Water UN Data Cleanup

[TristanBest]

Good Morning,

Currently in the process of data cleanup in preparation for a water UN deployment. I was wondering if water main lines need to break at each water device/junction? (water main at valve) Or can they just have a vertice when intersecting devices?

Any other helpful data cleanup tips would be welcome too, thanks!

[RobertKrisher · Accepted solution]

Lines don't need to be split in order to have connectivity in the utility network, and the Water Utility Network Foundation is configured to allow for connectivity at any vertex along the line. Asset types can be configured with an Edge connectivity policy that controls whether connectivity is allowed at any vertex or only at the endpoints, so if you add any new line asset types you need to remember to set an appropriate edge connectivity policy (the default is end vertex only).

[TristanBest]

Awesome, thank you sir!

[MikeMillerGIS]

We do suggest breaking lines at Valves though.  The selection set as part of a trace result is easier to understand.  That also allows up to use a >1 terminal configuration on valves, allowing valves to be controllers for tiers.  So even though you do not have to split at valves, we do suggest you do.