How To Assign Flow Basins to Pipe Inventory

In the Sewer program, there are several methods for assigning flow basins to an agency's pipe inventory.  Each option is described below.  The first two methods involve only the Pipe Inventory module. The other two options involve the Flow Basin Inventory module.

Note: While options 1 and 2 can be interchanged, do not interchange options 3 and 4. Doing so will overwrite your data.  It is best to pick one method and use it consistently.

• Option 1: Assign a flow basin to each pipe manually via the Pipe Inventory module.
  • After assigning all flow basins to all pipes, complete the following steps:
  • Open the Flow Basin Inventory module.
  • Click the Toolkit icon and execute the Create From Pipe Inventory option. This action will delete and regenerate the flow basin outlets table based on what is defined in the Pipe Inventory.
• Option 2: Select a set of features in the GIS.
  • Set the Flow Basin in the feature class. This method only works if the Flow Basin field is linked to a field in the Sewer Pipe GIS feature class; and then, only for pipes in that feature class.

    OR

  • Create a subset of pipe records.
    • Then open the Sewer Pipe module in Lucity and load the subset.
    • CTRL + Right-click in the Flow Basin field and select Global Edit.
    • Enter the Flow Basin Number and Apply changes to the Filterset.
  • After assigning all flow basins to all pipes, complete the following steps:
  • Open the Flow Basin Inventory module.
  • Click the Toolkit icon and execute the Create From Pipe Inventory option. This action will delete and regenerate the flow basin outlets table based on what is defined in the Pipe Inventory.
• Option 4: Using a map, determine all the basin outlets.
  • After finding all of the outlets on the map, go into the Flow Basin Inventory module and add a new record for a new basin.  
  • Add all flow basin outlets for that basin to the Flow Basin Outlet grid.
  • After all flow basins and all flow basin outlets are defined, execute the Update Pipe Inventory Toolkit option in the Flow Basins module.