Urban Developer
Improve water efficiency and save infrastructure costs.
Urban Developer is the latest urban water modelling product from eWater and augments the market leading WSUD product, MUSIC.
For sales, support and training enquiries phone 1300-5-WATER or email us.
Product info
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Urban Developer offers game-changing capability to rigorously model the whole urban water cycle for successful Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM).
What does it do?
- water- by developing and evaluating integrated strategies that promote more efficient use of water resources
- money- by streamlining the design process, finding innovative solutions and costing them, and reducing wastage (with water reuse options and fit-for-demand water infrastructure)
- time- by streamling the design process.
Urban Developer technical overview
Some of the decisions that Urban Developer can support are
What infrastructure mix will:
- meet stormwater peak flow reduction and detention requirements?
- meet stormwater quality improvement targets?
- reduce consumptions of mains supply?
- decrease runoff days to local streams?
- maximise developable land?
Why it is an important tool for the industry?
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Policy frameworks and decisions are becoming increasingly complex.
Regulators are encouraging alternatives options and more efficient use of water resources.
It can support stakeholder engagement and the decision-making processes by demonstrating outcomes of options.
Solutions emphasise integrated or total water cycle management for the purpose of water sensitive urban design.
Who should use Urban Developer?
For regulators, utilities and local government
Urban Developer can help water regulators, local government and utilities to develop and refine targets, requirements and policies for urban developments. It can help to inform guidelines for, and assessment of IUWM, also referred to as Total Water Cycle Management (TWCM), to:
- meet mains water consumption targets, at particular scales
- reduce ecological impacts of urban development on catchments
- improve local and regional water security
- increase the longevity of existing infrastructure.
Urban Developer can show how reuse measures and the application of demand management devices or infrastructure can be linked to meeting water use and water quality targets. For example, the impact of tank use on runoff and on mains water use.
Local governments can use Urban Developer to:
- assess consent metrics, (eg potable water reduction target and peak runoff) in a single framework that accounts for linkages between strategies
- meet these targets evaluate council management strategies and programs in terms of stated water quantity objectives.
For consultants, land developers and building designers
Urban Developer can reduce project costs (infrastructure and associated contributions) and add value (water use reductions and environmental sustainability) by supporting Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) to establish waterwise developments or buildings. It can also demonstrate these benefits to communities, households and businesses. Urban Developer can:
- assist the design of a development for input into land development applications
- assess IUWM scenarios using a consistent evaluation framework
- analyse stormwater, potable and wastewater interrelationships, including infrastructure issues, in the context of ecosystem response and potentially changed infrastructure requirements
- show how IUWM scenarios meet (or don't meet) legislative requirements and local targets.
Case studies
eWater researchers are working with partners as they refine the tools and user interface on the basis of real world simulations. This process enhances local understanding of the capability of eWater tools in the operating environment.
Click on the button below to view some of the available case studies.
Urban Developer supporting papers
Dr Matthew Hardy talks about the eWater urban products.
Licensing & Pricing
For all other enquiries on licensing and pricing please contact eWater on 1300-5-WATER (1300 592 837) or email us.
Standard licences
Please note that these licences are only able to be used on the computer where the licence is first activated. The licence can only be transferred to another computer by contacting the eWater Support Centre.
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Price (incl GST) |
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Purchase |
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Single copy of Urban Developer (includes first year premium support and maintenance) |
$3,960 per copy |
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Buy online |
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Premium support and maintenance for a single copy (only applicable from second year) |
$660 per annum | - | Buy online |
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Five or more copies of Urban Developer (includes first year premium support and maintenance) |
$3,300 per copy | Save 20% | Buy online |
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Premium support and maintenance of five or more copies (available as separate item from second year of licence) |
$660 per copy per annum | Buy online | |
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+ Additional volume discounts may also be available. Contact the eWater Support Centre to discuss your requirements. |
USB Dongle
To provide more flexibility licences are also available as a USB Dongle.
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Single User Dongle: Allows the user to use Urban Developer on any computer simply by inserting the USB Dongle.
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Multiuser Network Dongle: Supports concurrent sessions in a network environment using blocks of concurrent licences.
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Option |
Price (incl GST) |
Savings |
Purchase |
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Single user USB dongle (includes first year premium support and maintenance) |
$6,160 per copy |
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Premium support and maintenance for a single user USB dongle (only applicable from second year) |
$660 per annum | - | Buy online |
| Multi user network USB dongle - Five network licence | Contact eWater Support | - | - |
Notes:
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Prices subject to change
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Discounts apply at the time of purchase and are not cumulative if additional licences are purchased at a later date
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Prices are for Australian market only. Please contact eWater for international prices on support@ewater.com.au
or +61 1300-5-WATER (1300 592 837) -
Premium support and maintenance is compulsory for all first-year purchases.
Licence Agreement
View a copy of the Urban Developer End User Licence Agreement.
Please be aware of the following before you use Urban Developer:
Urban Developer facilitates improved and consistent evaluation of integrated urban water management issues, from the scale of a single lot to suburb level, with commensurate process-appropriate timescales, as related to urban water management in both brownfield (ie existing) and greenfield (ie new) suburb scale developments.
You can use Urban Developer to construct simulation models of urban water systems at a range of spatial and temporal scales, in relation to water supply, stormwater, wastewater, and rainwater.
To use Urban Developer effectively, you should be familiar with the following modelling concepts:
- detail/resolution requirements and capabilities
- choice and application of suitable rainfall-runoff models
- implications of joining component models
- uncertainty in data, and the propagation of uncertainty due to application of an integrated model
- understand implications of the modelling time step for continuous simulation modelling.
Please check the Systems Requirements for more information on requirements.
Click on the button below to review the Urban Developer release notes.
Support
For support enquiries phone 1300 592 837 (AEST business hours) or email us.
eWater offers two support packages. Standard support is included in the licence price and is provided with every purchase of Urban Developer. Premium support is available for a separate annual fee and is the best choice for organisations where Urban Developer is a mission critical application.
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Training
We offer both online and face-to-face training to support the use of our Urban Developer software.