Abstract: Systems and methods directed to managing a hydraulic distribution network of a water utility are described herein. In examples, a data model is configured to receive data from a plurality of hydraulic sensors located at a boundary zone of the water utility. In some examples a water mass balancer determines the presence of an anomalous event based on a metered amount of water flowing into the zone of the water utility and a metered amount of water flowing out of the zone of the water utility. To identify a location of the anomalous event, a hydraulic model performs a plurality of simulations at multiple locations of the zone of the water utility by generating simulated data for one or more hydraulic sensors within the zone of the water utility based on the data received from the plurality of hydraulic sensors located at the boundary zone of the water utility.