTwin Water Pro, which enables the creation of what-if scenarios as well but focuses on water systems\u2019 hydraulic and water quality computer simulations.\r\n\r\nOne of the reasons district staff chose AquaTwin Water Pro is its complete integration with the district\u2019s ArcGIS Pro environment, Svagera said. He also noted other advantages, such as that all data is kept natively in ArcGIS Pro geodatabases, bypassing the need for file conversion, and that AquaTwin Water Pro supports ArcGIS Utility Network functionality out of the box."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Risk Mitigation for a Safer Water System<\/h2>\r\nUsing ModelBuilder, district staff can combine several GIS features to create a single, comprehensive table that they can use to easily update the risk models generated by AquaTwin. These models combine service taps (smaller pipes that run from water pipelines to houses), break rates, and break counts (the number of individual breaks in a pipe), and normalize the data based on water main age. Staff then add the results to the AquaTwin products\u2019 models."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":680302,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The consequence-of-failure factors make use of a powerful AquaTwin tool called Saved Selections, which allows AquaTwin users to select pipe features, such as line features representing water mains. Users then save those selections and assign risk scores. AquaTwin Asset Pro quickly combines likelihood-of-failure and consequence-of-failure data into risk-priority scores, which staff can then display in dashboards.\r\n\r\nThis linear asset risk model helps the district prioritize water main renewal and condition assessment projects. It also assists in monitoring areas of highest consequence for active water leaks. Since it\u2019s not always economically feasible to replace just one high-risk block of water mains, engineers can choose to also replace surrounding medium-risk mains to create a more efficient and economical project.\r\n\r\nPowered by ArcGIS Pro, the LAMP and AquaTwin products revolutionized the district\u2019s previous approach, employing system-wide data to prioritize essential maintenance and mitigate as much risk as possible.\r\n\r\n\u201cOur work with Aquanuity is helping us plan a future where we can provide the safest, most reliable services possible to our customers\u2014making their lives easier,\u201d Svagera said."}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Esri Startup Partner Models Pipe Failure Risk for Smarter Utility Management | Summer 2024 | ArcNews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A linear asset risk model now helps Omaha\u2019s Metropolitan Utilities District prioritize water main renewal and assessment projects.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-startup-partner-models-pipe-failure-risk-for-smarter-utility-management\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Esri Startup Partner Models Pipe Failure Risk for Smarter Utility Management | Summer 2024 | ArcNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A linear asset risk model now helps Omaha\u2019s Metropolitan Utilities District prioritize water main renewal and assessment projects.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-startup-partner-models-pipe-failure-risk-for-smarter-utility-management\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Esri\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/esrigis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arcnews-banner-esristartup-wide.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Esri Startup Partner Models Pipe Failure Risk for Smarter Utility Management | Summer 2024 | ArcNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"A linear asset risk model now helps Omaha\u2019s Metropolitan Utilities District prioritize water main renewal and assessment projects.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arcnews-banner-esristartup-wide.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Esri\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-startup-partner-models-pipe-failure-risk-for-smarter-utility-management\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-startup-partner-models-pipe-failure-risk-for-smarter-utility-management\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Esri Startup Partner Models Pipe Failure Risk for Smarter Utility Management | Summer 2024 | ArcNews\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2024-06-26T02:59:28+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"A linear asset risk model now helps Omaha\u2019s Metropolitan Utilities District prioritize water main renewal and assessment projects.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-startup-partner-models-pipe-failure-risk-for-smarter-utility-management#breadcrumb\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-startup-partner-models-pipe-failure-risk-for-smarter-utility-management\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-startup-partner-models-pipe-failure-risk-for-smarter-utility-management#breadcrumb\",\n\t            \"itemListElement\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 1,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 2,\n\t                    \"name\": \"ArcNews Articles\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Esri Startup Partner Models Pipe Failure Risk for Smarter Utility Management\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Esri\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Esri Newsroom\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t                        \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t                    },\n\t                    \"query-input\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t                        \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t                        \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t                    }\n\t                }\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/41c803b2ea8734c36f9c4e9586d1449d\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Amy Ambard\",\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f356480172f8ad0bc8d72b855e84171c52f1944c7c7779f3e425d73bf3efa3c7?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f356480172f8ad0bc8d72b855e84171c52f1944c7c7779f3e425d73bf3efa3c7?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"Amy Ambard\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"url\": \"\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Esri Startup Partner Models Pipe Failure Risk for Smarter Utility Management | Summer 2024 | ArcNews","description":"A linear asset risk model now helps Omaha\u2019s Metropolitan Utilities District prioritize water main renewal and assessment projects.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-startup-partner-models-pipe-failure-risk-for-smarter-utility-management","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Esri Startup Partner Models Pipe Failure Risk for Smarter Utility Management | Summer 2024 | ArcNews","og_description":"A linear asset risk model now helps Omaha\u2019s Metropolitan Utilities District prioritize water main renewal and assessment projects.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-startup-partner-models-pipe-failure-risk-for-smarter-utility-management","og_site_name":"Esri","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/esrigis\/","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arcnews-banner-esristartup-wide.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Esri Startup Partner Models Pipe Failure Risk for Smarter Utility Management | Summer 2024 | ArcNews","twitter_description":"A linear asset risk model now helps Omaha\u2019s Metropolitan Utilities District prioritize water main renewal and assessment projects.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/arcnews-banner-esristartup-wide.jpg","twitter_site":"@Esri","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-startup-partner-models-pipe-failure-risk-for-smarter-utility-management","url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-startup-partner-models-pipe-failure-risk-for-smarter-utility-management","name":"Esri Startup Partner Models Pipe Failure Risk for Smarter Utility Management | Summer 2024 | ArcNews","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-06-26T02:59:28+00:00","description":"A linear asset risk model now helps Omaha\u2019s Metropolitan Utilities District prioritize water main renewal and assessment projects.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-startup-partner-models-pipe-failure-risk-for-smarter-utility-management#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-startup-partner-models-pipe-failure-risk-for-smarter-utility-management"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/esri-startup-partner-models-pipe-failure-risk-for-smarter-utility-management#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ArcNews Articles","item":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Esri Startup Partner Models Pipe Failure Risk for Smarter Utility Management"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/","name":"Esri","description":"Esri Newsroom","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/41c803b2ea8734c36f9c4e9586d1449d","name":"Amy Ambard","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f356480172f8ad0bc8d72b855e84171c52f1944c7c7779f3e425d73bf3efa3c7?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f356480172f8ad0bc8d72b855e84171c52f1944c7c7779f3e425d73bf3efa3c7?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Amy Ambard"},"url":""}]}},"sort_order":"24","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/arcnews\/680252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/arcnews"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/arcnews"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/arcnews\/680252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680252"},{"taxonomy":"arcnews_issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/arcnews_issues?post=680252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}