topic Re: Water Geometric Network with Loops in Water Utilities Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/water-utilities-questions/water-geometric-network-with-loops/m-p/528413#M1056 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You have a few options for setting flow in a pressurized water network.&nbsp; With loops, flow can change throughout the day.&nbsp; We typically see people set the flow in a direction and assume that is the flow.&nbsp; The other option is to leave the flow as indeterminate and check the option to trace indeterminate flow.&nbsp; This is a good question for the group, hopefully others with setting flow in a pressurized network will share their experiences.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:21:51 GMT MikeMillerGIS 2010-06-25T10:21:51Z Water Geometric Network with Loops https://community.esri.com/t5/water-utilities-questions/water-geometric-network-with-loops/m-p/528412#M1055 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am creating a geometric network for an existing water database; once the network is created I find all sorts of loops which is causing indeterminate flow and I'm unable to trace upstream or downstream.&nbsp; I've downloaded a tool that will enable me to change the flow direction.&nbsp; However, this is a pressurized main and I'm not sure how to handle determining where the flow should change within the loop.&nbsp; My background is with electric geometric networks so this is all new to me.&nbsp; Can anyone tell me how they handle this?&nbsp; Or point me in the right direction?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm using ArcInfo 9.3.1</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks, Lisa</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:09:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/water-utilities-questions/water-geometric-network-with-loops/m-p/528412#M1055 LisaMondt 2010-06-24T19:09:55Z Re: Water Geometric Network with Loops https://community.esri.com/t5/water-utilities-questions/water-geometric-network-with-loops/m-p/528413#M1056 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You have a few options for setting flow in a pressurized water network.&nbsp; With loops, flow can change throughout the day.&nbsp; We typically see people set the flow in a direction and assume that is the flow.&nbsp; The other option is to leave the flow as indeterminate and check the option to trace indeterminate flow.&nbsp; This is a good question for the group, hopefully others with setting flow in a pressurized network will share their experiences.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:21:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/water-utilities-questions/water-geometric-network-with-loops/m-p/528413#M1056 MikeMillerGIS 2010-06-25T10:21:51Z