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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…
Commentary
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Making the most of your hydraulic model data with Suez Optimatics and Autodesk
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…
Product news
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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…
Product news
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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…
Commentary
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Hydraulic simulations ‘any way you want it’: Your cloud and local hydraulic modeling 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…
Commentary
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Autodesk Water Infrastructure products 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 free educational use for educators and students. Our water infrastructure teams have been hard at work over the years…
Product news
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Dredging up the past at the University Lakes of Baton Rouge to build a better future
We’ve been publishing lots of customer stories in the last few years, and we have a steady stream of new ones in the works, but every once in awhile we see a customer story from one of our partners that we want…
Drainage design
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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,…
Customer stories
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ACE2024: Solving workforce challenges, implementing AI, and enabling digital transformation
It’s a wrap on the American Water Works Association’s annual conference, ACE 2024. The Autodesk water solutions team was there in full force, meeting with partners and those in the water industry about enabling the next wave of digital transformation through hydraulic…
Events
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Predicting water demand by collaborating between InfoWater Pro + Civil 3D, via the Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS
Predicting demand for water isn’t as simple as counting new construction units. It can become more difficult when two different professions do the forecasting, but the ArcGIS Online connection between InfoWater Pro and Civil 3D allows you to share the same data…
Water distribution