🔧 ConduitNET Documentation

Real-time Help — 14 Pages

Interface reference for ConduitNET, the MAGNET4WATER EPANET-based water distribution modeling platform. Each page documents a specific component, property editor, or dialog.

ConduitNET is built on the EPA EPANET engine for pressurized water distribution system modeling — pipes, pumps, valves, tanks, reservoirs, demands, and water quality. Use the left-side navigation to jump to any page, or filter by keyword.

⚠ Concept-name overlap with StormNET: Some node/link names (junction, pump, curve, pattern) appear in StormNET too. They are NOT interchangeable — ConduitNET models pressurized water distribution (EPANET) while StormNET models urban drainage and combined sewers (SWMM). ConduitNET pipes are always-full conduits under pressure; StormNET conduits handle open-channel/partially-full flow.

Getting Started

Model options, engine settings, and map tools

Analysis Options control the way in which a network is analyzed. There are five different categories of options that can be selected. Click tabs below

The Open Layer Map is used to draw model features and interact graphically with ConduitNET. Below is information about map control , drawing objects ,

Nodes

Junctions (demand points), reservoirs (infinite sources), tanks (variable-volume storage)

Junctions are points in the network where links join together and where water enters or leaves the network. The basic input data required for junction

Reservoirs are nodes that represent an infinite external source or sink of water to the network. They are used to model such things as lakes, rivers,

Tanks are nodes with storage capacity, where the volume of stored water can vary with time during a simulation. Below is the list of Tank properties:

Links

Pipes, pumps, and valves — the components that move water through the network

Pipes convey water from one point in the network to another. EPANET assumes that all pipes are full at all times. Flow direction is from the end at hi

Pumps are devices that impart energy to a fluid thereby raising its hydraulic head. The principal input parameter for a pump is its pump curve (the co

Valves are used to control the pressure or flow at a specific point in the network. Shutoff (gate) valves and check (non-return) valves, which complet

Demand & Water Quality

Demand definition, time-based patterns, and water quality sources

The Demand Editor is used to assign base demands and time patterns to additional categories of water users at a junction. The editor is a table contai

A Time Pattern is a collection of multipliers that can be applied to a quantity to allow it to vary over time. Water demands, reservoir heads, pump sc

The Water Quality Source Editor is used to describe the quality of source flow entering the network at a specific node. This source might represent th

Controls

Simple and rule-based controls for pumps, valves, and pipes

Simple Control Rule

Controls are statements that determine how the network is operated over time. They specify the status of selected links as a function of time, tank wa

Rule Based Control

Rule-Based Controls allow link status and settings to be based on a combination of conditions that might exist in the network over an extended period

Data & Utilities

Curves (pump characteristics, tank volume, headloss)

Curves are objects that contain data pairs representing a relationship between two variables. Two or more objects can share the same curve. Click tabs