Software bugs and feature requests can be reported on the site as issues, and information is available for those interested in contributing to the code and/or viewing the quality assurance plan, contributor guidelines, software development roadmap, automated testing suite, and other information. Continued development and bug fixes are occurring under an open source project site in GitHub. It is a Windows®-based program that will work with all versions of Windows. It can also be used to model contamination threats and evaluate resilience to security threats or natural disasters.ĮPANET is public domain software that can be freely copied and distributed. Today, engineers and consultants use EPANET to design and size new water infrastructure, retrofit existing aging infrastructure, optimize operations of tanks and pumps, reduce energy usage, investigate water quality problems, and prepare for emergencies. It was developed as a tool for understanding the movement and fate of drinking water constituents within distribution systems, and can be used for many different types of applications in distribution systems analysis.
EPA and its employees do not endorse commercial products, services, or enterprises.ĮPANET is a software application used throughout the world to model water distribution systems. Disclaimer: Any mention of trade names, manufacturers, or products does not imply an endorsement by EPA.