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The CityGML Utility Network Application Domain Extension (UNADE) provides a detailed conceptual framework for representing utility networks; however, most existing implementations rely on relational databases, where connectivity must be reconstructed through joins rather than represented as explicit relationships. This creates challenges when managing densely connected network structures. This study introduces the UNADE\u2013Labelled Property Graph (UNADE-LPG) model, a graph-based representation that maps the classes, relationships, and constraints defined in the UNADE Unified Modelling Language (UML) schema into nodes, edges, and properties. A conversion pipeline is developed to generate UNADE-LPG instances directly from CityGML UNADE datasets encoded in GML, enabling the population of graph databases while maintaining semantic alignment with the original schema. The approach is demonstrated through two case studies: a schematic network and a real-world water system from Frankston, Melbourne. Validation procedures, covering structural checks, topological continuity, classification behaviour, and descriptive graph statistics, confirm that the resulting graph preserves the semantic structure of the UNADE schema and accurately represents the physical connectivity of the network. An analytical path-finding query is also implemented to illustrate how the UNADE-LPG structure supports practical network-analysis tasks, such as identifying connected pipeline sequences. 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