An R package for reading EPANET files

The EPANET software for modeling piping networks is widely used for the design and analysis of water systems. This short communication describes epanetReader, an R package for reading EPANET files. The package reads network and simulation data in text-based file formats into R and provides summary and plotting functionality. epanetReader also introduces sparklines as a visualization of water network simulations. The package is available through the Comprehensive R Archive Network and GitHub.com.