Giswater is an open-source software platform available as a plugin in QGIS that bridges the GIS with relational databases for the management of water-related structures. It is specifically designed to manage water supply networks, and urban drainage systems and integrate GIS with hydraulic modelling tools like EPANET for water supply networks and SWMM for stormwater and sewer systems, enabling simulations directly from QGIS. It also incorporates inventory management through PostgreSQL Database systems.

The design and operation of urban sanitation and drainage networks have always been largely overlooked in the integral water cycle. In this sense, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and mathematical models for networks play a key role in both the design and exploitation phases. This project demonstrates the viability of carrying out a long-term strategy for asset management of urban sanitation and drainage networks with the use of open-source technologies. In the design phase, a complete analysis of the terrain can be carried out along with sizing and selection of materials, and design of auxiliary structures of network elements. In the exploitation phase, this set of technologies working in solidarity will allow us to efficiently work on the activities and processes necessary to maintain and operate the systems efficiently and effectively. This includes preventive and corrective maintenance, monitoring and control, emergency management, or resource optimization ensuring seamless operations. This project demonstrates the possibility of carrying out all the work professionally stated with open-source technologies, which opens the door to the universalization of urban sanitation management, regardless of the degree of maturity or available capital since access to technology has become possible in this regard.