• Can you model a metro system like a drainage network? Rethinking flood modeling in Barcelona.

    One of the strengths of hydraulic modeling is the ability to look beyond individual assets and understand how water moves through interconnected systems. Researchers in Barcelona took that idea in an unexpected direction, extending an urban drainage model into the metro system beneath the city. What does a metro tunnel have in common with a…

    Customer stories

  • Autodesk at WEFTEC 2026: Your guide to sessions and events

    Autodesk will be at WEFTEC 2026, the largest annual water quality exhibition in North America, taking place September 26–30 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. The individual topics may be different, but there’s a common thread running through Autodesk’s WEFTEC 2026 presence: connecting decisions across the water lifecycle. At Booth 1429,…

    Events

  • 5 districts, 5 boards, 1 shared operation: How Platte Canyon transformed capital planning

    Managing water and wastewater infrastructure across five independently governed districts made long-term planning anything but simple. Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District used Autodesk Info360 Asset to connect CCTV inspections, GIS, and risk data—turning disconnected information into defensible, risk-informed capital plans. Platte Canyon Water and Sanitation District presents a unique governance model. While the district…

    Customer stories

  • From Civil 3D to preliminary stormwater design: 5 InfoDrainage workflows

    This tutorial series demonstrates an integrated Civil 3D and InfoDrainage workflow for preliminary stormwater design—from the initial site plan and pipe network through hydrologic analysis, hydraulic modeling, detention pond sizing, and design reporting. Want to follow along with the tutorials? We’ve put together a demo dataset containing the files used throughout all five workflows. The…

    Drainage design

  • How Scottish Water transformed their hydraulic modelling – and stopped writing 100 reports per year

    Digital transformation is often associated with adopting new technology, but for Scottish Water, it began with a much simpler question: How can we free engineers to spend more time engineering? Just over a decade ago, Scottish Water’s hydraulic modellers were producing more than 100 flooding reports every year. Today – remarkably – they produce none.…

    Hydraulic modeling

  • How adaptive management and InfoWorks ICM helped KC Water save millions

    Kansas City, Missouri, like many older US cities, has a big sewer challenge hiding beneath its streets. They’ve taken on the challenge of defeating sewer overflows using the power of hydraulic modeling. KC Water serves a growing metropolitan area with thousands of miles of sewer pipe, 40 sewer pump stations, 27 satellite communities, and one…

    Customer stories

  • How customer feedback helps shape InfoDrainage

    Every engineer has had the same thought right after submitting a feature request: “I wonder if anyone will actually read this.” We do. Many of the improvements in InfoDrainage begin with a simple observation: “I really wish it could do this:” Here are three examples of customer ideas from InfoDrainage customers that became reality. Customer…

    Product news

  • InfoWorks ICM 2027.1: AI-powered assistance, richer Esri mapping, and smarter Network Design

    InfoWorks ICM 2027.1 is now available, introducing new capabilities that help water professionals work more efficiently, visualize models with greater context, and streamline network design workflows. The latest InfoWorks ICM release brings Autodesk Assistant directly into InfoWorks ICM, making it easier to access guidance without leaving the modelling environment. We’ve also expanded GIS integration with…

    Product news

  • The ‘Big Room’: A community for water infrastructure professionals

    Autodesk’s Big Room is an online customer community designed to help AECO professionals connect, learn, and share knowledge. For water industry professionals, it’s becoming a space for collaboration around digital delivery, infrastructure modernization, and practical problem solving. Do you regularly participate in online forums designed for water professionals? Whether the answer is yes or no,…

    Industry news

  • InfoWorks WS Pro 2027.1: Richer mapping, smarter support, better workflows

    InoWorks WS Pro 2027.1 brings seamless access to Esri basemaps through the ArcGIS Maps Map Control, introduces Autodesk Assistant as a Technical Preview within InfoWorks WS Pro, and includes a range of usability improvements designed to help modelers work more efficiently. Together, these enhancements make it easier to build, analyze, and communicate water network models…

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