ITU‐T's Technical Reports and Specifications 521 equations, algorithms and scenarios) and contain various data reporting and visualization tools for interpreting results from water distribution piping systems, water quality monitoring data, and wastewater management systems, among other relevant information for decision support. Multiple models have been used by urban water managers such as Mike Urban, Aquacycle, AISUWRS and UGROW, among others. Optimization tools aim to find the best technical, environmental and financial solutions from models. Therefore, \"optimization tools and principles have made it possible to develop prescriptive models for optimal management of large scale water resources systems, incorporating ubiquitous uncertainties in the prediction of natural processes and the economic impacts\" (Datta and Harikrishna, 2004)31. The use of optimization tools can play an important role in effective decision‐making towards the planning, design and operation of water resource systems. Models, optimization tools and decision support tools for network management of urban water resources contribute to calculate and forecast consumption, reduce costs through the optimization of operations, plan and evaluate strategies, and also to conduct vulnerability studies to inform strategy design. h. Web‐based communication and information system tools Information and knowledge management are increasingly recognized as an important features for the effectiveness of the water sector32. A key problem faced within the sector is the existence of a large body of complex, unstructured and fragmented data. Web‐based interfaces and online platforms provide a solution to enable the effective management, display, and retrieval of relevant information required by water managers/operators, urban planners, governments and the public. Figure 11 provides an example of the role played by web‐based technologies in city‐based flood maps.