FlowPlan › Framework
FlowPlan is EnWater Design’s structured project framework for developing water, wastewater, reuse and residuals work from defined requirements through planning, design, sourcing, delivery and verification. It can be applied to a new project, an existing system, a defined advisory scope or a specific technical assignment.
It keeps outcomes, information needs, decision criteria and technical requirements connected as the work develops, so each stage builds on a confirmed project basis.
FlowPlan provides a consistent decision structure across studies, process design, diagnostics and project support. It can be used from the beginning of a project or applied to a defined part of an existing assignment.
FlowPlan modules are named process and supporting-system building blocks used to connect diagnostic findings, process routes, design duties and delivery requirements. Their selection and configuration remain specific to the project and do not prescribe a fixed supplier or equipment package.
FlowPlan can be used across new plants, upgrades, reuse programmes, residuals work and defined technical assignments. The same framework connects the project basis, required information, system configuration and delivery requirements.
Project basis
Establishes the required outcomes, constraints, system boundaries and decisions the work must support.
Connected to: scope definition, systems planning and project-stage requirements.
Information basis
Defines the site information, checks and performance criteria needed to compare routes on a common basis.
Connected to: data review, sampling, process assessment and reuse evaluation.
Technical development
Develops the relevant FlowPlan module families for treatment, reuse, residuals, utilities, controls and monitoring into a coordinated project basis.
Connected to: route comparison, module mapping, process mapping, solution design and phasing.
Project progression
Prepares technical scope and procurement requirements, then keeps acceptance criteria visible through commissioning and early operation.
Connected to: supplier engagement, design review, performance testing and optimisation.
FlowPlan uses four linked stages. A project may enter at a different point depending on its starting condition, but the same decision structure is maintained.
Stage 1
Confirm the project boundary, required water and residuals outcomes, capacity, operating constraints and schedule before routes are compared.
Stage 2
Identify information gaps and complete the targeted reviews or checks needed to confirm flows, loads, process conditions, risks and reuse potential.
Stage 3
Compare viable routes, select and sequence the relevant FlowPlan modules, and define the connected residuals, utility, control and monitoring requirements for the selected direction.
Stage 4
Develop the selected route into supplier-ready requirements and retain the design basis through proposal review, commissioning and performance confirmation.
The framework is applied through focused FlowPlan areas. Each area can be used on its own or combined with others according to the assignment.
Start with the area that matches the current project need. The common framework keeps the work connected without requiring every area on every assignment.
Plan & assess
Define the system boundary, required outcomes, information needs, constraints and reuse direction.
Develop the route
Compare viable routes, select and sequence the relevant FlowPlan modules, and define their duties, connections, performance criteria and site requirements.
Prepare delivery
Prepare the supplier scope, project-stage deliverables, commissioning basis and performance checks.
The four stages above can be developed through six detailed engagement steps. Not every assignment requires all six; the relevant steps are selected according to the starting point and required output.
FlowPlan engagement step
Confirm the required outcomes, system boundary, known constraints, available information and decisions the work must support.
Each step supports one or more of the four linked FlowPlan stages.
Connected outputs
Typical inputs & checks
Activities used at this step to confirm the basis and develop the work.
Technical outputs
Outputs can be scaled to the assignment and required project stage.
Bring the available project information, known constraints and required outcome. FlowPlan can begin with a new project, an existing-system review, a reuse target, a capacity requirement, a residuals issue or a defined technical assignment.
