S.I. : VISVESVARAYA Analysis and modelling of drinking water utilities by using GIS: in Aurangabad city, Maharashtra, India Ganesh S. Ragade 1 • Rajesh Dhumal 1 • Bharti W. Gawali 1 Received: 13 July 2017 / Accepted: 8 December 2017 Ó CSI Publications 2018 Abstract Water demands are increasing as the population increases, it’s the challengeable task for municipality to equalise supply against demand. Existing systems opera- tion is sometime cumbersome, and additionally growing populations demand is nightmare. Drinking water system is high budget asset, hence planning of such utilities needs simulation. There are various GIS software available which takes part in sophistication of simulation. Whole supply system is composed of several appurtenances, representing their appearance with specific characteristics. These multi- characteristic element working together for offering a dominant service, that is nothing but supply of water to the consumer. In this paper we implement computerized hydraulic modelling using EPANET and its Integration with GIS for analysis and modelling purpose. Keywords EPANET  GIS  Hydraulic model  Simulation 1 Introduction Drinking water supply system is crucial infrastructure in public health and living. It consists of four subsystem (1) source of water supply (2) treatment of water supply (3) transmission system (4) distribution system [1]. Distribu- tion system is been focus point for the researcher in this area, because of the 70% of effort utilized in operation and maintenance of such system [2]. Water can be supplied by gravity or pumping or combined in two modes that are intermittent and continuous. In continuous supply 24 h water supplied to consumer where in intermittent supply less than 24 or 2 h after 2 or 4 days. A typical water supply system consists of tank, pump, valve, pipe, junction, reservoir as components with their variety and specific properties [1]. We can consider water distribution system in two case, first case water source is limited, and we have a challenge to equalize demand. In this case system must be under control to equalize demand, for this requirement SCADA system could be very helpful. In second case water source is unlimited, and hydraulic model is not their then there is unreliable supply of water. So in both cases water distribution management is essential [1]. In literature there various case study is been projected with the advancement in water mains network [3–9]. Aurangabad city water network is disadvantaged by lack- ing this Advancement. Planning for municipal corporation is duty of Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran Mandal (MJP), but it was Municipal corporations own decision to appoint private agency under PPP model for the planning of Aur- angabad water supply system. Large sum of money are spent by municipal corporation, but private agency could not able to complete their commitment due to agency is been fired by municipal corporation and right now case continue in the court of law. Lots of thing happens but main thing left behind that’s planning of Aurangabad water utilities. The present paper focuses on analysis of Aurangabad drinking water distribution system by implementing com- puterized hydraulic model that is EPANET. And & Ganesh S. Ragade gragade@gmail.com Rajesh Dhumal dhumal19@gmail.com Bharti W. Gawali bharti_rokade@yahoo.com 1 Department of Computer Science and IT, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Marathwada University, Aurangabad 431004, India 123 CSIT https://doi.org/10.1007/s40012-017-0185-5