The problem
Hyderabad's water comes from several sources, some of them far from the city, and reaches homes through a large and layered network. Sources, pipes, supply and demand are usually looked at separately, which makes simple questions hard to answer: which neighbourhoods feel it first when a reservoir runs low, or where will new demand outgrow the network?
What we're building
Water Networks brings four layers together into a single digital twin of the city:
- Water sources: the reservoirs, rivers, lakes and groundwater that feed Hyderabad, including Osman Sagar, Himayat Sagar and the Krishna and Godavari schemes
- Networks: transmission mains, pumping stations, service reservoirs and distribution pipes, mapped as one connected system
- Supply: how much water reaches each area, when it arrives and where it is lost along the way
- Demand: how much water each neighbourhood needs, and how that shifts with seasons and growth
Tracking demand on the ground
We are tracking water demand issues across the city and where tankers are ordered. Tanker orders are a direct signal of where piped supply isn't meeting people's needs, so mapping them shows the gaps that network data alone can miss.
What the twin is for
Because all four layers are linked, a change in one shows up in the others. That makes it possible to test scenarios such as a dry year, a failed main or a new development before they happen, and to plan around what they would mean for each neighbourhood.