Aquator - Simulation of Water Resource Systems
Description
Aquator is a powerful application for developing and running conjunctive use water resource system models. It is equally at home with simple models having just a few components as well as large, detailed, models comprising many hundreds of components. The largest river basins in the United Kingdom are modelled using Aquator.
Both the natural river system and the water supply network can be modelled. River regulation, forecasting, travel times, the ability to include catchment (hydrological) models and the differentiation of river flow at any point into its 'natural', 'cumulative abstraction' and 'release' components are some of the features available on river networks. On the supply side, water is used to meet demand using a proven algorithm that seeks to minimise cost, but preserve the state of resources.
The inclusion of Microsoft® Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA), the same macro language used in Excel, allows any degree of customisation that may needed. This means that Aquator can model complex systems more accurately than other packages. Oxford Scientific Software is a Microsoft® VBA partner.
Aquator itself can also be be built into other applications to provide the water resources input. For example an Excel spreadsheet macro can start Aquator, run a model and abstract the results. Aquator can also be part of a GIS solution using the same mechanism.
Features
- Drag and drop model construction from over 25 types of component, licences etc.
- Full conjunctive use simulation
- Used for resource planning by Environmental Agencies, leading Water Companies and Consultants
- Step by step execution with flows visible on schematic for better debugging
- Animated schematic – see reservoir levels rise and fall and demand centres fail to get supply
- Optimisation of resource allocation based on resource state and cost
- Climate change enabled
- Operation customisable using Microsoft® Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA)
- Full management facilities for time series data. Import and export from & to Microsoft® Excel©
- Internal water balance checks
- Daily time step
- * Optional inclusion of the HYSIM catchment model for comprehensive hydrological simulation
- State of the art, year 2000 design, for 32 bit Microsoft® Windows platforms
- Open architecture, COM object design allows new components and features to be written by 3rd parties
- Multiple projects at once
- Context sensitive HTML help
- 500 page manual in Adobe Acrobat format
* The HYSIM catchment model is supplied and supported by Water Resource Associates
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