EPyT: An EPANET-Python Toolkit for Smart Water Network Simulations

Abstract

This paper introduces EPyT, an open-source Python package for providing a Python-based programming interface with the open-source hydraulic and quality modeling software EPANET, created by the US Environmental Protection Agency. EPyT extends the standard capabilities of the EPANET library, through the addition of new methods for research purposes. In addition to the extensive Application Programming Interface, EPyT is accompanied by a collection of water distribution benchmarks and more than 25 code examples that researchers can use as a starting point.