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National Water Grid — Leakage & Flow Hydraulic Engine

Hydraulic simulation that turns pressure traces into a probability surface.

767junctions1,094mains
National Water Grid — Leakage & Flow Hydraulic Engine — live interface

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The network is a real directed graph — 767 junctions, service reservoirs, pumping stations and trunk main valves joined by 1,094 mains with real diameters, materials and ages. 72 hours of hydraulics are simulated at 15-minute resolution, so demand propagates outward from source and pressures breathe with the daily cycle.

A burst injects a pressure transient that attenuates and delays with distance along the pipes, and that signature is physically distinct. Inverting it turns pressure traces alone into a probability surface over every candidate pipe, converging on a 95% confidence ellipse — so crews are sent to the right place first.

What is actually running

  • A real directed graph: 767 junctions and 1,094 mains with real diameters, materials and ages.
  • 72 hours of hydraulics at 15-minute resolution, with pressure responding to the daily demand cycle.
  • Burst transients attenuate and delay along the pipes, modelled as the physical signature they are rather than a marker dropped on a map.
  • Automated localisation turns pressure traces into a probability surface and a 95% confidence ellipse.

Built with

Hydraulic simulationTransient analysisLeak localisation

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