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  • How water industry consultants can increase their value to utilities by embracing the cloud

    “There is nothing permanent except change.” Though Heraclitus uttered these words in the 6th century BC, it’s easy to forget that change is necessary for growth. We fall into our comfortable, day-to-day routines and temporarily forget this truth. This can be particularly evident in the workplace where everyone is busy. Change can conflict with a…

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  • Our local superpower: end-to-end consulting partners

    With the acquisition of Innovyze in 2021, Autodesk set out on an exciting journey to digitize the global water industry. But we are not doing this on our own.    For over 30 years Autodesk has partnered with thoroughly vetted, professional Solution Providers (SPs), who are located all over the world and whose workforce consists…

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  • Can you really calculate a river’s path using Pi?

    We investigate whether Pi (π) can actually be used to help compute details related to a river’s path. Is there something special about Pi that can make modeling rivers, bridges, culverts, spillways, levees, floodplain and floodway delineations, stream diversions, channel improvements, and split flows easier? The constant Pi has been associated with everything from crop…

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  • Autodesk Water Solutions for every stage of the water lifecycle

    By 2050, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) predicts that water demand will increase by 55%. In the same period, UNESCO estimates that north of 2.5 Billion people could face a water shortage. That’s billion with a B. There’s another side of the coin as well. As prevalent as water scarcity is, extreme weather events are creating an…

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  • Choosing a drainage design solution

    What are the factors that should lead us to choose a drainage design solution? Or as I am sometimes asked by customers: “Should I use InfoDrainage or InfoWorks ICM for drainage design?” This might not even be the right question to ask. Perhaps it is more about aligning the right tools with the right problems…

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  • Helping ISG make a smooth migration from XPSWMM to InfoWorks ICM

    ISG is a nationally recognized, 100% employee-owned, multi-disciplinary architecture, engineering, environmental, and planning firm with a diverse portfolio of water-related work throughout the Midwest US that extends from watershed planning to urban redesign and everything in between. This year, they celebrate their 50th year in business. After being diligent users of XPSWMM for many years,…

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  • What is One Water?

    What does ‘One Water’ mean & how is it being promoted?

    Is One Water more than just an emerging catchphrase? Or is it a key to solving the water industry's challenges?

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  • Training AI to SWMM: Can AI help predict sewer flows?

    Artificial intelligence appears on the cusp of transforming industries and changing lives at a pace we have never seen before. By analyzing vast amounts of data from sensors and other sources, AI algorithms can detect patterns and make predictions that were previously impossible. This allows us as water professionals to solve complex water problems and…

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  • 10 things you can do in InfoDrainage above and beyond SSA in Civil 3D

    Autodesk’s Storm and Sanitary Analysis (SSA) for Civil 3D is a dynamic hydrologic and hydraulic modelling software that assists in the design and analysis of stormwater systems, sanitary sewers, and other drainage systems. It enables engineers to predict the impact of new designs and changes, optimize system performance, and plan for extreme weather events. If…

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  • Is it time for you to make the switch from InfoSWMM to InfoWorks ICM?

    If you’re a long-time InfoSWMM user, have you considered making the switch to InfoWorks ICM? InfoWorks ICM is Autodesk’s flagship product for sewer, storm, and flood analysis. It contains all the tools you need today to undertake basic capacity analysis – and the ability to tackle more complex analyses tomorrow. Now is a good time to…

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