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Simulate a contamination in your water supply system to determine the extent of the damage.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
4 min.
Tutorial resources
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Transcript
00:03
The Contamination module of the Protector app allows you to determine the extent of a contaminant
00:10
after its initial introduction to the system.
00:12
In this example, you simulate a contamination event with a tracer injected at a node,
00:19
to determine where the tracer has traveled over a specified duration.
00:23
First, double-click the desired project .aprx file to open ArcGIS Pro.
00:31
Once the project starts, click the InfoWater Pro tab to open the InfoWater Pro ribbon.
00:38
In the Project panel, click Initialize.
00:42
Start by running a simulation for the current scenario.
00:46
On the InfoWater Pro ribbon, in the Analysis panel, click Run to open the Run Manager.
00:54
Click Run to run the simulation and create an output for the current scenario.
01:01
Close the Run Manager.
01:03
You can now access the Protector.
01:06
On the ribbon, in the Project panel, click Apps.
01:11
From the Apps Manager, select Protector, and then click Run to open the Protector app.
01:19
On the Contamination tab, enter a Source Node Location of 2222.
01:26
Junction 2222 is where you want to inject the tracer.
01:31
Under Time, click Select Time.
01:35
Use the slider to set the Desired Time to 08:00 hrs.
01:40
Click OK.
01:42
Set the Event Duration to 4 hours.
01:45
Under Result Selection Set, click the Browse (…) button to open the Selection Set dialog.
01:54
Click New, and in the New Selection Set popup, enter a name of “AFFECTED_FACILITIES” for this example.
02:03
Click OK to close the popup, and then OK again to close the Selection Set dialog.
02:10
Affected facilities identified by the Protector are saved to this AFFECTED_FACILITIES selection set.
02:18
Now you are ready to run the Contamination simulation.
02:22
Click Run.
02:24
Once the simulation is complete, you can see the source location of junction 2222 (in yellow), and the affected facilities (in red) in your model.
02:36
Use the Color on Map settings in the Contamination tab to change these colors, if desired.
02:43
Click Purge Water to calculate the volume of water needed to purge the affected area.
02:49
Click OK to close the Purge Volume dialog.
02:54
You can also set up notifications.
02:57
Click Options to open the Protector Options dialog.
03:02
From the Notification Layer drop-down, select the propuse layer.
03:07
The Propuse layer contains all customer details.
03:12
Click OK to save and close the dialog.
03:16
Back on the Contamination tab, click Notify.
03:20
Affected customers are listed in the Notification tab.
03:24
Click Close to exit the Protector.
Video transcript
00:03
The Contamination module of the Protector app allows you to determine the extent of a contaminant
00:10
after its initial introduction to the system.
00:12
In this example, you simulate a contamination event with a tracer injected at a node,
00:19
to determine where the tracer has traveled over a specified duration.
00:23
First, double-click the desired project .aprx file to open ArcGIS Pro.
00:31
Once the project starts, click the InfoWater Pro tab to open the InfoWater Pro ribbon.
00:38
In the Project panel, click Initialize.
00:42
Start by running a simulation for the current scenario.
00:46
On the InfoWater Pro ribbon, in the Analysis panel, click Run to open the Run Manager.
00:54
Click Run to run the simulation and create an output for the current scenario.
01:01
Close the Run Manager.
01:03
You can now access the Protector.
01:06
On the ribbon, in the Project panel, click Apps.
01:11
From the Apps Manager, select Protector, and then click Run to open the Protector app.
01:19
On the Contamination tab, enter a Source Node Location of 2222.
01:26
Junction 2222 is where you want to inject the tracer.
01:31
Under Time, click Select Time.
01:35
Use the slider to set the Desired Time to 08:00 hrs.
01:40
Click OK.
01:42
Set the Event Duration to 4 hours.
01:45
Under Result Selection Set, click the Browse (…) button to open the Selection Set dialog.
01:54
Click New, and in the New Selection Set popup, enter a name of “AFFECTED_FACILITIES” for this example.
02:03
Click OK to close the popup, and then OK again to close the Selection Set dialog.
02:10
Affected facilities identified by the Protector are saved to this AFFECTED_FACILITIES selection set.
02:18
Now you are ready to run the Contamination simulation.
02:22
Click Run.
02:24
Once the simulation is complete, you can see the source location of junction 2222 (in yellow), and the affected facilities (in red) in your model.
02:36
Use the Color on Map settings in the Contamination tab to change these colors, if desired.
02:43
Click Purge Water to calculate the volume of water needed to purge the affected area.
02:49
Click OK to close the Purge Volume dialog.
02:54
You can also set up notifications.
02:57
Click Options to open the Protector Options dialog.
03:02
From the Notification Layer drop-down, select the propuse layer.
03:07
The Propuse layer contains all customer details.
03:12
Click OK to save and close the dialog.
03:16
Back on the Contamination tab, click Notify.
03:20
Affected customers are listed in the Notification tab.
03:24
Click Close to exit the Protector.
The Contamination module of the Protector app allows for determining the extent of a contaminant after its initial introduction to the system. This example simulates a contamination event with a tracer injected at a node, to determine where the tracer has traveled over a specified duration.
Start by running a simulation for the current scenario:
To access the Protector:
Junction 2222 is where the tracer will be injected.
Affected facilities identified by the Protector are saved to this AFFECTED_FACILITIES selection set.
The Contamination simulation is now ready to be run.
Once the simulation is complete, in the model, the source location of junction 2222 is shown in yellow, and the affected facilities appear red.
To set up notifications:
Affected customers are listed in the Notification tab.
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