• New cloud tool and improved SWMM diagnostics in InfoWorks ICM 2025.2

    InfoWorks ICM 2025.2 is here, delivering new cloud tools, improved SWMM diagnostics and import, and extended backwards compatibility for simulation results. Our development teams have been SWMMing through a number of important updates for SWMM modelers in the last several months. As we noted in our last release post, InfoWorks ICM 2025.1 enabled curve number…

    Storm, sewer, flood

  • FHWA Culvert Analysis and enhanced flexible reporting in InfoDrainage 2025.2

    InfoDrainage 2025.2 is here and with it comes culvert analysis functionality, enhanced flexible reporting capabilities, and speed and simulation improvements. Our team of developers and product leaders have been hard at work not only developing the next generation of drainage design software, InfoDrainage, but also understanding what drainage designers around the world need in their…

    Drainage design

  • Water infrastructure software solutions: How Autodesk wants to build a better future

    Over the next 30 years, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence forecasts that there could be up to a 50% increase in global water demand. The 2023 United Nations World Water Development Report estimates that 2.4 billion people in urban areas face water scarcity by 2050, which is up to half of the…

    Commentary

  • Suez Optimatics and Autodesk: Making the most of your hydraulic model data

    Optimatics, a Suez company that grew out of a successful Australian consultancy, wants to get their infrastructure planning software into the hands of as many water managers around the world as possible. We know how they feel. We want engineers to look to InfoWorks ICM and InfoWorks WS Pro whenever they need the power of…

    Product news

  • New Fire Flow Analysis and water quality improvements in InfoWater Pro 2025.1

    InfoWater Pro 2025.1 delivers a new analysis option for users to examine the impacts of these increased flow events throughout their network and address vulnerabilities. Additionally, new functionality in this release decreases run durations for water quality simulations. Our water distribution development and QA teams have been hard at work delivering solutions and workflows to…

    Product news

  • Cybersecurity for water utilities isn’t a game of (bad) luck. It’s a game of skill.

    How can water utilities best protect themselves from cybersecurity risk? Autodesk Chief Trust Officer Sebastian Goodwin wrote this advice, which we are reprinting from the original, which was published by Smart Water Magazine. The list of challenges for the US water industry keeps getting longer. From the country’s aging infrastructure to the industry’s aging workforce,…

    Commentary

  • Hydraulic simulations ‘any way you want it’: Your cloud and local hydraulic model simulation options

    Do you remember Pizza Hut’s famous “Any way you want it” deal, where you could get a large pizza with whatever toppings you want – all for $10? It was one of the pizza chain’s most successful. But… what does that have to do with Autodesk hydraulic modeling software? Well, about this time last year…

    Commentary

  • Autodesk Water Infrastructure software now available to students and educators around the globe – for free

    Our desktop water products – InfoDrainage, InfoWorks ICM, InfoWater Pro*, InfoWorks WS Pro – are now available through the Autodesk Education Community, offering a free education license for educators and students. Our water infrastructure teams have been hard at work over the years delivering powerful modeling and simulation tools to the industry, and now, these…

    Product news

  • Dredging up the past at the University Lakes of Baton Rouge to build a better future

    University Lakes on the campus of LSU is a set of interconnected lakes surrounding the campus, providing recreational, ecological, and community value. The University Lakes Project is a large-scale redevelopment initiative focused on restoring and enhancing this vital lake system. We’ve been publishing lots of customer stories in the last few years, and we have…

    Drainage design

  • How small consultancies like Climate Adaptive Systems use Autodesk Water Infrastructure software

    At Autodesk, we get to interact with a diverse set of people throughout the water industry. From the world’s largest consulting firms all the way down to small businesses run by solo practitioners. While massive infrastructure projects often get the glamorous headlines, it’s important to remember that a large subset of the engineering field is…

    Customer stories