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D-WARP helps municipalities plan the renewal of their water mains by modelling the deterioration and breakage rates of these mains. The analysis of water main breakage patterns takes into consideration time-dependent factors such as:

temperature
soil moisture and rainfall deficit
cathodic protection (CP) strategies, including both hot-spot and methodical retrofit CP

D-WARP quantifies the influence of each of these factors on pipe-breakage rates to:

a) identify the "true" deterioration rates of buried water mains
b) project the impact of various operational strategies on future breakage rates
c) help develop "what-if" scenarios towards an efficient, long-term water main renewal strategy

To download D-WARP for a free one-year trial period, all you need to do is register.