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Civil Designer's Water Module allows users to establish water demands accurately and efficiently.

In residential areas, demands can be established according to stand areas, while reticulation pipelines are fairly evenly distributed along the area.

When demands are distributed in the Water module, it is only necessary to establish total demand in the network using a number of people and per capita demand, or measured consumption for existing networks using the menu option 'Adjust Demands' in the Data menu. Choose the option 'Demand to distribute (l/s)' and enter the appropriate amount. The program will now automatically assign demands for each node proportionally to the lengths of the adjoining pipes.

In certain cases, certain parts of the network can have different per area demands. This is the case with low-income suburbs located next to a high-income area. In these instances, total demands should be established individually for each part of the network and the appropriate pipes and nodes should be selected. When you check the box 'Selected area only' the software will distribute only the entered demand to the selected part of the network. This procedure can be repeated for further parts of the network. Additional demands for schools, shops etc should be manually entered afterwards.

Assigning water demands in the Water Module saves arduous work, and allows you to focus on effective infrastructure design.

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LATEST UPDATES FROM THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

SHIPPING NOW: CIVIL DESIGNER 6.4

Here are the latest downloads available on the updates page:

• Civil Designer v6.4
  Build 3 (23/10/2006)
• Civil Designer v6.3
  Build 29 (11/07/2006)
• Civil Designer v6.3
  Help file Update (14/05/2004)
• Civil Designer v6.3
  Hasp Driver Update (18/08/2005)

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