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Transcript
00:03
InfoWater Pro includes the Protector, a powerful app for conducting and ensuring the security of your water distribution system.
00:13
The Protector can help you with water security planning, vulnerability assessment, and consequence management.
00:21
For example, the Protector allows you to estimate the consequences of a terrorist attack
00:27
or crisis event on your drinking water supply infrastructure.
00:31
It also assists you in formulating emergency response, recovery, remediation, and contingency plans,
00:40
as well as preparing security upgrades.
00:43
You access the Protector from the InfoWater Pro Apps menu.
00:48
Once you are in the Protector app, you can see that the user interface is divided into several tabs, each with a Protector module:
00:58
The Contamination module allows you to determine the extent of a contaminant
01:03
after its initial introduction to the system.
01:06
Examples of contaminants include pathogens, toxic metals, toxic organic compounds, and radioactive materials.
01:16
The Isolation module allows you to identify which pipes contain shut-off valves, and which do not.
01:24
The solution that is generated by an Isolation simulation
01:28
allows you to accurately identify pipes that can and should be closed in order to isolate a node element from the rest of the water system.
01:37
The Breakdown module allows you to determine which pipes in a hydraulic network
01:43
will need to be closed during the event of a pipe break.
01:46
The Fire module allows you to determine if delivering fire flows is possible during a breakdown or isolation event.
01:54
In the Fire simulation, you are able to remove any portion of the hydraulic system
02:01
by specifying a facility set—via the Isolation or Breakdown tabs—that has been involved in a contamination event.
02:09
In effect, the Fire simulation informs you if a fire can be extinguished if a portion of the system is closed.
02:16
The Event Trace module allows you to select any node or nodes
02:22
and conduct a trace algorithm to determine the extent of contamination from a selected source node or nodes at a specific time.
02:31
The Vulnerability module conducts a criticality analysis by breaking selected pipes in the system, one at a time,
02:39
and then determining if the pressures and flows can be satisfied with the pipe out of service.
02:46
At the completion of the analysis, a report is generated, showing the effects of each pipe break.
02:53
The Alert module lets you quickly visualize and report the extent of an event,
02:59
as well as sort—in order of increasing distance from the event location—all affected customers for priority notification.
03:09
The Notification module enables you to use GIS-based parcel information
03:15
to notify customers who may be affected by a contamination, node isolation, pipe breakdown, or an event trace condition.
03:25
Generating a list of customers for notification purposes
03:29
is dependent upon having an established GIS customer parcel base coverage.
03:35
Click Options from any Protector tab to access the Protector Options dialog.
03:42
This is where you can assign the GIS-based layer to be used for conducting customer notifications.
03:49
The Protector Options can also be used to invoke CityWatch
03:54
to send customer notifications in the event of an emergency situation.
03:59
CityWatch is a third-party notification server that governments or utilities may subscribe to,
04:06
and which provides the ability to create, target, and send instant alert or notification messages to thousands of destinations within minutes.
04:16
When activated, the Protector automatically generates the information required by CityWatch,
04:23
so that instant alerts and other important notification messages can be sent to
04:29
telephones, cell phones, pagers (text/numeric), e-mail addresses, fax machines, wireless devices, PDAs, SMS devices, and more.
04:43
Use the Message Log tab to check the status of CityWatch notifications.
Video transcript
00:03
InfoWater Pro includes the Protector, a powerful app for conducting and ensuring the security of your water distribution system.
00:13
The Protector can help you with water security planning, vulnerability assessment, and consequence management.
00:21
For example, the Protector allows you to estimate the consequences of a terrorist attack
00:27
or crisis event on your drinking water supply infrastructure.
00:31
It also assists you in formulating emergency response, recovery, remediation, and contingency plans,
00:40
as well as preparing security upgrades.
00:43
You access the Protector from the InfoWater Pro Apps menu.
00:48
Once you are in the Protector app, you can see that the user interface is divided into several tabs, each with a Protector module:
00:58
The Contamination module allows you to determine the extent of a contaminant
01:03
after its initial introduction to the system.
01:06
Examples of contaminants include pathogens, toxic metals, toxic organic compounds, and radioactive materials.
01:16
The Isolation module allows you to identify which pipes contain shut-off valves, and which do not.
