Development of the Management Information System on Pipe Bursts in Water Distribution Networks

The Management Information System (MIS) on pipe bursts was developed by Visual Basic 6.0 to handle the accident data in water distribution networks. The thought of modular design is adopted in system design and the whole system is divided into four modules, including user login, database connection, database operation and data enquiry & analysis. The MIS has the functions of data input, output, storage, enquiry, statistics and analysis, which are implemented by component technology, ADO and SQL. Based on the functions it can achieve day-to-day management of network accidents and supply guidance of treatment measures. So the MIS on pipe bursts is a useful tool in network management.