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Cal Water’s big commitment to hydraulic modeling
California Water Service (Cal Water) is the largest regulated American water utility west of the Mississippi River and the third largest publicly traded water utility in the country. Formed back in 1926, the San Jose-based company serves 499,400 customer connections that snake through 23 districts throughout the state. But Cal Water is just one piece…
Customer stories
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How Arcadis uses scripting and cloud simulations to model endless water distribution possibilities
Arcadis, a global design and engineering consultancy, saw an opportunity to put Autodesk’s InfoWorks WS Pro through its paces to provide insights into one of California’s most complex water systems. One of the largest water utilities in northern California, one with an extensive and complex water network built over decades of suburban expansion, faced a…
Customer stories
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[e-book] ‘Digital twins for water: Transforming stormwater and flood management’
Digital twins are already delivering transformative value in many industries, including construction, manufacturing, and engineering. But what about water? Get our new e-book about digital twins Civil engineers and water industry professionals around the world are increasingly adopting their own digital twins, helping them improve their stormwater and flood management practices. We’ve collected their challenges…
Storm, sewer, flood
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Hydraulic model calibration: a continuous, dynamic method for water distribution systems
Calibrating a water quality model accurately can be a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be. We’ve created a way to speed up and automate the process. Summary Virtually every water distribution system model requires some level of calibration adjustment so that your model accurately represents the behavior of the real water system you…
Hydraulic modeling
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What is a bioretention system and how does it help control stormwater runoff?
Bioretention is a stormwater management practice that harnesses natural processes to treat and manage stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces such as rooftops, driveways, and parking lots. If you live in a city, you may have seen many of these types of systems. By utilizing a combination of vegetation, soil, and beneficial microorganisms, bioretention systems capture,…
Sustainability
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3 things we learned at ACE 2025 in Denver
It’s always amazed me that all North American water utilities essentially do the same things – cleanse, distribute, and collect water – but the methodologies they use vary widely. If you look at almost every other established industry, there’s often a set or standardized way of solving problems or serving customers. When one competitor makes…
Events
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Meet the new, flexible options for InfoWorks ICM: Sewer, Flood, and Ultimate
Here’s what you need to know about our new offerings and how these simple changes will benefit both existing and future customers. Our team of water experts at Autodesk have worked diligently over the last four years, expanding the functionality of InfoWorks ICM to make it as accessible and efficient as possible. Over that time,…
Product news
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New in InfoDrainage 2026.1: ‘AutoProfiling’ generates drainage profiles for you
The latest release of InfoDrainage, version 2026.1, brings a suite of new features and improvements that enhance the efficiency and accuracy of your drainage design workflows. The standout feature for this release is AutoProfiling, which simplifies the creation and management of flow paths and drainage profiles. Streamlining drainage profiles with AutoProfiling In the realm of…
Product news
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What’s ahead for the Autodesk Water Infrastructure portfolio in 2025? Watch the recorded webinar.
The water infrastructure team has been hard at work delivering exciting improvements to the 2026 versions of all of our water portfolio. Not only have there been some stellar recent releases like Subgrid sampling in InfoWorks ICM and advanced Leakage Modeling in InfoWater Pro, but there’s a lot more on the roadmap coming in the…
Product news
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InfoAsset Manager: Our time-tested tool for water utilities now available with Autodesk subscription
Without a purpose-built tool, asset management work can be tedious, exhausting, and frustrating, especially when trying to tie your data to existing hydraulic models. For this reason, Autodesk is happy to re-introduce InfoAsset Manager, now made more robust with included mobile and online capabilities, to help utilities manage their water infrastructure and water assets more…
Asset management