01:24
The solution that is generated by an Isolation simulation
01:28
allows you to accurately identify pipes that can and should be closed in order to isolate a node element from the rest of the water system.
01:37
The Breakdown module allows you to determine which pipes in a hydraulic network
01:43
will need to be closed during the event of a pipe break.
01:46
The Fire module allows you to determine if delivering fire flows is possible during a breakdown or isolation event.
01:54
In the Fire simulation, you are able to remove any portion of the hydraulic system
02:01
by specifying a facility set—via the Isolation or Breakdown tabs—that has been involved in a contamination event.
02:09
In effect, the Fire simulation informs you if a fire can be extinguished if a portion of the system is closed.
02:16
The Event Trace module allows you to select any node or nodes
02:22
and conduct a trace algorithm to determine the extent of contamination from a selected source node or nodes at a specific time.
02:31
The Vulnerability module conducts a criticality analysis by breaking selected pipes in the system, one at a time,
02:39
and then determining if the pressures and flows can be satisfied with the pipe out of service.
02:46
At the completion of the analysis, a report is generated, showing the effects of each pipe break.
02:53
The Alert module lets you quickly visualize and report the extent of an event,
02:59
as well as sort—in order of increasing distance from the event location—all affected customers for priority notification.
03:09
The Notification module enables you to use GIS-based parcel information
03:15
to notify customers who may be affected by a contamination, node isolation, pipe breakdown, or an event trace condition.
03:25
Generating a list of customers for notification purposes
03:29
is dependent upon having an established GIS customer parcel base coverage.
03:35
Click Options from any Protector tab to access the Protector Options dialog.
03:42
This is where you can assign the GIS-based layer to be used for conducting customer notifications.
03:49
The Protector Options can also be used to invoke CityWatch
03:54
to send customer notifications in the event of an emergency situation.
03:59
CityWatch is a third-party notification server that governments or utilities may subscribe to,
04:06
and which provides the ability to create, target, and send instant alert or notification messages to thousands of destinations within minutes.
04:16
When activated, the Protector automatically generates the information required by CityWatch,
04:23
so that instant alerts and other important notification messages can be sent to
04:29
telephones, cell phones, pagers (text/numeric), e-mail addresses, fax machines, wireless devices, PDAs, SMS devices, and more.
04:43
Use the Message Log tab to check the status of CityWatch notifications.
InfoWater Pro includes the Protector, a powerful app for conducting and ensuring the security of a water distribution system.
Used for water security planning, vulnerability assessment, and consequence management.
Help estimate the consequences of a crisis event on drinking water supply infrastructure.
Assists in formulating emergency response, recovery, remediation, and contingency plans, as well as preparing security upgrades.
Accessible from the InfoWater Pro Apps menu.
User interface is divided into several tabs, each with a Protector module:
Helps to determine the extent of a contaminant after its initial introduction to the system.
Example contaminants: pathogens, toxic metals, toxic organic compounds, and radioactive materials.
Identifies which pipes contain shut-off valves, and which do not.
Solution generated by Isolation simulation allows accurate identification of pipes that can and should be closed to isolate a node element from the rest of the water system.
Used to determine which pipes in a hydraulic network will need to be closed during the event of a pipe break.
Helps to determine if delivering fire flows is possible during a breakdown or isolation event.
In Fire simulation, can remove any portion of hydraulic system by specifying a facility set—via Isolation or Breakdown tabs—involved in contamination event.
Determines whether a fire can be extinguished if a portion of the system is closed.
Allows selection of any node or nodes to conduct a trace algorithm to determine the extent of contamination from a selected source node or nodes at a specific time.
Conducts a criticality analysis:
Used to quickly visualize and report the extent of an event.
Allows sorting—in order of increasing distance from the event location—all affected customers for priority notification.
Enables use of GIS-based parcel information to notify customers who may be affected by a contamination, node isolation, pipe breakdown, or an event trace condition.
To generate list of customers for notification, must have an established GIS customer parcel base coverage.
Click Options from any Protector tab to access the Protector Options dialog box.
Where GIS-based layer for conducting customer notifications is assigned.
Can also invoke CityWatch to send customer notifications in the event of an emergency.
CityWatch:
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