{"id":70621,"date":"2016-01-12T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T06:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/predict-assess-impact-of-water-spills-from-catastrophic-main-breaks-using-infowater-2d\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:07:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:07:37","slug":"predict-assess-impact-of-water-spills-from-catastrophic-main-breaks-using-infowater-2d","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/local-government\/predict-assess-impact-of-water-spills-from-catastrophic-main-breaks-using-infowater-2d","title":{"rendered":"Predict &#038; Assess Impact of Water Spills from Catastrophic Main Breaks Using InfoWater 2D"},"author":4911,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22841,24371,23051],"tags":[24981,24391,23081,23101],"industry":[],"product":[],"class_list":["post-70621","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-government","category-public-safety","category-water","tag-hydro","tag-public-safety","tag-utilities","tag-water-utilities"],"acf":{"short_description":"by Rajan Ray, Director of Marketing and Client Service Manager, Innovyze\n\nOn any given day, if you perform a google search on \u201cwater ma...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong><em>by Rajan Ray, Director of Marketing and Client Service Manager, Innovyze<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On any given day, if you perform a google search on \u201cwater main break\u201d you will find a long list of recent news coverage documenting the ensuing damages including flooding, power loss, sinkholes, traffic disruptions, business closings, etc. In the U.S. alone, drinking water systems have over 237,600 water main breaks occurring every year. 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