Broomfield, Colorado USA, August 6, 2008 — In its ongoing effort to provide the global wastewater industry with the world’s most comprehensive and innovative GIS-centric modeling and design solutions, MWH Soft, a leading global provider of environmental and water resources applications software, today announced the worldwide availability of the V5 Generation of InfoSewer for power ArcGIS (ESRI, Redlands, CA) users.

InfoSewer has set the standard in the industry for GIS-centric sewer network modeling and design since 2003. This version of the software introduces key enhancements that increase productivity, improve analysis and design technology and enhance the comprehension, management and assessment of displayed results.

In response to customer feedback, V5 introduces scores of valuable user-requested enhancements and functionalities. Architectural and database improvements and rigorous data checking make sophisticated sewer systems analysis and design applications fast and easy to use.

An enhanced, highly intuitive, time-saving user interface with centralized model management serves to increase useful window real estate, reduce mouse travel, and provide intuitive menu options and innovative customization options. The new interface also gives users new opportunities to interact directly with the model and quickly and easily access different scenarios — particularly useful when handling large and complex models. A powerful visualization tool allows users to efficiently view the results of complex model simulations in order to make appropriate design decisions. These enhancements equip wastewater utilities with unprecedented power to improve system management, operation and regulatory compliance.

“The latest version of InfoSewer allows users to build more computationally efficient and accurate models and design better systems faster than any other sewer modeling and design software package,” said Adel AbouJaoude, Ph.D, Associate and Environmental Engineering Department Manager at Khatib & Alami, a leading consulting engineering firm and utility solutions provider. “The software also integrates seamlessly with ArcGIS and is remarkably intuitive and easy to use, highly flexible, and rich in functionality. It makes our jobs considerably quicker, easier, and simpler.”

InfoSewer is used worldwide by municipal engineers and planners to create detailed, accurate models of sewer infrastructure systems. These models enable users to evaluate the effect of new developments, zoning changes, and other additional loads on system flows; pinpoint current and future problem areas; predict overflows and backups; and determine how to best restore needed capacity lost to infiltration and inflow with the least rehabilitation. In addition, users rely on these models to compute hydrogen sulfide generation and corrosion potential; analyze the rate of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) exertion; track sediment movement and deposition; calculate the amount of pollutant transported to the wastewater treatment plant; and assess pollutants’ impacts on receiving waters. The application also provides vital tools for meeting and exceeding environmental regulations and improving community relations.

Toppling the notion that powerful software is necessarily complex, InfoSewer V5 delivers advanced design functionality and exponential increases in efficiency while simplifying its use. Users can quickly and reliably create new sewer collection system designs that consider standard criteria such as flow depth-to-pipe diameter ratios, velocity, slope, soil cover depth, and pipe crown drop. By inputting manhole locations, they can automatically calculate the optimal pipe size and slope, invert elevation of conduits and manholes; soil cover depths at both ends of each pipe section; and cost of excavation and reinstatement to meet target design criteria. Fixed inverts can also be constrained. Results can be reviewed using profile plots, sewer map color coding, or comprehensive tabular reports. They can also be automatically updated in the model database, simplifying the model-building process.

Together, these important capabilities will help wastewater utilities worldwide dramatically raise productivity and efficiency by rapidly developing practical and optimal capital improvement strategies that minimize costs while improving system reliability, integrity and performance. By making engineering professionals more productive and their organizations more competitive, V5 delivers benefits utilities can pass on to their customers through better designs and higher quality standards, achieved in a shorter turnaround time.

“InfoSewer is the ideal choice for organizations that need a single reliable, affordable and easily implemented solution for advanced geocentric modeling and design of sewer collection systems,” said Paul F. Boulos, Ph.D, President and Chief Operating Officer of MWH Soft. “The program is built on the experience our company has gained from our large user community. Their input continuously drives us to add new functionalities and set new standards through pioneering technology. This latest version gives users the trusted tool they need to design better systems as well as identify the most cost-effective ways to keep their existing systems operating efficiently into the future. It also underlines our continued commitment to delivering best-in-class hydraulic infrastructure modeling and design technology. We are confident that it will influence wastewater design engineering for years to come.”

Pricing and Availability
Upgrade to InfoSewer V5 is now available worldwide by subscription to the Gold or Platinum program. Subscription members can immediately download the new version free of charge directly from www.mwhsoft.com. The MWH Soft Subscription Program is a friendly customer support and software maintenance program that ensures the longevity and usefulness of MWH Soft products. It gives subscribers instant access to new functionality as it is developed, along with automatic software updates and upgrades. For the latest information on the MWH Soft Subscription Program, visit www.mwhsoft.com or contact your local MWH Soft Certified Representative.

About MWH Soft
MWH Soft is a leading global provider of technical and infrastructure software and professional solutions designed to meet the technological needs of utilities, government industries, and engineering organizations worldwide. Its clients include the majority of the largest North American cities and ENR top design firms. The multifaceted, state-of-the-art CAD, GIS and Internet enabled products created by MWH Soft empower thousands of engineers across the globe to competitively plan, manage, design, protect, maintain and operate highly efficient and reliable infrastructure systems. For more information, call MWH Soft at (626) 568-6868, or visit www.mwhsoft.com.

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